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Member since: Feb 11 | Last seen: May 13 | Years gardening: 44
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16 May 2013Kale 'Red Russian' Flowering, Kale 'Red Russian' Harvesting, Kale 'Sutherland' Flowering, Kale 'Sutherland'...
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Scattered Clouds 11°C / 52°F……. has been growing kale over winter which is now coming into flower. I think I’ll save some seed though it may be cross pollinated – will be interesting and I hope tasty. Of the 3 varieties grown one didn’t make it – my favourite (Cavello Nero) and unfortuna...
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15 May 2013
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Some Sun .... and a Little Rain
Dwarf French Bean 'Minidor' Planting Out, Dwarf Bean, Purple teepee Planting Out, and Kitchen raised beds g...Scattered Clouds 12°C / 54°FAt last all the peppers and tomatoes are into bigger pots. Next step will be into the greenhouse border – when it is made! At present it is rough, rubbley ground covered in split open compost bags and I’m waiting for DSs to lay hard standing/path, erect the potting bench, then dig o...
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14 May 2013Dainty Euphorbia Blooming, Knapweed Blooming, Alpine Strawberry, Mignonette (divided) Flowering, Eating App...
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Scattered Clouds 12°C / 54°FThough I’ve chafed against the gardening restrictions of the rain it really has been beneficial for the ground to have a penetrating soak – just as long as it realizes when enough is enough! 1) I’m very fond of this early blooming hardy geranium, bees appreciate it too. 2) ̵...
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08 May 2013Sweet Pepper 'Corno di Toro Rosso' (2) Potting Up, Mint 'Korean' Potting Up, Coleus, Flame Dancers Potting ...
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Dashed out early this morning to rig the delphinium supports after hearing the forecast of strong winds for today. Just completing the last one when down came the rain and I made a dash for cover. Spent a large part of the day sowing seeds (runner beans, cucumber, melon, cucamelon and squash) po...Windy 11°C / 52°F -
04 May 2013Crab Apple 'Laura' Flowering, Apple Mint Harvesting, Curly Parsley Harvesting, and Leaf Salad, Lettuce Mixe...
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Clear 12°C / 54°FNot a lot to harvest at present though the salad leaves from the greenhouse are very welcome. Just had to have some fresh mint and parsley to add to it too. Unfortunately the radishes are past being edible. These recent warm days are coaxing the fruit into blossom. The crab apple’s fat p...
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27 Apr 2013Tomato 'Tombola mixed' (2) (divided) Potting Up, Tomato 'Tombola mixed' (1) Potting Up, Tomato 'Black Krim'...
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Scattered Clouds 10°C / 50°FHome on April 17th and a settled spell of weather enabling me to get on with much needed preparations for the growing season – not much done prior to this as I was post-op so taking it quite gently plus the cold weather. Lots of things had sprouted in the conservatory and most also had true...
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24 Apr 2013Sweet Violet White Blooming, Corsican Hellebore Blooming, Cowslip Blooming, Mini Daff 'Minnow' Blooming, T...
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Partly SunnyI was away for 3 weeks over Easter so was unaware of garden happenings – this is a quick update on the current blooms.
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04 Apr 2013Kitchen raised beds garden and Parsnip 'Name later' Harvesting
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Clear 4°C / 39°FFound a few more parsnips when preparing the Veg beds, enough for parsnip and apple soup to freeze and some all caramelised from roasting – yum!
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24 Mar 2013Conservatory propagating garden and Kitchen raised beds garden
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I mean, come on, it’s nearly the end of March! Bits of snow still hanging around from Saturday’s blanket due to temp not much above freezing today or yesterday. Before the weekend I did manage to clean out the ground elder creeping into raised bed 1, though I did get rained on towards...Overcast 1°C / 34°F -
14 Mar 2013Geranium, Lilac Rose Blooming, Clivia Blooming, and Hellebore Blooming
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Partly Cloudy 6°C / 43°F“Go to your fields and your gardens and you shall learn that it is the pleasure of the bee to gather honey of the flower, but it is also the pleasure of the flower to yield its honey to the bee. For to the bee a flower is the fountain of life and to the flower a bee is a messenger of love, ...
