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 growsHuge courgette leaves, tiny fruit!Recently planted ‘salad bar’Ripening Potentate tomatoesI hope the sugar snap seeds are germinating in thereSturmer apples beginnning to ripenCranberries galoreMore lemons than I know what to do with
Then the flower garden:
DahliaShasta 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 plantedHydrangea flowers as big as your head!Very tall iceberg roseFairy rose scrambling out and up for lightNew 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:
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