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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Having a play with the new camera.

I've been out gardening and having a play with the new camera. Very motivating to do more in the garden so I can take pictures to blog about LOL.
I haven't quite got the knack of sizing my pictures yet. I knew my old camera back to front and what size worked best for the pictures. It's a bit hit and miss at the moment. I might have to appeal to Mrs HMM for a little bit of help. She's a whizz when it comes to this sort of stuff.

My first job yesterday morning was to finish laying the floor in my green house. Trial and error as to how the pavers would fit in most efficiently. I had just enough with 3 left over for a step outside. Not as pretty as Mrs HMM's greenhouse, but it will do the job.

Crazy paving from the crazy gardening lady?
I could then go on to move in an old bench and a new cheapy set of shelves for putting any seedlings and small pots on. Now I just need to be brave and start sowing seeds......


All set to go........
I potted up 6 tomato seedlings in pots that Mrs HMM and I had bought last weekend. I read somewhere that if you add a couple of tablespoons of milk powder under the plants you get a better taste. I had some in the pantry, so I added it. Also recycled fizzy bottles to help with the watering. I'm determind to have tomatoes in good time this year!!



Talking of tomatoes Mega Tom the plant I bought a wee while ago has come ahead. The beauty of having a blog with pictures is that you can see the difference a month can make.

Mega Tom after.

Mega Tom before.

I'll leave you with a pretty picture of one of the Hellebores in our garden- I think from memory it's x sternii.
Have a lovely day in the garden     Mrs SFP XX


Thursday, September 20, 2012

Thank you Mrs HMM

Dear Mrs HMM visited yesterday with her lovely camera. I had been dispairing the lack of quality in my blog pictures. This had been putting me off blogging as the pictures looked so blah. She felt sorry for me and did a photo shoot of the back yard. So here is a round up of the last couple of weeks in pictures.

Lettuces by the back door- easy reach salad.

Strawberry plants in the tyre garden- oopos didn't realise there were so many weeds.
Rhubarb fertilised with horse poo.
Broccoli and broad beans getting bigger.
Silverbeet and lettuces under bottle cloches.
Down the garden path with Miss Poppy dog.
The new potager- a work in progress.....just like the whole garden LOL.
My new baby, just waiting for the floor to be finished.
Mr SFP's new project- a car port which I'll pretty up with trellis and plants LOL.

So, thank you Mrs HMM. Your pictures so inspired me, that I decided I needed to upgrade my poor little camera. To that end dear Mr SFP arrived home this evening with a brand new camera!! I was so excited. You'll definitely see more of me from now on.....no excuses.....just do it!!
TTFN Mrs SFP XXX