welcome to my little suburban oasis, filled with flowers,fruit trees and vegetables
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Dinner!
I'm getting fed up of early purple sprouting broccoli every day, so I'm now picking the sprouting bits at the top of the brussels for some green veg!
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
March butterfly
picked this week
Saturday, 24 March 2012
changes
The garden here has always been divided into two - a prettier lawn and flower bed side....
and a practical veg patch side
Now we have an allotment, it seems less necessary to have a dedicated veg patch at home so we're changing things round a bit and opening the whole garden up.
I still want to grow some veg here - it's a better place for small seedlings as there's less problem with birds eating them; some crops such as mangetout peas or salad leaves are better picked as and when they're wanted; and it might be advisable to keep some winter crops here where I can quickly nip out and throw fleece over them if a sudden temperature drop is forecast.
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Spring Equinox
Some more lovely Spring days and the garden is waking up quickly....
daffodils, early red ridinghood tulips, hyacinths and polyanthus in flower
blossom starting to show on peach and apple trees and montana clematis
tomato, pepper, leek and french beans seedlings growing well
Labels:
apple blossom,
clematis,
daffodils,
hyacinths,
peaches,
polyanthus,
rosemary,
spring equinox,
tulips
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
picked this week
Quite a lot of purple broccoli ready at the allotment. I rather wish it would stay this colour after cooking.
Also - on right of pic - some spinach which has survived winter and bits of brussels which are now starting to open, so we could be seeing the last of them soon.
Another couple of smallish leeks - and increasing amount of salady leaves from self-set plants.
Labels:
broccoli,
brussels sprouts,
leeks,
salad leaves,
spinach
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Monday, 12 March 2012
picked this week
Not a lot of picking this week - mainly because I didn't get down to the allotment.
These are the last of our parsnips. The row has been cleared out to make way for potatoes which were planted out this week.
Still managing to find odd bits of salad around the garden though as the weather has been warm, I'm eating it quicker than it grows!
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
picked this week
Saturday, 3 March 2012
Salad Leaves
This week's array of salad leaves - american land cress, lemon balm, chives, 2 sorts of rocket, chinese cabbage and beetroot. I didn't pick any lettuce or spinach as I've planted them out into the garden and don't want to shock them too much.
Labels:
american land cress,
beetroot,
chinese cabbage,
chives,
lemon balm,
lettuce,
rocket,
spinach
Friday, 2 March 2012
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