Hello dear Hivers! How are you doing ? Two articles in less than a week, incredible but true, isn't it ? I hope that won't be too much for you after my absence over the last few months !
Today, as you'll have gathered by now, we're talking about gardening. This time we've managed to clear our diaries to stay in the countryside for a few days at a time and I have to say that we've been able to make a lot more progress in the garden. I have to say that it's good to see things moving forward a bit more and modestly taking shape.
To give us a bit of courage and above all a bit of pleasure, we decided to plant a small area in front of the house. It's not really the right time of year, but with a bit of care, I think these plants, which generally grow in the south of France and the south in general, will do just fine ^^
This is the area that was covered in reeds and weeds and that we wanted to invest in... To weed and uproot everything, we used this fantastic tool:
In France, this is called a "grelinette" or spading fork. It has 5 tines, so you can work on strips of around 45/50 centimetres.
These are the other tools that have been used. More of the classics that I think you'll recognize without me having to name them.
In the wheelbarrow is some soil that we've collected from the piles made by the moles and I have to say that this one looks really nice, powdery and dark as can be !
After a good hour of preparation and uprooting, our four plants are firmly in the ground ! Note that I also made the perimeter of this first little plot out of wood.
So here we have two species of lavender and one rosemary. As mentioned above, these are plants that grow further south, but I think that as they're positioned due south and a little sheltered by the house, they'll do just fine !
With what was there before, I put down a little mulch so that the soil is not bare and to prevent too many other plants from taking root.
Of course, I finish off with a little watering to ensure that the roots are in good contact with the soil.
Finally, the next day, I put back some mulch and on top of that, I put up some branches so that the wind doesn't blow it all away! So much for that first planting :)
But let's move on to the next phase...!
At the back of this shed, there was a huge clump of brambles that we had started to cut back. A bit too gently, I think. In the end, we cut everything back as it grew back at a speed and pace we couldn't keep up with !
After cutting everything back, we set about uprooting all the brambles and I have to say that if we did it really thoroughly, it took us a whole day for about twenty square meters.
We battled it out, sometimes using a hatchet, but in the end we ended up with nothing but clean soil. For those who think we won't have any more blackberries next year, don't worry, there are still plenty of brambles in the garden ^^ !
I haven't yet tried @dswigle's technique of putting water with salt, but I'll probably end up trying that! I've also heard of using bleach on the cut ends, but at the moment I'm not particularly keen on this potentially polluting technique...
A little interlude with the forest above the house and garden !
This is just a tiny fraction of the roots we managed to extract. Without lying or exaggerating, I think there were easily more than 10 times that amount on the whole of this small sloping plot.
That's it, the whole plot is free and all that's left is the land. But we're not going to leave it like that, because that would be the best way to start all over again !
No, we finally sowed some red clover - Trifolium incarnatum - which not only produces beautiful inflorescences, but is also an excellent nitrogen fixer and will help cover the soil for future planting, as well as feeding it in the meantime :)
So there you have it, you know almost everything about our most recent operations, and I hope you've enjoyed and found this overview interesting !
I'd like to thank you for your visit and wish you a very good week, see you soon,
<3
All texts and images are my own.
Bonjour chers Hivers ! Comment allez vous ? Deux articles en moins d'une semaine, incroyable mais vrai, non ? J'espère que cela ne ferra pas trop pour vous après mon absence des derniers mois !
Aujourd'hui, comme vous l'aurez évidemment saisi, nous parlerons jardin et jardinage. Cette fois-ci, nous avons réussi à libérer nos agendas pour rester quelques jours d'affilée à la campagne et je dois dire que nous avons bien plus pu avancer dans le jardin. Je dois dire que ça fait du bien de voir les choses avancer un peu plus et modestement, prendre forme.
Pour nous donner un peu de courage et surtout du plaisir, nous avons décidé de planter une petite zone devant la maison. Ce n'est plus vraiment la période, mais avec un peu de soins, je pense que tout ira bien pour ces quelques plantes qui poussent généralement plus au sud de la France et au sud en général ^^
Voilà la zone qui était recouverte de roseaux et d'herbes et que nous souhaitions investir... Pour désherber et déraciner le tout, nous avons utilisé ce formidable outil :
En France, on appelle cela une "grelinette" ou bien une fourche à bêcher. Celle-ci a 5 dents et on peu donc agir sur des bandes d'environ 45/50 centimètres.
Voilà le reste des outils qui ont été mis en oeuvre. Plutôt des classiques que je pense vous reconnaîtrez sans que j'ai besoin de les nommer.
Dans la brouette se trouve de la terre que nous avons récupérée des tas que font les taupes et je dois dire que celle-là semble vraiment très belle, poudreuse et sombre à souhait !
Après une bonne heure de travail de préparation et de déracinement, voilà nos quatre plantes bien en terre ! À noter que j'ai aussi fabriqué le pourtour de cette petite première parcelle en bois.
Nous avons donc là deux espèces de lavandes et un romarin. Comme indiqué plus haut, ce sont des plantes qui poussent plus au Sud, mis je pense que comme elles sont installées plein sud et un peu abritées par la maison, elles s'en sortiront à merveille !
