SimoneTime to start the #Garden2025 posts 🌱
My Hellebore is flowering its little heart out and it's time to chit the seed potatoes as they're already starting to sprout.
Pentland Javelin, 1st early
Charlotte, salad
Desiree, main crop
A delayed picture of my 1st crocus of the year, taken Wednesday morning as I left the house
And my first 2 tomato seedlings through, sown last Sunday
Yesterday my husband built a raised bed stacking our 4 smallest pallet beds.
So today I filled it with cardboard, 2 bags of last year's hedge cuttings, home compost & their original filling.
I expect it to drop but any excess will go to the next bed 🌱
No chance of gardening last week but we made up for it this afternoon.
1 pallet bed moved and another 2 made.
Ran out of time / energy to complete filling the largest one but that's tomorrow afternoon's project
Work continues in the garden.
Almost all my seed potatoes in. The bags aren't pretty but they stopped the wireworm last year.
L2R Desiree, Charlotte &Pentland Javelin
And a spontaneous purchase of a kiwi potted up and added to our mini orchard
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Almost all my seed potatoes in. The bags aren't pretty but they stopped the wireworm last year.
L2R Desiree, Charlotte &Pentland Javelin
And a spontaneous purchase of a kiwi potted up and added to our mini orchard
#Garden2025
A later start than I'd hoped for today thanks to the rain (but at least I won't need to water tonight)
We got more compost for the potatoes so there's now 22 each snuggled up in its own bag.
The extra compost was used to pot up the tomatoes and cucumber.
#Garden2025 🌱
We got more compost for the potatoes so there's now 22 each snuggled up in its own bag.
The extra compost was used to pot up the tomatoes and cucumber.
#Garden2025 🌱
Headed into the front garden while it was in shade.
Got almost all the way around before it got too hot.
Even #JamieCat moved to find the last bit of shadow
Got almost all the way around before it got too hot.
Even #JamieCat moved to find the last bit of shadow
12 days after the first potato plant broke through the soil it's time to top up the compost.
All 22 plants growing 🙌🏼
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They may not be very big but they are tasty.
First cucumbers picked and eaten.
I think I'll grow these ones again if they crop as heavy as promised
First cucumbers picked and eaten.
I think I'll grow these ones again if they crop as heavy as promised
I've never been a fan of hydrangea but our neighbour's Hydrangea petiolaris is stunning and the bees love it.
As I've lifted the raspberries we'll get to see it in its full glory this year.
2nd morning in the garden this week.
On Tuesday I reorganised the greenhouse and set up a moat system for the cucumbers.
Today I did a lot of weeding, putting down cardboard and moved the 1st earlies to be more accessible.
#Garden2025 🌱
On Tuesday I reorganised the greenhouse and set up a moat system for the cucumbers.
Today I did a lot of weeding, putting down cardboard and moved the 1st earlies to be more accessible.
#Garden2025 🌱
Finally a day off when it isn't raining.
So where to start?
Obviously the correct answer is "2 hours ago and in the shade"
So where to start?
Obviously the correct answer is "2 hours ago and in the shade"
Rain stopped playing but that corner is looking much tidier.
A full IKEA bag of seeds & half filled compost heap with fern foliage. I can now see the wheelbarrow!
Fruit trees given much needed attention & honey berries moved as they were getting scorched
I can't sleep so up at 6 and in the garden at 7. Still staying in the shade as I can feel the heat.
Quick weed in the front garden, focus there is getting the tubs watered.
Then planting up some leeks while David puts together 2 more raised beds.
Another early start
Replaced 2 weedy pallet beds with the ones made yesterday.
Bit more complex as I had to empty out tubs, so had to harvest potatoes, turnips and desperate overgrown hosta.
Marigolds and nasturtiums planted at edges. Beetroot in one, mixed salad in the second.
Will tidy when it cools down 🥵
These are figleaf gourds, many thanks to the crochet student who gave me the seeds
Loads of flowers and baby gourds growing. It's a prolific plant.
They're so pretty I'm loathe to cook them
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Quick garden update
The rescue grape is doing well
Tomatoes are producing at a steady rate
The fennel is over 6ft tall
And my surviving gladioli prefers facing the neighbour 🙄🤣 (picture taken from their doorstep not ours)
Late start but a productive afternoon
I set up my potato harvesting station , the potato plants had almost all died back at this point so we emptied all the bags.
Then David did his Hulk impersonation and lifted all the remaining path stabilisers.
Small but perfectly formed. Our first bunch of grapes. Not bad considering their growing outside in Glasgow
Attacking the couch grass this month.
More cardboard down, LOTS of roots lifted and sometimes just a burn it all attitude
My husband has been a star doing the heavy digging, lifting & burning. There's no way I would have this much done without him
Time for the inaugural grape harvest.
Not too shabby seeing we have no idea what we're doing.
AND we're in Glasgow which is not renowned for its sunny climes.
Time to collect up the last tomatoes and cucumber.
Think I'll make a tiny batch of green tomato chutney
#Garden2025 🌱
Think I'll make a tiny batch of green tomato chutney
#Garden2025 🌱
Green tomato chutney made yesterday plus the remaining red tomatoes cooked and frozen ready to keep me going in cheese & tomato toasties over winter.
And to finish the tomato theme I used a couple of tins of plum tomatoes to make pizza topping.
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And to finish the tomato theme I used a couple of tins of plum tomatoes to make pizza topping.
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A very productive day
In addition to putting a cabinet together with my daughter I had time in the garden.
Pruned back the curry plant and artemisia as they were taking over.
My roses are still flowering!
The squash and carrot harvest
And now cooking down crab apples for pectin
I took the crab apple mix a stage further and turned it into cordial
It's a stunning colour!
Slowing down for #Garden2025 🌱
Got a handful of purple sprouting broccoli and I've planted 20 garlic cloves in what was the squash bed.
Got a handful of purple sprouting broccoli and I've planted 20 garlic cloves in what was the squash bed.
