Sunday, 14-06-26

Good morning, all.  It's a lovely, sunny start, quite cool but that won't last for long, I am sure.  I've already gone out and given the pots a refreshing drink in anticipation.

After community garden work yesterday and with permission, I took some photos to show you.  

It's not a huge space and it's a mix of flowers and vegetables in raised beds/borders or pots.

One of the beds - In the middle there's potatoes with a row of sunflowers running down the middle - it's going to look really nice.

There are steps that go into the back of the church and either side there's pots - tomatoes, strawberries and various flowers.  I donated two lavendulas that I didn't need and they've both going into a pot.

The other side of the steps.

June harvested a couple of rows of onions . . . 

 

. . . while I picked some broad beans and I got to bring some home.  I'm having them with my Sunday dinner and very much looking forward to them. 

Rhubarb in a pot.  I felt a bit smug about this because it's second year rhubarb and isn't doing too well - the pot is way too small, I think, and R said maybe it would do better in the ground.  I wonder if that's what I will be doing next time.

Just a random ladybird . . .

And a random flower!

I have to admit that by the time I got home I was pretty wiped out, in bed soon after eight and asleep soon after.  I slept the night through, waking at my usual time of just before five.  

Lovely!

On to today and something exciting.

As I was giving my pots a drink earlier, I watered the pear from a different angle and look what I found hiding shyly behind a leaf!  One single, solitary fruit, growing nicely and my fingers are now crossed.
Do you think if I talk to it, it will be happy and stay around?  More seriously, as the other three dropped a week or so ago, maybe this one has escaped and will mature.

As for this, it's a tayberry and I have had it for ages, well before I retired and that's nearly ten years ago.  It's never been any good at all so I took to just cutting it right down to ground level each year because it was not a pretty sight at all.
For some reason I didn't this year and it's looking healthier than I can ever remember.  It fruits on the previous year's growth so I'm giving another chance, just to see.

More fingers crossed.

There's nothing in the diary today but I have a pile of washing to do and I need to have a dead heading session plus some weed scraping so there's plenty to keep me occupied.

Have a pleasant day, everyone, and enjoy the sunshine.  xx