Showing posts with label chard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chard. Show all posts

Sunday, 23 February 2020

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.

Look at this little blossom! 

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.  From UK suburban garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #suburbanpermaculture #permacultre #ukgardenblogger

It's a cherryplum and I hope the weather doesn't go too crazy and blow the blossom away before it gets pollinated!  And look at these crab apples, still holding on, I love the colour of them.

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.  From UK suburban garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #suburbanpermaculture #permacultre #ukgardenblogger

It's been so long since I wrote about my garden.  And that's because my camera's memory card corrupted so I've lost like a years worth of photos.  But I have a new camera and a new memory card and I'm backing everything up like crazy!

I got some pennies for Christmas and I used them to buy this b-e-a-oootiful new trug.  I have lots of bulbs to plant and I still haven't planted them all - woopsy!   I also bought some mini fruit trees from Thompson and Morgan, the kind that stay really small for pots on the patio, the trees are nice but there were grubs in the pots (maybe vine weevils!) so I wouldn't buy these ones.  But I'm looking forward to having 2 new apples, a pear, a plum and a cherry!

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.  From UK suburban garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #suburbanpermaculture #permacultre #ukgardenblogger

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.  From UK suburban garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #suburbanpermaculture #permacultre #ukgardenblogger

I made this cute little project one winters day.  I hope to collect lots more cute little tins to make a little display somewhere. 

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.  From UK suburban garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #suburbanpermaculture #permacultre #ukgardenblogger

My back garden raised beds still have some chard going in them, but not much else.  There's messy bits everywhere that need dealing with, and theres Still that big pile o' dirt at the back of the garden that I'm running out of inspiration for!  My potting table broke too, I need to find a new one. 

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.  From UK suburban garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #suburbanpermaculture #permacultre #ukgardenblogger

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.  From UK suburban garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #suburbanpermaculture #permacultre #ukgardenblogger

My little garden robin is still keeping me company. 

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.  From UK suburban garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #suburbanpermaculture #permaculture #ukgardenblogger

In the front garden raised beds I've been picking kale and chard all winter.  The overwintered onions and garlic are going strong too. 

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.  From UK suburban garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #suburbanpermaculture #permaculture #ukgardenblogger

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.  From UK suburban garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #suburbanpermaculture #permaculture #ukgardenblogger

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.  From UK suburban garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #suburbanpermaculture #permaculture #ukgardenblogger

Can you tell I haven't done any proper gardening since last year??! 

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.  From UK suburban garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #suburbanpermaculture #permaculture #ukgardenblogger

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.  From UK suburban garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #suburbanpermaculture #permaculture #ukgardenblogger

Luckily the flowers don't mind a neglectful gardener and carry on blooming anyway! 

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.  From UK suburban garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #suburbanpermaculture #permaculture #ukgardenblogger

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.  From UK suburban garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #suburbanpermaculture #permaculture #ukgardenblogger

Diary of a suburban permaculture -ish garden, February 2020.  From UK suburban garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #suburbanpermaculture #permaculture #ukgardenblogger

How are your gardens?  Have they survived the winter?  And the storms?  I hope so!




Thursday, 4 July 2019

My homegrown harvest, June 2019.

Things are finally growing in my garden!  These are the first potatoes of the year - it was a mix of varieties.  The potatoes aren't quite ready so I just rummaged around in the soil and pulled out some big feeling potatoes without disturbing the plants too much! 

My homegrown harvest, June 2019.  from UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #homegrownharvest #suburbanharvest #growyourown

My homegrown harvest, June 2019.  from UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #homegrownharvest #suburbanharvest #growyourown

I've had my first raspberries.  I'm slightly perturbed that these are my 'autumn bliss' raspberries and they're all coming now!  Is this climate change?  Did I prune them crazy wrong last year?  What will I eat in autumn!?

My homegrown harvest, June 2019.  from UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #homegrownharvest #suburbanharvest #growyourown

The first strawberries have arrived too, I only eat home grown strawbs so these are a proper treat.  The first ever yellow raspberries came, a small total harvest of 5 berries but there's a big cane growing already for next year.  Purple snap peas and tons of kale and chard too.

My homegrown harvest, June 2019.  from UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #homegrownharvest #suburbanharvest #growyourown

I'm trying to keep up with picking and drying home grown herbs this year, I've picked oregano and mint this month to dry.  

My homegrown harvest, June 2019.  from UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #homegrownharvest #suburbanharvest #growyourown

I trimmed the onion tops back and ended up with a washing up bowl full of onion tops!  I washed and chopped them all, froze two boxes full, and popped another box in the fridge to be used up in stir fries, fritters, Joe's omelettes and I made a particularly delicious green onion pancake too.  I thinned out my cabbage seedlings and ate them, because waste not want not. 

My homegrown harvest, June 2019.  from UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #homegrownharvest #suburbanharvest #growyourown

It's all about the berries though this month, I've been out picking them every day! 

My homegrown harvest, June 2019.  from UK garden blogger secondhandsusie.blogspot.com #homegrownharvest #suburbanharvest #growyourown

That's about it for this month, have you been harvesting much from the garden this month?