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“It isn’t perfect, but…” is a phrase I say

“It isn’t perfect, but…” is a phrase I say wayyy too much.

I get a compliment and instead of simply accepting the praise with an appreciative smile before moving on with my day, I pick holes in my work, focus on the negatives and point out things that other people wouldn’t even notice.

In my mind, nothing I do is good enough.
In my mind, I’m not good enough.

But outside of my mind, things are different and it’s about time I realised that 😊

Anyway, this is the first time I’ve build a raised brick border and I’m pleased with how it turned out. Yep there are things I’ll do differently next time, but the important thing is that they’re lessons, not mistakes.

#wordsineedtostopusing
#perfectionism
#selfcritical
#mentalhealth
#bekind
#lessonsnotmistakes
#hardlandscaping
#gardening
#progress
#progressnotperfection

I like the kinds of jobs that require time and a m

I like the kinds of jobs that require time and a measured approach.

The overgrown, chaotic gardens where mother nature is trying to reclaim what’s rightfully hers.

I like them because there’s usually a wealth of wildlife and it becomes an almost artful process working out what needs to be removed or renewed for the sake of functionality, what can stand to be cut back and tidied up, and what should get left in its unaltered wild state.

Stinky stuff! 🧪💦🌱 #comfreytea #liquidfe

Stinky stuff! 🧪💦🌱

#comfreytea
#liquidfertiliser
#comfrey
#enrich
#soilhealth
#microorganisms

Okay I get it. This bunch is for you 🕷 #thornl

Okay I get it. This bunch is for you 🕷

#thornless
#blackberry
#thornlessblackberries
#blackberrypicking
#autumnharvest
#harvest
#spider

Beware the people.

Beware the people.

I began the training process of this young Wisteri

I began the training process of this young Wisteria today 🍃

#wisteria
#wisteriahysteria
#training
#climber
#planttraining
#fragrant

This rose is unbelievably fragrant! I’m over th

This rose is unbelievably fragrant!

I’m over the other side of the garden and I can STILL smell it.

On my last couple of visits, it bore no flowers at all. No surprise really, if you’d seen just how much dead wood and congested growth there was. I took my time and gave it a professional prune and here’s how it rewards me 🥰

It’s almost like I know what I’m doing 😉

#trusttheprocess
#rosepruning
#davidaustin
#fragrant
#rosepetals
#vanilla

Of course I shared. How could I not ☺️

Of course I shared. How could I not ☺️

🦙 Awesome animals, but annoying when they eat

🦙

Awesome animals, but annoying when they eat my flowers 😒😆

#alpaca
#alpacasofinstagram
#alpacino
#herd
#herdimmunity
#livingthaturbanrurallife

This was the first time I’d ever seen an Acacia

This was the first time I’d ever seen an Acacia tree. The only time I’ve seen one before is on Minecraft and the blocky version looks nothing at all like the real thing 😄 The leaves are gorgeous - so delicate and soft to the touch.

I managed to snag an unwanted sapling from my client so I’ll have one growing in my own garden soon enough. I’m not sure what benefits or impact they have on native wildlife though - I’ll have to do some digging.

#acacia
#minecraft
#reallifeminecraft
#tree
#sapling
#leaves
#beautifulbark

Rise and shine little worm 🪱 #wakeup #worm #w

Rise and shine little worm 🪱

#wakeup
#worm
#wormball
#earthworm
#natureisfascinating
#dune
#frankherbert
#spice

Two of my clients are neighbours and whenever I mo

Two of my clients are neighbours and whenever I move from one garden to the next, Charlie comes to distract me. It usually works, too. These pictures were sent over by his owner. I’d just left and he’d come looking for me ☺️

#wedontdeservedogs
#dogsofinstagram
#gardeningdog
#gundog
#fetch
#playball

The original plan was to rejuvenate this stone pla

The original plan was to rejuvenate this stone planter using succulents but I was struggling to find the exact plants I was looking for.

In the end I went for a pink-flowered dwarf Verbena as centre piece surrounded by a ring of pink and white Dianthus and Armeria and then an outside ring of two different types of Campanula - a blue and a purple variety.

Even if you’ve never heard of Campanula before, you’ll almost certainly recognise a picture of it in full bloom. It’s a beautiful, abundantly flowered plant and perfect for stone raised beds like this one.

