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Companion plants are coming along ! The persimmon tree has such unusual flowers. Salad tonight: rocket, lettuce, spinach, carrots, and pansies from the garden with some store-bought oranges and avocados to round it out. #bloomscrolling #garden #gardening #growityourself #horta #porto

First nasturtium bloom! The carrots, rocket, lettuce, and garlic are doing nicely. The tomatoes remain comedically tiny. I planted out early for fear I would kill them during a recent foreseeable time of neglect. They're alive, but not thriving. The potatoes are doing well though, which is a relief with 3 of 14 beds devoted to them. I might only be a few weeks from harvesting one, so I best start more seeds in the greenhouse this weekend. Oh the tragedy. A small flowerbed is an opportunistic snipe from the lawn after pulling out a thorny bush and just chaos scattering seeds off-season. The pansies are delightful and one lone marigold made it. Represent! #growityourself #raisedbeds #garden #gardening #bloomscrolling #horta #porto

I finally had serious time in the garden on Sunday. What is going on with the nasturtium? On Saturday a generous friend gave me some plants: strawberries, mint, tomatillo, pomegranate, avocado. I potted them up for now while I think about where to plant out. Surprise fruit trees are fabulous but take thought. #growityourself #garden #gardening #horta #estufa #raisedBeds #porto

Greenhouse: another double bloom forming on a bird of paradise, a small contribution to dinner (rocket, chard, spinach, peapods, a carrot with big shoulders fooled me into pulling it too early) and some sort of mildew has the pea plants. I'll be pulling them today. #greenhouse #estufa #garden #gardening #horta #bloomscrolling #growityourself

In the greenhouse bed, the romanesco cauliflower bolted so I hacked it to the ground, leaving the roots to avoid disturbing the carrots that might come out next week or so. It has immediately re-sprouted. Hard to say no in the face of such persistence! #greenhouse #estufa #garden #horta #gardening #raisedbed #growityourself

Partridge sold separately; pear tree in bloom. Last year they were very poor. Any advice on what to do to help them fruit well? The strawberries mostly survived my neglect. Six pots in the greenhouse and only a few plants still struggling. If I'm lucky the slugs won't find them on the potting shelves. If not, I'll need to make hangers. #bloomscrolling #gardening #horta #porto #growityourself

Wisteria is in exuberant bloom and still on the old, falling over trellis. All six sunflowers seem well after transplanting if a bit of yellow in their leaves. Peas and beans are getting ready for strings to climb. The three potato beds are at different stages despite similar conditions but all look good, with wispy onions coming up down the middle. Garlic has recovered after I yoinked the fungus, which so far has not returned. Not pictured, the greenhouse is doing well too, and I finished the March direct sow planting today. Pixelfed is having some issues but the plants keep right on. I hope you had a great weekend wherever you are. #growityourself #garden #gardening #bloomscrolling #horta #jardim #porto

Today in the #greenhouse: strawberries are bouncing back from my neglect. For both the snapdragons and the carnations, I must have dropped some of the tiny seeds outside the grow bags, as well as some potting mix, so I have some volunteers to prick out. #estufa #jardim #porto #gardening #garden #growityourself