It's been feeling very autumnal this month, and to be honest I've neglected the garden a bit because it's been chilly and because I've been super busy!
I'm really happy with my raised bed (I filled it using the lasagna method!). I've planted garlic and onion sets, and leek, rainbow chard and spinach beet from seed, and they've all sprouted and they're growing! I planted some strawberry plants down the edges too.
My great excitement has been this sunflower head. I harvested a few seeds for myself, to plant next year, then hung the head up with some string on the fence. I meant it to be a bird feeder, but it's been attracting my furry friends too!
Talking of seed heads, did you know snapdragon seed heads look like little skulls?
I don't want to speak too soon, but there's a courgette growing here that hasn't been eaten by a slug!!!!! (yet!)
I planted some wildflower seeds and butterfly friendly seeds in the side garden, this is the only thing that's grown from those seeds. I think it's nigella, it's really pretty!
And here's the whole garden. It needs some love this month, and possibly a water, it hasn't rained for ages! I'll get round to that next week, this week is crazy (extra work, 2 birthdays, a wedding, naming ceremony and a friend visting! Eeep!).
This is the garden from another angle. One day it'll be a lovely patio area with a pizza oven. For now, it's a mess, with some pots of herbs and tomatoes.
Gardening is an everlasting job and a garden's 'life' is always evolving, which makes it exciting and interesting at all times.
ReplyDeleteYou have done a great job with the raised beds and they'll be very productive. I haven't grown sunflowers in a long time, but my mum does. She also hangs them up for the birds and I bet she will be so envious of your furry friend there. :-)
You're right, I'm kind of glad it's a never ending job, it's teaching me to be patient and enjoy the process (although I'm impatient to have it 'finished' and looking better!).
Deletewow you've done so well! i wish my garden looked like that haha- sooo jealous, fingers crossed for next year lol
ReplyDeletehopefully i will attract squirrels soon too :) xx
I've never heard of someone actually wanting to attract squirrels, they're quite pesky, but I'm quite fond of the ones that visit my garden anyway! :D
DeleteIts all looking fantastic. Loving your future dreams of a pizza oven and yeah, that seed does look like a skull - so timely.
ReplyDeleteThanks Shaheen, we can't wait to have a pizza oven, I'm so impatient to make that happen!
DeleteBrill, you're going to get a courgette! I only just some aubergines after a summer of waiting.
ReplyDeleteNice sunflower!
I really, really, really hope I get that courgette before the slugs! :D
DeleteHow fab it looks Susie, you are doing so well!!! I've also got a courgette growing that the slugs seem to have missed, so exciting!!! I'm so cross with myself as I left some tomatoes on the window sill to ripen and I forgot about them and they've gone mouldy!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kezzie :D :D
DeleteFingers crossed we'll both get our courgettes!
I love that little flower...it really is pretty! My wildflowers didn't do too well either...I only got a few *sigh* I see the squirrel wasted no time helping himself to sunflower seeds! lol
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up with Green Thumb Thursday. I hope to see you again this week!
Lisa
Thanks Lisa, it's nice that at least one of my flowers worked, hopefully we'll both have better luck next year!
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