Organic distance learning course

OK, so the big veg bed is now dug! It took ages to double dig the whole thing and then top it up with soil from another part of the garden, but it was worth it. I now have a great space to plant veg in. The soil isn't great, but I'm hoping to improve it in time by adding lots of organic matter to it.

Talking about organic matter, I've just enrolled on a course by Learning Curve called "Organic Gardening" and I have just received the course documents. There is no qualification at the end, just a Learning Curve certificate, but I just want the knowledge rather any qualification. The course book is written by Monty Don so bound to be good. In all honesty, the course I really want to do is the RHS level 2 and 3 (also provided by Learning Curve)  but I'm doing this Organic one first to ease myself into this type of learning and to test whether I really have the time and determination to take on the RHS courses.
By the way, Learning Curve do lots of really interesting courses: Wildlife Gardening, Horticultural Therapy and Heritage Horticulture to name a few. Check out their website for more details: http://www.learning-curve.org/

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Accidental planting

I just thought I'd share a happy outcome of accidental planting. Last autumn, I decided to plant quite a few bulbs in the back borders. Only, I forgot what I planted where and ended up just bunging all the bulbs in randomly. Some Forget-me-nots then self-seeded over the top of them. Results are not to be sniffed at:

Perhaps planning isn't everything when planting; sometimes it just all comes together by itself.

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