I have been focusing my attention on the New World Disorder for too long. After hard frosts of minus ten and storm force winds, It is good to get back in the Garden.
Here are a few views near enough up to date.
Lovely daffs,you'll be welcome to a few bulbs in September.
Jumbo garlic,we will be planting another variety this week.
Kale, it looks small but we have eaten several meals worth already.
They will provide a few more servings before they go to flower. We will keep one plant growing to full term; it self seeds easily.
Blackcurrant bushes sheltered from westerly winds . The beech hedge was topped last year. This year we will see it thicken up .
Pain de sucre, hardy lettuce. It's prone to attack by burrowing rodents,they love the roots they don't seem too keen to eat the greens. Oversown so everyone gets a share. These plants have just been heeled in to make way for winter digging and early sowing of the next season's crops.
. Raddichio endive survives the cold weather really well. We will sow more of this. Earlier next time. The learning curve is never ending...
Naturally.
I apologise for the slightly blurred image. The first budding blossom appears on a young peach tree, self seeded after the stone lay dormant in the compost. We don't plant peach trees here just weed out the ones we don't want to cultivate. In the background hazel offers protection from the north easterly wind. It will get "rationalised" in the autumn. The small sticks gleaned when thinned out will make good pea supports.
Early peas , I am told the first one has now appeared. We have just sown another row in the centre circle. The ground is ready for some early planting and sowing.
I'll do some more soon.
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