Hello there,
I hope all is well with you.
It's been exactly a month since my last garden post so I thought it was due an update before I disappear on holiday and it all burns to a frazzle. :-(
Let's start with flowers...
These beautiful pink flowers suddenly appeared behind the Love and Peace tea roses which was a big surprise as I hadn't even noticed them being there!
Trust me to photograph the bee with the brown bits behind.
These pretty, proud red flowers started appearing close to the house.
These daisy-like flowers, which my Mother did name for me but I forget theirs, appeared at the end of the garden.
Although the full glory of the Roses has now passed, there are a few beauties still around.
These spiky yellow flowers are a recent addition!
These beautiful Love and Peace roses appeared by the patio doors for a few glorious days but are now gone.
My landlord tells me the fruit of the apple trees aren't good but I'm going to give them a go when ripe!
terrible picture but these pretty Lily-type flowers are recent.
A little Fuscia plant danced into the garden.
We were surprised by such a small and tameable Buddlea suddenly blooming!
So that's the flowers, what about the veg?
Though we grew a fair few tomato plants from seed, most got eaten. This one stayed longest in the shed and seems to be happy in this spot. It's sprouted a foot in two weeks.
The one at the back is growing back after decimation and the front one is biding its time!
Mum came over and I lured her into the garden.
I had some cucumber plants I'd grown from seed to put into the ground but nowhere to put them so she dug me this little bed for them. She emptied the lovely leaf and compost mulch out from the left compost bin and spread it onto all my veg.
Sadly, the courgette plants on the left got eaten that night after we planted them.
The cucumbers are currently in tact a week on and are flowering. I hope I haven't spoken too soon...
The leeks are happy and doing well and the French dwarf beans are plodding on.
Annoyingly,the other courgettes keep trying to flower but despite slug pellets galore, they keep being gnawed! I'm cross!
This has since been weeded and mulched so looks much better.
You can see the tomato plants are healthy and are fruiting!
Sadly, I had a week where I forgot to water my runner beans as I kept coming home late and they shrivelled up. I've since been nurturing them so they are slowly coming back to life but there are no flowers as yet, which there were before...
We've only had about 10 strawberries but it has put forth runners so Mum showed me how to deal with them.
Also on the patio are some radishes. The fig tree is happy,the raspberries are happy as are the lavender and olive tree.
So...not much tangible, but still growing. I hope August neglect isn't too much for them!
How has your garden been this month?