In the Garden

[Leadinglights]

Our first pick of 6 strawberries today, reserved for breakfast with Greek yoghurt tomorrow.

 

[Jodee]

My biggest prob is slugs and snails demolishing seedlings before they get big enough. They are particularly selecting this year, the red lettuce, chinese cabbage and corriander.

Well I did my first courgette yesterday, and the salad is doing pretty good too (images below) and captured a very happy bumble bee disappearing into a snap dragon flower I also saw Mrs blackbird eyeing up the blueberries yesterday, not ripe yet, thought she was sunbathing on the lawn until I saw where her eye was drawn lol

Oh yes first time ever I am trying malabar spinach, apparently a superfood which can be grown as an indoor pot plant as well, I will see how it goes/grows. The leaves look a bit yellow in the picture I think camera light, they are greener than they appear.

 

[Jodee]

Our first pick of 6 strawberries today, reserved for breakfast with Greek yoghurt tomorrow.

Well done, my fruits are still green. I notice the redcurrent are starting to turn red though - birds have already been at them. I don't mind sharing some

 

[eggyg]

We pulled up our first potatoes this week. Charlottes. They were delicious. I’ve one teeny tiny courgette on its way. Lettuce doing well, carrots look healthy, slugs ( and pigeons) have been at the brassicas. 😡 Mr Eggy has set beer traps, Aldi’s cheapest lager, for the slugs and netted them against the damn pigeons. Tomatoes are growing slowly but surely in the green house. Raspberries and redcurrants doing well. They’re all netted. But the strawberries are very disappointing. It’s only early June so maybe there’s time yet.

 

[Docb]

Not quite in the garden but saw this fellow today.....

 

[eggyg]

Not quite in the garden but saw this fellow today.....View attachment 35671

Ooh a lesser redpoll. I had my first ( and only) one last year in the garden. I was very excited. Yours is a better photo.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

We had our neighbourhood Secret Gardens open day today, a weekend where local gardens allow people in for a bit of a look around. Lots of lovely conversations and over 400 people through the garden today alone!

 

[Leadinglights]

We had our neighbourhood Secret Gardens open day today, a weekend where local gardens allow people in for a bit of a look around. Lots of lovely conversations and over 400 people through the garden today alone!

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What a lovely garden, I can see you have a lot of pots, a bit like me, I counted up and scared myself as I have over 50 of various sorts.

 

[silver minion]

Your garden looks very inviting and relaxing @everydayupsanddowns
How many of all those visitors asked you for cuttings ?
You have a lovely selection of plants. It has given me some ideas to develop our garden.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Your garden looks very inviting and relaxing @everydayupsanddowns
How many of all those visitors asked you for cuttings ?
You have a lovely selection of plants. It has given me some ideas to develop our garden.

We had some Mexican Daisies and Ox Eye Daisies potted-up for people to offer donations. (they self-propagate all over!).

My plan is to strike /divide some lavenders and geraniums this autumn.

 

[Ditto]

Luv that garden. I'd have been very happy going around that. My kind of garden. 🙂

 

[Jodee]

We pulled up our first potatoes this week. Charlottes. They were delicious. I’ve one teeny tiny courgette on its way. Lettuce doing well, carrots look healthy, slugs ( and pigeons) have been at the brassicas. 😡 Mr Eggy has set beer traps, Aldi’s cheapest lager, for the slugs and netted them against the damn pigeons. Tomatoes are growing slowly but surely in the green house. Raspberries and redcurrants doing well. They’re all netted. But the strawberries are very disappointing. It’s only early June so maybe there’s time yet.

My potato leaves are very much slug eaten, I just hope the tubers are ok. Enjoy the fruits and veg of your labour 🙂

 

[Jodee]

Fab pictures of the gardens and birds just luv them.

Some pictures from my garden on Midsummers Day 2025. They all did so well considering the temperatures we were having that day 30C. I've never seen a carrot flower before (as marked) isn't it amazing 🙂

 

[silver minion]

Fab pictures of the gardens and birds just luv them.

Some pictures from my garden on Midsummers Day 2025. They all did so well considering the temperatures we were having that day 30C. I've never seen a carrot flower before (as marked) isn't it amazing 🙂

Beautiful photos and your flowers all look lovely despite the heat, they look like they are thriving. The carrot flower is stunning. Have you thought about drying it?
All our radishes and lettuce have bolted with all this sun and heat 😱

 

[Jodee]

Beautiful photos and your flowers all look lovely despite the heat, they look like they are thriving. The carrot flower is stunning. Have you thought about drying it?
All our radishes and lettuce have bolted with all this sun and heat 😱

No I haven't really - my intention was to collect the seed, but there are several heads so I guess I could try one of them. I think though it would just disintegrate when dried, even when spraying it with the stiffening stuff.

 

[eggyg]

I had a wander in the garden yesterday when the heat abated. Just a few things that are doing well at the moment.
We’ve got broccoli! First time.
Courgettes are a bit slow this year but two almost ready, I might treat myself and buy an aubergine and make ratatouille this week. ( Have you see the price of aubergines?) 😱
Red onions doing really well. Biggest we’ve ever had.
A bird’s eye view of one of my pots.
And a gorgeous male greenfinch visited for quite a while. He was really getting stuck in!

 

[Robin]

That inspired me to go out and photo our lavender and penstemons for posterity, before the wind blows any more of them over, it’s very windy here today. I’m also pleased that we’ve got a load of white Malva, where I scattered some of last years seeds (the Cosmos next door to it is dragging its heels, but it will get there.