The Fertilisers aka the ponies ;)

Time to meet the ponies :)
If you want to read more about the equine part of Tor Croft visit http://ponymum.blogspot.com/
....BUT...Where would our garden be without the never ending supply of poo from what would otherwise be known as walking money pits. This way I get to pretend that what we spend on horses goes back to out pockets in saved grocery bills :)
Well I never said it was flawless logic but Im sticking to it ;)




Jo and Mouse..."stop taking photos and pick the damn stuff up WOMAN!!"





OH and Eldest breeze Badger and Mouse...gotta keep the guts moving!



Comet the ex-colt..no one told him about the EX bit yet though :P




...and it all winds up here...ready to help the veggies along...now..what WOULD we do without the horses?? ;)

The Hot bed!! (Not QUITE as much fun as it sounds ;)

Its been a long time since I posted here, there ARE reasons...1) it was Winter and nothing happend and 2) My camera broke and I was putting things off until I could take some pics ...so here I am...and spring has SPRUNG!! In Scotland for the last couple of years we seem to have got our summers at the end of March until mid may, then it rains until September so I am determind to make the most of all the good sunny weather I can.
So the hot bed has been made :)
We used an old concrete trough which for the last 5 years has done sterling service as a normal planter giving me an abundance of courgettes,peas and onions. For the glass top we used part of an old shower which we had aquired from freecycle some months ago and promptly put in the shed and forgot about it. Would you beleive it fitted exactly!
The OH made a wooden frame so the whole thing sat level, and made up the end peices. All that we need to do to it now is run a couple of bungee ropes over the top to secure from high winds.
The filling is made up of a straw and manure mix with @ 3 inches of potting compost on the top.
I'll let you know what I decide to plant in it this year. Next year I hope to have my eye on the ball and try to grow some early spring / late winter salad in it.