On Wednesday and Thursday of final week I acquired little bit of gardening accomplished together with planting out 9 (in all probability 3 too many) Purple Broccoli vegetation that arrived in superb situation from Marshalls Seed Firm. I’ve fenced them with the netting frames BiL made for me and coated them with enviromesh. Final 12 months they failed due to the distinctive warmth and the critters that by some means acquired in – whitefly and cabbage white butterflies – regardless of protecting them as greatest I may. If there’s one other fail this 12 months maybe that would be the final time of attempting to develop winter ‘greens’ right here in my restricted house.
See the Buddleia towards the fence? I lower it again to 4 toes tall final Autumn now its about 12 toes tall.
The Flamingo tree behind the heating oil tank was solely 6 toes tall after I moved right here – it is also shot up this 12 months.
Courgette vegetation have gone loopy as have the cucumbers within the greenhouse however I do not thoughts as the alternative of glut is famine and I do know which I might quite have. I put the surplus in a field out the entrance with a “Assist Your self” signal and so they quickly went. Marrow on the left of photograph (AKA overlarge courgette) was used for jam.
That is Crumble – subsequent door neighbours cat – ten toes up in my flowering cherry tree. She is being mobbed and teased by two blue-tits and shouted at by a blackbird. Beautiful cat- other than the occasional cat poo in my vegetable beds – not so usually now although as they’re too full and primarily fenced spherical….foiled!
Nothing nested in that new, low-cost car-boot birdbox – it was late going up and I believe the opening is simply too massive – could must get BiL to get it down once more and type it – though I hardly dare ask because it was fairly a feat for him to get it up so excessive within the first place.
Again Tomorrow
Sue