Avec ce qui était précédemment présent, j'installe un petit paillage pour que la terre ne soit pas nue et pour éviter que trop d'autres plantes ne viennent s'installer.
Évidemment, je termine par un petit arrosage pour que les racines soient bien en contact avec la terre.
Au final, le lendemain, je remets un peu de paillage et par dessus le tout, j'installe des branches pour que le vent n'emporte pas tout ! Voilà pour cette première plantation :)
Mais passons à la suite des opérations..!
À l'arrière de ce cabanon, il y avait un énorme massif de ronces que nous avions commencé de tailler. Un peu trop gentiment je crois. Au final, nous avons tout coupé comme tout repoussait à une vitesse et à un rythme que nous ne pouvions pas suivre !
Après avoir tout coupé, nous nous sommes lancés dans le déracinement de toutes les ronces et je dois dire qu'en le faisant vraiment à fond, cela nous a pris une journée complète pour une vingtaine de mètres carrés.
Nous avons lutté, parfois utilisé la manière forte à la hachette, mais nous avons fini par réussir à n'avoir plus que de la terre propre. Pour ceux qui penseraient que nous n'aurons plus de mûres pour l'année prochaine, ne vous inquiétez pas, il reste encore plein de ronces dans le jardin ^^ !
Je n'ai pas encore testé la technique de @dswigle qui consiste à mettre de l'eau avec du sel, mais je finirai probablement par essayer cela ! On m'a aussi parlé de mettre de l'eau de Javel sur les bouts coupés, mais pour le moment, je ne suis pas particulièrement fan de cette technique potentiellement polluante...
Petit intermède avec la forêt au dessus de la maison et du jardin !
Voilà une toute petite partie des racines que nous avons réussi à extraire. Sans mentir ni exagérer, je pense qu'il y en avait facilement plus de 10 fois cela sur toute cette petite parcelle en pente.
Voilà, c'est bon, toute la parcelle est libre et il ne reste plus que la terre. Mais nous n'allons pas laisser cela ainsi car ce serait la meilleure manière que tout recommence !
Non, nous avons finalement semé du trèfle incarnat - Trifolium incarnatum - qui produit de belles inflorescences mais est aussi un excellent fixateur d'azote et permettra ainsi de recouvrir la terre pour les futures plantations, mais aussi pour la nourrir d'ici là :)
Voilà, vous savez tout ou presque de nos plus récentes opérations et j'espère que ce tour d'horizon vous aura plût et intéressé !
Je vous remercie pour votre visite et vous souhaite une très bonne semaine, à bientôt,
<3
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So exciting getting to see your gardens take shape. Its all looking really good xxxx
😀 It's now really starting ! Bit by bit, weekend by weekend, we achieve small steps of the bigger picture :)
Thank you dear @trucklife-family, I hope you're doing well !
Oh, I need more work to clean weeds. But unfortunately they roots became strong especially when no rain and the ground became hard 🥲
Ah, this is indeed tuff when the ground is hard like stone ! I hope for you that it'll rain to ease the work 😉
I hope you're well @anggreklestari 😘
No man, it was a pleasure to read two of your posts in one week after a long break. I hope you won't disappear like this from now on haha.
It was a good garden update. This kind of work is really tiring, I got a little tired even while reading it haha.
Haha ! This is really kind of you dear @incublus 😊
Many thanks ! Little by little it will takes form and I will continue to do updates for sure :)
Looking forward to see them, enjoy your day 😊
Thank you 😀 ! Have a good one too ✌️
Great to see an update from around the house.
Looks like you have an idea how it looks like in some months.
Thanks for showing us the process.
Have a beautiful new week @anttn 👋🏻😊
(I haven’t been that active either… we are on vacation 😉)
Thank you dear @littlebee4 !
Yeah, it's coming into form, and now during fall and winter is the best time to achieve some good ideas :))
I hope you're both well and having nice vacations !
Take good care 😘
You are welcome 😊
Perfect time for ideas and working them out during fall and winter 😉
Thank you kindly, we are well and arrived back in Ireland.
Now adjusting to the time.
You too, take good care and enjoy this new week 👋🏻😘
Many thanks dear 😇
It must feel nice to be back !
Take care @littlebee4 😘
You are welcome 👋🏻😊
Let’s say, yes and no… I rather travel hehehe 🤭 we haven’t settled yet.
Will do, you too. Take care 😘
Plus besoin de faire du sport après tout cela :)
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I noticed that you have so many farm equipments
It is actually cool and your plants will grow well because you have everything needed to make them grow especially water
It's really nice to see you planting at your garden, I've also planted a Sukh chain Tree in my small garden. It's good to see your efforts. Everybody need to do planting in order to grow oxygen level
Mmh, I don't know this kind of tree, I will go for a search ;-)
And definitely agree on the oxygen !!
Thank you @mindgamer
Planting is also part of my hobby & I just planted 4 turmeric seeds in the yard of the house. Hopefully your home plantation will thrive in the future @anttn :)
Ha ! We're just connected to this, growing stuff !
You just remind me that I've too some curcuma sprouting in a bowl somewhere :))
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