Glorious Sunshine ! Mullion Cornwall

 After so much icy rain it has been wonderful to have two full days of  glorious sunshine and blue sky again !

 I ventured up to the greenhouse ...I hadn't been up there for a couple of days ..although we'd had these torrential squally showers with hail , It hasn't been so cold that I,d need to light the lantern with the 8 hour night lights .
 So horror of horror !....one of the window panes had slipped (again ) and the floor of the greenhouse is flooded !
 Stress ! Husband came to the rescue and fixed the slipped glass .

At this time of the year the cacti are kept completely dry , fortunately the most precious ones are on the other side of the greenhouse .

Some of the segments have fallen off this Tephrocactus .. I,ll pot them up but I have never had much success with Tephrocactus cuttings . Any tips would be most welcome .

 Adromischus cuttings are doing well though . Spiders webs everywhere !
 While the sun is shining I have opened the windows to try and dry up the flooded floor . I have all my Epiphyllums on the slipped window side . I keep them dry through the winter too ..but they have all been drenched . They can usually take more water ..sigh ...hopefully I can pull them through .

 Then to work in the Veg garden ..tidying up really , pulling up this nasty plastic fencing . It was cheaper than chicken wire , but has disintegrated ...In fact it was splitting as we fixed it up . We are thinking about putting up a chicken wire fence that completely encloses the veg garden .

 Autumn  planted onions are ..well they are still there ..hopefully they will begin to fatten up anytime now . Under the cloche is the Perennial Kale  Experiment .

                                             Still eating Leeks and Kale .

 More work to do here . Lavender to be lightly trimmed and Sage hard cut back .

 

                          Off to walk the dog .....cheerio for now !

Poppies and Cosmos

Very very hot today , but I managed to do a bit in the veg garden this morning . I got up at 4.30 am ,opened up the greenhouse windows , wearily hauled watering cans around  , pulled weeds , planted out the last of the Runner Beans and stood mesmerised by the beauty of it all .

Two years ago my church friends ( St Michael's Church Mullion )  Derrick and Moira gave me an envelope full of Poppy seeds from her garden before she moved away .
We do miss you Moira !
 I scattered them everywhere, I love Poppies !

                       Well , they didn't come up , not a single one , until this year !

                       Just so lovely, hopefully I will never be without them now !

 I always leave a few leeks to flower for the bees and try to save their seeds for next year .

 The veg beds are full of foxgloves white and pink , the strange leek buds and Poppies .

                When the sun comes up the bees will be dancing around them.

             I very soon had to go in , happy that I,d done a little bit in the veg garden .
The Gete okosomin Squash is still doing ok and spent the night outside to acclimatise .
I dont know how much the roots have grown and if they are established enough to be planted out  yet .I think I,ll wait untill the weather breaks and we get some rain .
 It is SO hot now ,as I,m writing this . We have all come in to get away from the heat .
We will walk the dog later on when it cools down a little .
 Birdie is busy feeding her young , but is still coming for her grapes...nice and cool from the fridge .

                Remember I said that I,d pinched out my Cosmos seedlings ?

Well I had put the tops into a vase of water , rather absent mindedly actually .
     .....but look !..........   roots  !  :)
So if you haven't pinched yours out yet , you might like to do this and get some more Cosmos plants for free !  

Gete okosomin - Rainbow days

 We're having severe gales , torrential rain showers and in between the showers  scorching sunshine . Oh my poor little veggie seedlings ! Will they all survive ? Will the beanpole frames tumble in the wind ?

 The remaining cotyledon leaves on the Gete okosomin Squash plant still got slightly scorched in the strong sun , even though I had gently mopped up the rain drops .
 I found this old lampshade to cover it over with just temporarily .

                   I will have to keep a close eye on it over the next few days .

 I had been worried about the snapped stem . It needs to heal and callous over .

 I moved the broken stem into the cooler Solar shed , it is now potted up and being treated as a cutting .Last night those big leaves drooped alarmingly ..I was too upset to take a photo of it !
      I am happy to report that it is looking good this morning , after a cooler night .