Squash!

A couple of self-sown squash plants appeared this year. Not much fruit on them, but picked the first squash today.

Tomato update

Been a really great year for tomatoes!

Green manure sown

Sowed some green manure in the beds taht previously contained spuds. Used mainly 'mixture' but also used up the remaining grazing rye seed from last year. Covered beds with netting.

More heucheras divided

Divided a red heuchera and a purple spotty one. Planted up some mixed heuchera containers.

Spuds (batch 2) lifted

Today I lifted all the Pentland Javelin spuds that I planted on 06 July. The Arran Pilot variety that I lifted in July seem to have produced bigger potatoes, but the smaller Pentlands may be due to the fact that we had a very dry August, although I did try to keep them watered.

Pentland Javelins

Arran Pilot added to Pentland Javelins

First tomatoes picked

Gardener's Delight

Rock Rose and Dianthus trimmed

Marigolds potted up

I potted up the marigolds sown on 20 May (sorry for slightly wonky picture).

Pansy seed sown

Second spud planting of the year

Planted second batches of spuds in the greenhouse and wisteria beds.

Potatoes lifted

I lifted all the spuds from both beds today.

Aubergine update

I think this self-sown plant is an aubergine which must have come from the plants I grew in this position last year.

Courgette update

The plant on the right is smaller because it got badly eaten by snails/slugs soon after it was planted out. Hopefully it's now recovering.

Spinach Bet update

Haven't picked any leaves yet

Front garden planted up

Preparing for summer bedding

The Sweet Williams had kept some interest going in the front garden (see previous post), but now it's time to get ready for the summer bedding. I cut the oxalis back (as I did last year) to allow easier access for weeding and to free up some space.

Front garden update

Festuca Glauca update

Spinach Beet update

The spinach beet that I sowed last year have now gone to seed, so I planted some more of the seedlings from the sowing I did on 21 April this year.

This is the current state of the seedlings I planted out on 05 May - not progressing very well but we had a long cold and wet period after putting them out.

Sweet William and Sisyrinchium planted out

Coleus sisyrinchium and sweet william update

I have been keeping some coleus, sisyrinchium and sweet william in the porch up until recently, but a couple of days ago I put them in the garden.

Wallflower, Marigold and Poppy sown

I sowed the poppies in a circle around the perimeter of the pot - the idea is I will sow some more, inside the outer circle, to prolong the flowering period.

Spud update

Arran Pilot, planted on 07 April.

Tomatoes and Courgettes planted out

These are the second batch of courgettes, sown on 21 April - the original courgettes that were planted out under the cloche died.

Rudbeckia potted up

Hollyhocks potted up

Chrysanthemum cuttings taken