blog post – Cottage Garden border circa 2007
another blog post – Cottabe Garden border circa 2007
Four years later …
Archive for the ‘garden’ Category
Cottage Garden Border 2011 Hosta Update
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Hozelock Water Timer Instructions
Monday, June 13th, 2011To regularly water my hedge automatically I am going to use a Hozelock AC4 Water timer.
Hozelock AC4 and AC1+ Garden Water Timers
I have removed my Hozelock water timers for storage over winter to protect them from frost. I also remove the batteries from the units, to prevent battery leakage, and insert new batteries the following year. The only problem is I have forgotten how to program them, and I can never find the instructions , and Hozelock do not have the older models listed on their website anymore, just the newer timers. Programming is not very user friendly or intuitive, So for myself and other readers (or Googler’s (hi!)), I’ve stored the manuals here, so they can be found. (next year!)
Hozelock Instruction Manuals
Hozelock AC1 Model 2705 (old model) Timer Instruction Manual (pdf)
Hozelock AC1 Model 2705 (current model) Timer Instruction Manual (pdf)
Hozelock AC1+ Model 2700 – Timer Instruction Manual (pdf)
Hozelock AC2 Model 2706 Timer Instruction Manual (pdf)
Hozelock AC4 Model 2707 Timer Instruction Manual (pdf)
Hozelock AC Pro Model 2701 Timer Instruction Manual (pdf)
What is odd, is that current Hozelock water timer model all have the same model number 2705, as the old model!
Next year, I’ll know where to find the manuals! In the Cloud!
Privet Hedge maintenance complete
Saturday, June 11th, 2011Finally complete the border for the privet hedge today, the weather held off this afternoon to complete the rest of the border, Lindsey also help me, so it did not take much longer to complete the border for all the hedge and install the Hozelock water soaker. I just need to install the time I have in the fish house, so it can water the hedge twice a day, for an hour each time, and I need to add the fertilizer, and hopefully the hedge will grow and fill in the bare patches.
So if the weather is good tomorrow, cut the lawn and hedge!
Privet Hedge Maintenance (continued)
Monday, June 6th, 2011More border clearing today, and tidying under the privet hedge, hopefully tomorrow, the new border will be complete, and I’ll be able to install the water irrigation system that arrived today! (and then it will probably rain!).
Hozelock Soaker Hose 15m
Hozelock Soaker Hose 15m - unpacked
Privet Hedge Maintenance
Sunday, June 5th, 2011After the harsh cold -16 degrees C winter, and the very dry spring, the privet hedge has taken a bashing. So time to give it some tender loving care. As you can see from these pictures, it’s lacking a lot of new growth. We’ve spent the afternoon, marking out a new border, so the lawn is not up to the base of the hedge, and tidy up underneath the hedge, to increase air flow, and later I’ll be installing a water irrigation system to regularly water the hedge everyday. The soil underneath the hedge is bone dry, and then later give the hedge a good feed.
Privet hedge - marketing out new border
Privet hedge - marketing out new border
Tilly and Albert!
Saturday, June 4th, 2011
Tilly and Albert
Not enough pictures of Tilly on the website, so here’s another one Lindsey took today, of Tilly with Albert.
The June 2011 Challenge to Blog every-day! – Angus, finds a new cat basket!
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011Okay, severe lack of blogs recently, so this month I’m going to try the Blog every day challenge!
So as this is the 1st Day of Summer.
We wil kick off with a picture of Angus, that’s found a new cat basket!
Angus on HP LaserJet 2100N
It becomes a little difficult to retrieve print jobs!
Snow in November 2010
Sunday, November 28th, 2010Snow has certainly come early this year to the Hamlet.
It started snowing on Wednesday 24th November 2010 and its not stopped, it’s a good job that the groceries were delivered today! It’s not looking likely that the snow will stop before the end of the week. So the car’s going no-where.
Here’s a little video clip of the snow covered garden. (Available in HD also!)
The birds in the background have not been added to the video track, thats the number of birds feeding in the garden, if you look towards the end of the garden. Don’t forget to feed the birds this winter!
Welcome to my New Secret Garden
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010Lets say the magic word – “Herbidacious”, and welcome to my New Secret Garden …
I’m very fortunate, I’ve been after some land, to grow vegetables on for a while, we still await the outcome of funding for our local allotment association.
A neighbour in the hamlet has kindly agreeded to let me have part of the garden to cultivate and grow vegetables, because the garden is very large and it’s too much for them to maintain. This area of the garden used to be culivated and used as a vegetable plot, 10 years ago.
I’m very excited, don’t know, when I’ll find the time, but it’s very close to where I live. It’s going to be a lot of work, but follow the journey here, it starts now…but well worth it I’m sure.
Andys Secret Garden
Sunday, November 7th, 2010Maybe this deserves a new blog, but I’ll keep it here, coming soon …
Andys Secret Garden pictures shortly…
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