This is tall and always seems to be hidden from sight.
I had to look it up, it’s a poppy.
The flowers are always too heavy for the stem.
This seed mix has worked wonders.
Never tire of all the stages of a rose.
No idea what I’ll do with the holly right now.
A mishap with the paint lead to me matching the marble by chance.
A neighbour was throwing this out and I just crammed it into a pot and tossed it in there before I cleaned up properly. Now it’s taking over that corner.
Yo, Dear Reader, I’ve spent today trying to clean things up, my shed has been in a chaotic state, well it always is, but too much so, which involves a lot of rummaging around and walking into garlic and onions, I wish I had a higher shed, but things are what they are. I also reinforced the staging in the greenhouse, it looks a lot more wild in there than it is, the tomatoes are doing so much better than previous years and the basil is doing great, it smell fantastic in there. Some of the early planted basil hasn’t done well, a bad batch of seeds I think, so I’ve planted the last of the seeds and should have plenty. Putting the passiflora in there was great for the passiflora, but not so much for me. Still, I hate to see it empty over
Summer, but I do know I can’t over fill the shelves, despite wanting to so very much. Progress, Dear Reader, towards a lot of pesto and salads.
Imagine the volume of petals right now.
This rose really has taken off this year.
Every year these pop up as lovely spots of colour.
Not sure what I’ll do with it, but it does seem to be Enchanter’s Nightshade.
Something about this look delicious.
Rose and Dahlia locked in mortal combat.
I actually forgot to water and feed the tomatoes and had to pop out so they won’t split and on the way back I felt a call, Dear Reader, the roses needed me, the new roses as I call the ones most recently grown from cuttings. I see that at least two of the mystery colour roses have buds starting and the other skip roses are almost open. This is the most exciting part because after over a year I’ll finally know what colour they are. Even the rambling rose from the front planter is budding, that’s the last chance for that because the original has sadly died off. It takes a lot of work, I hear from so many gardeners that they want it just so all too often, but you can’t dictate to plant, just guide it and accept what it needs to do to be healthy and put in the effort. I wouldn’t have all I do if I kept pruning and removing and the plants wouldn’t be as strong either. I do the dirty work so the flowers can bloom and though I may complain, it is so very worthwhile. I’ll be back again soon, Dear Reader, until then stay safe and take care.
I planted these under the currants to deter insects, may have worked, either way I have more onions.
Railway line Blackberries are going well.
Just noticed these are back again.
These are all up in the air they’re so tall right now.
That isn’t the front plant, but the one behind that. I see a lot of female flowers right now.
After this I had to move it all and replant the bottom rows.
The bees are always in this flower whenever I go to check on the new roses.
Everything is running into each other.
People are amazed at these, even more so when I say birds planted them.