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grainoftruth

grainoftruth's Back garden

Garden Type: Cottage | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Clay

  • 26 Apr 2009
    Phormium still dormant Phormium Dormant and Back garden
    Perhaps it’s a bit sullen – I have a kid like that – but the Phormium still doesn’t look its best. The hard winter may have put it behind I suppose… Hoping for better things (like flowers on it!) in a few weeks time.
    Rainy 10°C / 50°F
  • 02 Jul 2008
    Rotting fruit Marrow and Back garden
    A little disappointed this evening when I checked out the marrows/courgettes. One of the early fruits had rotted off – and I don’t know why. I’ve been watering the plants, so they are getting plenty of moisture. It’s a mystery…
    Overcast 15°C / 59°F
  • 02 Jul 2008
    And now we've eaten them! 1 lettuce Harvesting and Back garden
    The leaves were lovely. A good mixture of bitter and sweet leaves made for a very nice salad when mixed with tomatoes (shop bought – mine aren’t ready yet) and pan roasted pumpkin seeds and pine kernels.
    Overcast 14°C / 57°F
  • 23 Jun 2008
    Fruits are swelling Marrow Fruiting and Back garden
    I noticed today that I have the first marrows – well, courgettes actually – I hate marrow! We have three plants and two now have their first fruit. I hadn’t realised that they only set on female flowers. The male flowers don’t have fruit behind them. Watering them most eve...
    Sunny 21°C / 70°F
  • 14 Jun 2008
    Flowers are forming Marrow Flowering and Back garden
    The first of the flowers are opening out. Not sure how long before the fruit starts to swell. Quite a few flowers are forming however – I’m thinking of picking a few early and doing them in tempura batter before deep frying them. Apparently, they’re very good like that.
    Sunny 15°C / 59°F
  • 09 Jun 2008
    Tiny - but the first fruit is forming! Tomato Fruiting and Back garden
    I checked the six plants this evening and the very first fruit is visible. The flowers have been on a couple of the plants even before I put them into the troughs, but the first green blob is now clearly desernable. I’ll leave it until the weekend before I start to put feed in the watering ...
    Sunny 18°C / 64°F
  • 30 May 2008
    Planting Out Marrow Planting Out and Back garden

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