Upon recommendation from an expert gardener, I have bought some Yates Blood & Bone today as my garlic, shallots, leeks, red onions and spring onions are all going brown at the tips. I definitely haven’t been over-watering them and we haven’t had much rain at all, so I guess something is missing from the soil.
I have never used this before, so will let you all know if this will remedy my issue. I found it easily in the garden store as the packaging hasn’t changed for years! My Grandfather used to swear by this. He was an avid gardener and I think some how I have managed to absorb all his wonderful skills because I really don’t know where I get all my gardening knowledge from. From a really early age right up until I was at university, I used to just plonk myself down and talk away to him as he carried out all his tasks in the garden but I never, ever helped. He loved his garden immensely and everyone in his street would know when he fell ill as the garden would never look as bright. Neighbours even would stop by to help Grandma to get it looking nice for him when he came home from the hospital!
I used to cry when my husband suggested we get stuck into something in the garden three years ago…….it never interested it me at all. But I had an interesting thing happen 3 years ago, which I will share in another post some other time.
Unfortunately Grandad passed away 5 years ago, and I wish I could share my passion for gardening with him now and talk about our successes and failures together. I know he is probably smiling away now from wherever he is…so today’s post is dedicated to my inspiring Grandad who I miss so much.
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