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Today has been another lovely day so full of sunshine and the scents of flowers just coming into bloom. Going to make a pot of tea and sit outside to enjoy the fading warmth.
Got loads of tidying up done and managed to pull up two wheel barrow loads of wild garlic. Veg plot is only about the size of an allotment but it is large enough to provide our veg. The fruit case is beginning to look as though it will be successful and as I have put the peas and sweetcorn in there as well I hope it is safe from the badgers, rabbits and rooks.
I hope you have all had a good day.
Got loads of tidying up done and managed to pull up two wheel barrow loads of wild garlic. Veg plot is only about the size of an allotment but it is large enough to provide our veg. The fruit case is beginning to look as though it will be successful and as I have put the peas and sweetcorn in there as well I hope it is safe from the badgers, rabbits and rooks.
I hope you have all had a good day.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It's been quite nice here. Unfortunately, I have been stuck inside working for most of the day. But have managed a few strolls round the garden.
Last year we grew sweetcorn but only had 5 plants, which was not enough. This year I think Mr BM may have gone a little OTT. I counted 46 plants!!! So we shall largely be living on sweetcorn!
Last year we grew sweetcorn but only had 5 plants, which was not enough. This year I think Mr BM may have gone a little OTT. I counted 46 plants!!! So we shall largely be living on sweetcorn!
I grow mini corn BM as I am the only one that eats it.
I have 14 tomato plants, the earliest have tomatoes on them already, 10 cucumbers plants, aubergine, peppers, kiwi, blueberries, fruit trees, strawberries, peas, beans, lettuce, hundreds of spring onions .
My pride is the elephant garlic. It looks amazing
I have 14 tomato plants, the earliest have tomatoes on them already, 10 cucumbers plants, aubergine, peppers, kiwi, blueberries, fruit trees, strawberries, peas, beans, lettuce, hundreds of spring onions .
My pride is the elephant garlic. It looks amazing
I've got a little herb garden in largish pots leading up to the front door Sharon. Would really miss them if I didn't have the right facilities. The dozen or so fruit trees are in the field along with the poly tunnel where I tend to grow more tender plants and of course I plant things in that all the year round. It has an automatic watering system so virtually looks after itself.
I was about to drop off a load of surplus food to our local food bank when our freezer (where I had frozen lots of stuff for us) inexplicably decided to stop working. All the blanching and cooking I had done was wasted and consequently, we had no spare.
I think with 46 maize plants, there will be spare!!!!
I think with 46 maize plants, there will be spare!!!!
Today was a good day Lady-j, yesterday was a great day. The sun had a rest today after blazing hot all yesterday and giving us temperatures in the high 60s with an azure sky. Got a lot done and glad to get my tomatoes out and in position. Should be able to dismantle my tall cloche this week and concentrate on the pots now they are filled. Cloudy and a bit drizzly today so used it as an excuse for a rest with the sun. Tomorrow looks sunny and warm again so I can get out and do a bit more. Off to Liverpool on Tuesday for Doppler, XRay and CT scans, so I can take some stuff to my daughter who lives there. I raise as much as possible from seed, so can take her Tomato, Courgette and Cucumber plants. Have no Broad Beans or Peas to spare. I will also take Cosmos, Sunflower, Nasturtiums and Livingstone Daisies for her. A devil to get going from seed the Mesembryanthemums are. I spent hours pricking out individual plants, but for 3 months of brilliant colour it is always worth it. Bleedin Wood Pigeons and Squirrels are our raiders.
Pasta - there is a charitable organisation local to us that will take fresh produce (I checked before I was going to take it there) they deliver hampers with fresh food to those in need and in their shops you can fill a basket of fresh fruit and veg for £4.00. They would have been quite grateful for it were it not for the blinkin freezer.