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Dying Tree?

Monday 4th July 2016 by Steve Mayne Leave a Comment

My wife pointed out that a tree just past our boundary was dying. On my inspection, the majority of the branches are on the left side of the tree, with many dead/missing branches on the right-hand-side. If this tree came down then it’d take out our chicken coop and our ladies and damage our garden … Continue reading this article ››

Filed Under: Garden Hens, The Vegetable Plot

The Good life in Waterlooville – Up-Cycling in the garden

Sunday 17th May 2015 by Amanda Mayne Leave a Comment

If you are a reader of our other ‘Good Life’ type posts then you’ll know we like to grow vegetables in the garden. In my last post I’d put together rudimentary bean and cucumber frames made from re-used bamboo canes and foraged branches from the woods. Up-cycling is taking a product or waste material in … Continue reading this article ››

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Growing Vegetables – The Good Life in Waterlooville – Update – May 2015

Saturday 16th May 2015 by Amanda Mayne Leave a Comment

I’ve been working hard this weekend on the 5 raised vegetable beds that I previously wrote about in the middle of April. Again, my lovely mum has been sewing seeds and then passing the seedlings onto to me to plant. This weekend I have been busy plating these little plants in the hope of yet … Continue reading this article ››

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Growing Vegetables – The Good Life in Waterlooville Spring 2015

Sunday 19th April 2015 by Amanda Mayne Leave a Comment

We have been growing vegetables in our garden for about 6 years. Mostly, this little hobby is successful and actually quite satisfying. We had some raised beds constructed, 3 initially, but grown to 5 in later years. Last year we added pebble walkways as grass cutting between the beds was becoming increasingly difficult. As our … Continue reading this article ››

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Grow Your Own Vegetable Patch at Mayne Mansions – Summer 2014

Friday 6th June 2014 by Amanda Mayne Leave a Comment

It’s Mid May and I’ve been planting the seedlings (kindly started by seed from my mother) into our 5 raised beds. Built just over 5 years ago, we quickly increased from 3 to 5 and last year added gravel walkways between them. The beds have been providing the Mayne household with some super delicious and … Continue reading this article ››

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What to do with a glut?

Wednesday 4th September 2013 by Amanda Mayne Leave a Comment

Not complaining, but the cucumber plants are still giving us way more cucumbers than we could ever eat… I asked the boys to help me take them indoors for me and this is what I was greeted with in my kitchen: It may not be neat, but at least they helped! Two of the youngest … Continue reading this article ››

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Harvesting Onions

Tuesday 3rd September 2013 by Amanda Mayne Leave a Comment

I noticed that the onions were ready to harvest at the weekend as their stalks had browned and started to dry and wilt. Pulling them up was easy! I then laid the onions out onto some sacking and left them for a few days to ‘dry’ in the sun. We’ve been blessed with some lovely … Continue reading this article ››

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Anyone want a cucumber…or twenty?

Sunday 25th August 2013 by Amanda Mayne Leave a Comment

It’s harvest time in the Mayne Family garden. I have been harvesting the cucumbers for a few weeks and we appear to be having a bumper crop! This is a picture of tonight’s harvest…the question is now: what to do with lots and lots of cucumbers? The cucumber plants are taking over the raised beds…the … Continue reading this article ››

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