Harvesting continues:[ATTACH]
I haven't tasted the Malachite Box yet. It's the first time I've grown it so I'm looking forward to it. Really surprised at how big they are,...
Today's harvest: Sungold Garnet Auntie Madge's Malachite Box[ATTACH]
Green When Ripe.
My outside Malachite Box are looking good. I'm giving them a gentle squeeze each morning to check if they're close to ripening. It's sometimes...
I've been picking the outdoor Sungolds for the last two weeks. This week I've started on the Gardener's Delight (had at lunch), Auntie Madge's and...
Didn't have my phone on me to snap a picture unfortunately, but I had a sparrow hawk in my garden this morning. I was watering my beans and...
When do you prune them?
After having my favourite pompom dahlias munched to oblivion years ago, I switched over to only growing purple/bronze leaf dahlias and the slugs...
I don't think the hostas have ever looked so good. Usually they're eaten to shreds by now:[ATTACH]
Mine are enjoying the sunshine outside each day then brought inside each evening. I'm keeping a close eye on night-time temperatures before...
During the initial 2020 lockdown I found some ten year old tomato seed in the garage so I sowed the whole packet of twenty in a single pot, hoping...
My tortoise enjoying the sunshine:[ATTACH]
I usually give seedlings a weak dilute of liquid feed if they seem to be stalling and it's too soon to pot them on.
Sowed my tomatoes:2 x Green Zebra (yellow/green medium) 3 x Gardener's Delight (red cherry) 1 x Michael Pollan (yellow/green pear) 1 x Santiam...
I organised my seeds over the weekend and made my selection for this year.Grown before:Sungold F1 - orange cherry. Green Zebra - green/yellow...
I have a ripening Sungold on my cuttings which are overwintering on the windowsill.[ATTACH]
Today's harvest:[ATTACH]Still lots left on the outdoor vines, hoping the weather holds out for autumn.
It's chocolate cosmos, a perennial species.
Plenty of Sungold since late June and now the other varieties are starting to ripen:[ATTACH]
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