Having been inspired by the video in my last post, Skinny turned her attentions to her own front garden.
Modest and a little unkempt but it gets the sun all day.
Wondering how she could tame it into an edible delight of herbs and flowers?
Money, always tight, does not stretch to the 'open cheque' mentality seen in most garden centres.
A 'one-step-at-a-time' approach is a must! Nanny Flynn's words echo in my brain, "Use what you have". So with that in mind I set to.
The first job to mow the lawn, took a wee while as I only had a ropey old strimmer. But it did the job after replacing the wire a couple of times and the edges were cut with an old pair of scissors. I decided that there was far to much grass to leave on the lawn, so it was removed with just the head of a fine tined rake and to the compost heap. I have already earmarked a large rosemary bush, from the back garden, to be the centre piece 'back bone' of the garden.
Personal note to self... take cutting of big sage bush next to rosemary and thank god I've not got to planting those pots of chives, mint and thyme picked up at a local jumble sale.
I've also found a very useful seed web site with a list of edible flowers (with pics), Herbs and vegetables. Although I don't know if the Flynn house hold budget would stretch to too many of them! http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/ilist/edible-flowers.html?page=2;
Time and money is a premium in this busy day and age. So I'm allotting 1 hour a day and £1 per week
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