Before planting, I injected life back into the soil with some peat-free compost, some pungent manure and ofc mycorrhizal fungi too.

I’ll post an updated picture when they’re better established 😊

#stoneraisedbed
#campanula
#raisedbed
#verbena
#dianthus
#trailingplants
#peatfree
#manure
#smellyhands

Excuse me, do you have a spare moment to talk abou

Excuse me, do you have a spare moment to talk about our Lord and Saviour?

I of course mean @charles_dowding, not the other guy 😆 Like Charles, I’m a huge advocate of the no-dig approach to gardening. When we disturb the soil, we disrupt the natural order of things. The soil loses organic matter and moisture. The fungal networks that symbiotically extend the root systems of the plants we’re growing are broken down, and the seeds of unwanted plants are brought closer to the soil surface.

That said, when dealing with a troublesome or previously unworked patch of land, a certain amount of digging becomes a necessity.

For example, the heavily compacted and nutrient-locked clay soil of this allotment area has long been swamped by ground elder. My client used layers of black sheeting to suppress the growth - A valiant effort and for most other types of unwanted plant this would be the correct approach. For ground elder though, unless you intend on letting the land of this functional space lie dormant for 5+ years, it’s simply not going to work.

The only viable approach (including the use of chemical herbicides) to ridding an area of ground elder is to systematically lift the earth and remove the noodle-like rhizomes by hand, piece by piece. And they can’t even go on the compost pile!

The plan… I’ll begin by working my way around the perimeter and then as we enter late Autumn and the fruit bushes turn dormant, I’ll lift them from the ground and remove the GE rhizomes from their root balls. It will take multiple passes to completely clear the area but once I’ve got as much out as I possibly can, I’ll rotavate the earth and mix in a healthy dose of manure, mycorrhizal fungi and a few other top secret ingredients. After these steps, I’ll leave the earth well alone and other than planting, I’ll only go down by the depth of a hoe blade.

Then comes the real creative fun!

🚜💨

#trusttheprocess
#preperation
#preperationiskey
#groundelder
#perennialweed
#nodig
#organicgardening
#gardensolutions
#persistantweeds
#gardenrejuvenation
#turningshitintogold

I spent today working under the shadow of this wis

I spent today working under the shadow of this wise old sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa). It carries the scorch marks and dead wood of past bonfires yet still it stands and still it fruits, magnificent in its imperfections.

Testing out my new toy, the ‘Mini-Dragon’. A

Testing out my new toy, the ‘Mini-Dragon’.

After buying and sending back a cheaper version I’d bought from Amazon (buy cheap buy twice 🤦‍♀️), I decided to commit to a more expensive bit of kit from a USA-based distributor. Based on this mornings use, one canister of butane gas lasts approximately 90minutes. That’s more than enough to do a small driveway or patio area, and it’s enough to do about half of the obscenely large driveway at today’s job 😄

So far I’m pretty pleased. It beats hand weeding and it’s the best alternative I’ve found so far to the false economy of soil-destructive chemical weedkillers.

My client was telling me how it’s a blast from the past because she used to watch her dad do the same. This made me think of an Alan Watts video I watched last night where he decried humanity’s obsession with ‘progress’ at the cost of all else. Instead saying, we should simply s l o w d o w n.

#flameweeder
#burnthatweed
#dragon
#firebreath
#weed
#organic
#organicweedkiller
#alanwatts

I checked in on an old client of mine today and wa

I checked in on an old client of mine today and was pleased to see the progress they’re making with their first batch of homemade compost using the bays I built for them last year. It’ll soon be time to empty out the left bay and use it as a top dressing to mulch the garden borders.

My aim is to help all of my clients move towards a closed loop system where they recycle and repurpose all biomass created from prunings and clippings throughout the year. I try and follow the logic in life, and I see no logic in spending valuable resources (time, money, energy) removing green waste, only to then spend more money buying compost. Just cut out the middleman! 😁

#goals
#dreamer
#compost
#topdressing
#mulch
#homemade
#pallet
#diy
#closedloop
#Closedloopsystem

💇‍♀️ #tidyjob #inpursuitofexcellence #

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#tidyjob
#inpursuitofexcellence
#oak
#stihl
#pruning

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