Oh my poor garden. Hospital says I can now ‘resume normal activities’ (while taking care) and the eye is healing nicely. Therefore; this weekend is going to be a gardening weekend. I’m still getting fresh spinach leaves every couple of days and they are good either steamed as part of a hot meal or fresh as part of a salad.
My lettuce is almost gone, I’ve another two or three and then that’s it. I am still picking spinach leaves, the last of the nasturtium leaves and the last of the spring onions to make up a bowl of salad every couple of days and I have the last of the shallots drying out ready to be spiced and pickled.
I’m a bit upset about the lavender and the tansy. I usually make up bowls of potpourri for the house with these. Unfortunately this year they flowered and died of in the couple of weeks I’ve been unable to get out there. I’m quite cross with myself for leaving them, they were ready to be cut a few days before I went into hospital but I decided to leave them until that weekend. Now I wish I had harvested them when I had the chance. But at least these will flower again next year and there is no real harm done. The more lasting damage is likely to be around the edge of the garden in amongst the wild flowers and hedgerow. I’ve always been very careful about removing deep rooting invasive weeds as they appeared. Particularly the thistles, dandelions, and those big tall dock leaves, they all have roots that quickly go deep and are a real problem to get out. I’ve taken a walk around the edge of the garden and there they all are, happily growing, spreading and depriving my plants of space and nutrition. This weekend it will be a war on those weeds. Its not even that I have any particular grudge against these plants, they are all part of the natural habitat and, in their own way are quite attractive, its just that left unchecked the garden would be full of these and little else. 
The dainty little purple flower growing in the midst of chaos is…….actually I don’t know what it is. I think it was part of the mixed wild flower seeds I sprinkled there. As you can see.....the wind was getting up and the little flowers were waving wildly in the wind.
This yellow flower is another attractive but unknown addition to the garden. It has grown tall and flowered in the couple of weeks I’ve been away from the garden, and now I’m busy looking up pictures of yellow flowers and trying to identify it.
This is something I am pleased with. I brought back a whole load of Mullen seeds from my last visit to my sister and this is where I sprinkled them. At this point I’m not sure if these new plants are self seeded Digitalis (foxglove) or, if some of the Mullen seeds have started to grow. To my non-expert eye, Mullen and Foxglove look too similar to decide, but which ever it is, I’m happy with it.
Your garden still looks nice to me. I bet Frank would recognize that plant. Too bad he is so anti-google . Enjoy your weekend. Hope you have good weather.
ReplyDeleteI love your garden blogs Loretta
ReplyDeleteWell despite your disappointments and setbacks in your plans the garden still looks fantastic to me and its not only what you grow, but also how you photograph it too. So many skills in one blog, nice bit of multi-tasking there Loretta, no doubt about that.
ReplyDeleteI know you don't agree but I think the plants look great and the pictures are excellent too, so that's what I think for what it's worth.
Have a good weekend :-)
Oh and by the way, this site is looking really good....I like the text especially in the title, I don't know how you did that...anyway cool site Loretta :-)
ReplyDeleteIt isn't looking too bad. You have some pretty flowers and you are still managing to harvest salad stuff. i haven't really grown any veggies this year due to the house move. Not to worry there is always next year.
ReplyDeleteHi Jilly and thanks for commenting, glad you like the garden.
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