Almost the End of March Already !

 

Beautiful morning and there are blossoms opening on the Crab Apple trees . 

Starting to look like proper grown up lettuces !

Four of the Merlin Cucumbers have given up the ghost , but the Carmen Cucumbers are looking good .

            Divinity Tomatoes are looking ....perfect !

                         Scatolone 2 Tomatoes also looking .....perfect !

Curly Wurly  Kale ....... looking good ......but not curly wurlying yet !  🤔 I might plant them out next week .

I need the space to start other things on the bench .

Ricardo is busy clearing this area in the background . We are making a new fantastic 🤩 tropical bed over there .

 I've been trying to do this for a very long time , as soon as I'd have cleared it , someone kept throwing more branches , weeds and stuff on to it . 

I  have some beautiful large rocks to build it up with and I have some sensational plants waiting to be planted there . 

The bed with the blue piping on it , is going to be where my Leeks will be planted this year . I have chicken wire to go around it . I just need to gather my metal rods to hold it down with . 🐰

My Curly Wurly Kale is going to be planted at the back where the Leeks were last year .

It is getting warmer by day , but still cold at night .  Clocks go forward tomorrow ....which actually doesn't make any difference to me . I still get up to see the sun rise ☀️🌿

                   Remember this ? Tetrapanax papyrifer rex . Isn't it fabulous ? !!

               

 T.Rex  🦖

Every bit of this plant fascinates me  .

                                       Beautiful monster !

Well , Ricardo did not like it and made me get rid of it 😔🌿

So I managed to save a tiny off shoot from it and I planted it in a hidden place in the bushes .

And my daughter asked could she have a cutting from it and I had to tell her that her father had ordered it to be cut down . The small off shoot is growing , but very slowly at the moment .

It doesn't have any off shoots just yet . It has only just made it through all this year's Winter storms .

            ....... and because she likes it .... her father now likes it too !  

                                                   Men !!!    🙄

I will be weeding this area soon . Over here is the lovely grape vine and one of the Monkey Puzzle trees I grew from seed .

Made a Cheese and onion plait with tuna, mushrooms, red pepper and tomatoes with a salad for lunch , soon we'll be eating our own salad !

We ate half of it before I remembered to take a quick picture of it . We were so hungry after gardening this morning  !  We'll have the other piece tomorrow for a picnic . 

           Delighted to find this pretty Bluebell in a lighter shade of blue .

                           That's all fer now !

          Thinking of you !

          .........and remember ... if you're going out , wrap up warm !

                                    ........and if you're not going out , wrap up warm ! 

                            Peace and love 🕊️🤍Debbie x

🐰🌿Chives 🌿🌿🌿🐰

 

I haven't heard the weather forecast yet , but the cold wind has dropped and the sun has reappeared , so hopefully it'll be a nice day again today .

One never knows what to wear this time of the year , I'm still wearing a thermal vest and the leg warmers my daughter bought for me !

I have taken the horticultural fleece cover off everything this morning . I have lost a couple of my cucumber seedlings ,but I think everything else is o.k. 

The leeks are coming along nicely .

Tomatoes - nearly time to transplant them into their final big pot/bags in the greenhouse .

Meanwhile out in the vegetable garden we have an emergency situation going on !

Chives update -  those naughty Easter Bunnykins have now nibbled their way through the whole lot !

I  decided to take them up and move them somewhere they can't get in !   🐇🐇🐇

I thought they might look nice in with the lavender . What d'you think ? 

I  grow my French beans along side here . I'm thinking they will attract the bees .🐝🐞🐝🐝🦋🐝

I hope they are good companion plants . Not sure . Let me know in the comments below ! I don't want any big bust-ups !

 So there we are ,  job done ! 

 Digging them out . Digging the holes . Planting them ..... I'm feeling dizzy from hanging upside down doing all this for the past half an hour   🥴

                       That's a Euphorbia in the pot in the middle  ☀️

Planning on resting up and doing some more of my embroidery . I have been so busy in the garden that I have not had much time for needlework . I will update my Cornish Needlework Basket blogspot again soon .

                          Have a lovely day !  It's sunny but cold .

                                  If you're going out , wrap up warm !

                                       If you are not going out , wrap up warm !   🤣

                                                                 ❄️☀️❄️  

Happiness is .......

 

                            ....... that little toadstool ! 

                      That little toadstool made me happy today !