I enjoyed watching a game at Dockham Road Cinderford yesterday and this time did remember to put a card in the camera so here are a few pictures from the game. The result was Cinderford Stags 26 longlevens 1st’s 12 [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”1″ gal_title=”Cinderford Rugby”]
Vegetable garden producing at last
It has been a terrible year for veg in the garden, and of course we were very late in planting out, but at last we are eating a few bits and pieces. We have eaten the first of our tomatoes and the flavour was incredible. Tomorrow we will be picking courgettes and even the beans are all in full flower …
The compost bin one of the most important parts in the garden
Whether you are growing vegetables or flowers ( we grow both ) you need to feed. Traditional gardeners will tell you to feed the soil, not the plants and there is a great deal of truth in this. Well rotted compost is free or cheap and is a fantastic soil conditioner and provides many nutrients that your plants need. If …
New Directory for the Forest of Dean
At last I have found the time to start on another site – Cinderford Life This site will continue to record our personal life, but the new site will be about the Area and will include a new Forest of Dean Directory. I have searched for local directories for the Forest of Dean and although there are a number out there, …
The vegetable Garden
At last we are getting some decent weather and everything in the garden is doing well. The photo on the left is an aubergine flower. This little plant is covered with them. Our pepper plant was also an experiment and that is fruiting as well. Tomatoes were thinned out today, and all we need now for them is a few …
Vegetable garden looking better
Because of the date we moved in here we were very late in starting a vegetable garden and we did consequently have some failures. Not a single pea came up and the beans are pathetic, but some things are at last doing well. The tomatoes are doing very well, and at last the courgettes are flowering. This morning we can …