Day: January 23, 2026

Outside again

This morning the rain dried up, the sun came out and I took a look at progress in the garden. First, some of the edibles:

The more it’s picked the more the rhubarb grows
Huge courgette leaves, tiny fruit!
Recently planted ‘salad bar’
Ripening Potentate tomatoes
I hope the sugar snap seeds are germinating in there
Sturmer apples beginnning to ripen
Cranberries galore
More lemons than I know what to do with

Then the flower garden:

Dahlia
Shasta daisies, Japanese anemones and montbretia doing well (not that they need encouragement). Rhodo mulched with clippings from the Xmas tree.
Westerland rose going strong 3 months after it was planted
Hydrangea flowers as big as your head!
Very tall iceberg rose
Fairy rose scrambling out and up for light
New planting (geraniums, gazanias, cineraria silver dust, marigold vanilla cream) to add colour to the berm doing well – so far.

Nothing appears to have suffered from the rain and, for me, it’s a relief not to water most days. Everything looks green. Most plants look healthy. As will I, no doubt, after trying some of these recipes:

Replicating Jamie’s cheesy grin