Sunday 30 June 2019

Hot, sunny Saturday


All survived the night without slug damage. I'm hoping it's because the garlic spray actually works. I put some on all the pots and some other plants Friday night. 

More flowers appear here daily and it's constantly full of bees.



These all survived the first night in the ground too.

It was too warm in the afternoon to do anything more here. I sat and pulled weeds from veg beds instead.


Chinese Globeflower


The second Meadow Rue is finally flowering.


Chamomile in bloom.


Sweet Pea waiting to be planted out.




Honeysuckle in bloom on the Willow fence 


Deciding where to plant the black Elderflower.


Sheild bug liked my skirt.

Chamomile, Lemonbalm and Mint tea 

Dinner harvest, the last of the greenhouse potatoes, mangetout, kale and onions.

Saturday 29 June 2019

Still clearing

Wednesday's harvest.
We had a tour on Wednesday and I went to a Kayaking course that evening, so very little was done apart from watering. I did manage to collect enough veg for dinner though.
The first Courgette flower. This one is in the greenhouse. 


The first dragonfly I've seen at the pond.



Comfrey




New flowers keep appearing in this Wildflower patch. This one is the Poached Egg plant.



Bees never leave the Phacelia.






This Raspberry showed no sign of life until now. I had been going to remove it, but it's budding now.

I spent most of Thursday cutting the grass. It takes much longer to cut paths than rectangular lawns.




This bird's nest is sitting on the front lawn.




Plants waiting to go in the ground. More moved out of the greenhouse on Friday.


























The first new bed planted up.




Work continues on the second one. It's mainly full of reeds with amazing root systems.