Finally, summer has arrived with the opening of the cheery sunflowers, and nature decides to pay me a visit!
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Category: Flowers
I can’t have a garden without growing flowers. There’s no substitute for real flowers – some with their wafting scents, others with their delicate petals, and some with their striking colours. I love them, and my friends the bees love them too. I love roses, tulips, sweet peas, and blue flowers.
The first Rose blooms in the new garden
The first Rose is flowering in the garden.
Peas, Cosmos, Sunflowers and a spot of Archaeology
The bank holiday sees me spend 4.5 hours in the garden playing catch-up with nature.
The first Foxglove blooms in the garden
The first foxglove opens in the new garden, along with some Dianthus, and the birds flock to my new bird feeders.
Planting the French Beans
It’s time to sow the French Beans and to tackle my Antirrhinum forest.
Choosing the Roses for the new garden
I beg your pardon, I most certainly did promise myself a rose garden – and I’m choosing the rose plants now.
Pinching out the Sweet Peas
The Sweet Peas need some tough love in the form of ‘pinching out’, and the Tulip ‘Triumph’ flowers are about to open.
Keep Calm and Prick Out
It’s time to start pricking out some of the seedlings and move them into larger pots and onto the next stage of growing.
Tiptoe through the Tulips
The tulips give a dash of colour to a shady and grey corner of the garden.
The 3 Little Propagators
The third propagator came into action this weekend, as British Summer Time arrived and I fill another windowsill with seedlings.
The garden Springs to life
The garden springs to life indoors and out.
The Blueberry Rescue
When I switch into garden rescue mode in the middle of a discount store.
