Look at this little blossom!
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.
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!
I made this cute little project one winters day. I hope to collect lots more cute little tins to make a little display somewhere.
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.
My little garden robin is still keeping me company.
In the front garden raised beds I've been picking kale and chard all winter. The overwintered onions and garlic are going strong too.
Can you tell I haven't done any proper gardening since last year??!
Luckily the flowers don't mind a neglectful gardener and carry on blooming anyway!
How are your gardens? Have they survived the winter? And the storms? I hope so!
I haven't been into my garden since hurting my back in September, it doesn't look too bad all things considered! I don't think we'll be growing any veg this year, but I'll be looking forward to some raspberries and lots of fresh herbs.
ReplyDeleteLove your new trug.
Ah sorry to hear about your back :( I've left my garden to it's own devices a couple of times over the years and it's surprising how well they look after themselves (if you don't mind a few weeds!) x
DeleteI'm certain that one of my smaller pots got blown away but it might be that I moved it in the autumn and just forgot that I did so! We lost numerous panels of glass in our greenhouse, and one of my larger pots broke after being blown across the patio, and one day I looked out of the window just as our eucalyptus tree fell over. No damage to anything else luckily but the postman has to climb over it to deliver our letters.
ReplyDeleteVery little going on out in our garden at the moment. My greenhouse looks very neglected but my hanging baskets are still ok, which pleases me no end.
I hope your cherryplum blossom survives, it's so pretty! And the crab apples, aren't they just to most delicious colour!?
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Oh wow, it sounds like you've really had some wind! I've lost one terracotta pot to falling over in the wind, and there are plastic pots that were in a neat pile but have been blown to the four corners of the garden over the winter!
DeleteThis is a great effort. Beautiful flower garden, yum cherries and fresh herbs. It is lot of work down there. Gardening is a refreshing activity and you are do excited when it starts showing the results of your labor. I have four tins with herbs I my kitchen. Potted flower plants and veggies in my backyard.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much :) I hope you're enjoying your garden!
DeleteWhat's the name of that last pink flower? I've got those and I can't remember what they are called!
ReplyDeleteI'm envious of all your Kale (it does look like Cavolo Nero in that picture!) and chard- I have had some chard in a pot all Winter which hasn't done much but I think I should just pick it!
I do love seeing your garden! I love your new trug and I look forward to seeing flowers. I've got some Crocus corms to plant- is it too late for them?!?!
I still have crocus, tulips and daffodils to plant - I'm going to put them in and hope for the best! It was too wet last year and I didn't get round to it. The pink flower is elephant's ear, I can't remember the 'proper' name though!
DeleteWonderful job Susie! I always love gardening. The summer has started for us so I have planted some herb seeds at my kitchen counter and I’m eagerly waiting for them to sprout.
ReplyDeleteThank you :) Hope your seeds sprout soon!
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