@w14 – black currants picked
We spent the morning harvesting the black currents off our one and only bush. Mind you, there were…
@w14 – beans
They are still climbing, flowering, and I noticed a couple of small runny beans hanging off the other…
@week 13 – sweetpeas
The small bed that I have made for these sweetpeas really is not deep enough I don’t think…
@week13 – sunflowers
Mostly now all flowering, def all stopped growing and now onto their flowers.
@week 13 – potato flowers
We have flowers on the potatoes. I didn’t really know if we would get any flowers, not knowing…
Buddleia escapes!
It has been rather windy here and when it gets windy it definatly does get windy! The Buddleia…
@week 12 – Sunflowers
We have a second flower showing now! But the dude that is second from the right is still…
Rain rain rain – but blackcurrants are loving it
The last sunny day of summer was on the 5th of July 2008? I wonder…. Since then it…
First sunflower showing!
We have our first sunflower starting to flower!! Small at the moment and it seems to be…
@10 weeks – Apples
We missed the blossom from the apple tree as I was not doing this website back then. A…
@10 weeks – sweetpeas and beans
The runner beans are making a runner for the top of the wigwams, even against all the strong…
@week 10 – Sunflowers
I am hoping that some of these will top the fence. Photos here were taken a couple of…
@week 10 – Radishes
A lot of thinning out has been done and I think a bit more is needed.
@week 10 – Black Currants
Just some more weeks of sunshine needed and these will be ready to pick
Seeds in the Back
We are starting to get a nice display of ‘flowers for wildlife’ at the back. The seeds we…
Patio cleaned up
We spent a lot of the day tarting up the patio area. One day this will all be…
Lavender and the Bee
Why does the wind decide to blow when you are trying to get a close up of a…
More rustic things ‘down the side’
The plan for ‘down the side’ is all coming together, and in a shade of blue. Last…
Flower Bed at the Back
I am not too sure about this bit of the garden. It houses the worlds biggest collection of…
Lavender looking good
This is in the front garden by the door. An interesting story here as it was a lavender…
RIP Tomatoes
This is not looking good, the tomatoes are now all dead. I can’t really work out why, maybe…
First Cut
It has been growing for some months now and it was the first time ever to cut it…
Amaranthus Planted Out
It really needed doing weeks and weeks ago, but I finally got round to planting these things out. …
Sweetpeas tied up
These are the ones planted at the bottom of the “rustic” divider that I made. They have…
Dying Tomatoes!
I am not too sure what has happened here, but this plant does not look too well.
Flower Seeds now Showing
The photo does not do it any justice, but here we have the seeds that I sowed the…
Radishes starting to show!
Rach will be in radish heaven soon!
@week 9 – Black Currents
Black Currents are now… turning black!
@week 9 – Sunflowers
Things are starting to happen. The tall sunflowers are now very tall and I am hoping to…
@week 9 – Potatoes
These continue to grow and flowers can just be seen about to pop out
@week 9 – Beans and Sweetpeas
It is hard to spot them all here, but loom and you will see runner beans climbing up…
Who’s Eating the Strawberries?
It is not us as these are wild strawberries and I don’t find them too nice to eat…
Rhubarb Rhubarb Rhubarb
Here is something, all this rhubarb could do with picking right now and eating.
RIP Bamboo
Whoops – it did look a bit dead when I finally got round to planting it and now……
Flowers in the front
Just some pretty cottage garden flowers.
Tied up Clematis
The title says is all really. I have been meaning to do it for days, every time I…
Radishes and Rocket Planted
Underneath the towering sunflowers, tonight we put in some radish and rocket seed. Something quick and simple and…
More Sweetpeas Planted
These are the last batch of sweetpeas, planted to grow up the side of the new trellis bit…
Last Seeds of the Year
Only just in time, we shall see what happens. I have put netting in top to stop…
Sunflower Tied Up
This one sunflower has grown grown grown! I had to tied it against the fence tonight to…
More Seeds – Too Late?
It is beginning of June, I am leaving it all a bit late if I want to sow…
Bit Down the Side – Painted
I have been about it for ages and age, to tart up the bit down the side of…
@Seven Weeks – Chillies
I must read up on these as I am not too sure what you are meant to do…
@Seven Weeks – Wild Strawberries
A small number of little red strawberries. I did try tasting one and although not unpleasent, it wasn’t…
@Seven Weeks – Grass
After a numbe of sunny days the grass was not looking good without water, but for the last…
@Seven Weeks – Runner Beans
They are now all planted out at the wigwams.
@Seven Weeks – Sweetpeas
I am still pretty much chuffed with how these are going. I planted the first batch out and…
@Seven Weeks – Basil
We are now eating it too, yum yum
@Seven Weeks – Amaranthus
I am sure that by now I should have had thinned and/or repotted these… but I haven’t yet.