Starting to sort out the greenhouse a bit, the over night temperature was only 5 degrees, so the tender stuff is staying under wraps for another couple of weeks.
Tommies will be mostly growing in these rings, I used them last year and were a great success, you can also see some early salad stuff, might get some radish next week.
A few Brassicas, Leeks and Sunflowers along with my grandsons lupins. I grew my Leeks earlier last year and they mostly bolted, so trying a bit later this year. There's Broccoli, Romanesc and White Cabbage.
The hanging basket experiment, last year I grew Tumbling Tom tomatoes and they needed a lot of water inside the greenhouse, so this year I'm growing stuff that can go outside when I'm away. This ones got Petit Pois peas in, there's another with climbing French Beans and another with Sweet Peas in, well they've got two chances .
A view of my garden
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Dear Diane, what sort of dog is that, on the right hand side of your bench?
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I bought some cuttings from a guy on ebay last year of some Epiphytes, this is the first one to flower, 8 inches across and very impressive, unfortunately no scent on this one.
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That's beautiful Tiger. I had a huge white one that had beautiful scent in the night but none in daylight.
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I have those too, this is the first one to flower, but sadly they only last a day or so and it is going over already, I was told the heavily scented ones are pollinated at night by moths and bats, not seen any round mine in the conservatory though!!.
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Although far from summer like, planting and sowing is now gathering momentum
Onions and Brassicas in the first raised bed includes white cabbage, romanesc and broccoli
First carrots now showing, so some succesional planting now in hand, these are eskimo carrots
Onions and Brassicas in the first raised bed includes white cabbage, romanesc and broccoli
First carrots now showing, so some succesional planting now in hand, these are eskimo carrots
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Glorious sunshine, thought I'd get the camera out
Solomons Seal looks nice when first out, it get eaten by grey caterpillars of what I do not know.
100 percent growth on the tatties.
Looks like a bumper crop of guzzgogs if they don't get the mildew they got last year.
Solomons Seal looks nice when first out, it get eaten by grey caterpillars of what I do not know.
100 percent growth on the tatties.
Looks like a bumper crop of guzzgogs if they don't get the mildew they got last year.
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The larval stage of Solomon’s seal sawfly can completely defoliate Polygonatum species and hybrids in early summer. Horrible little critters.
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Geoff wrote:The larval stage of Solomon’s seal sawfly can completely defoliate Polygonatum species and hybrids in early summer. Horrible little critters.
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That'll be them then, I do go around squashing them, but they strip the plants in no time.
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