Dash to check on the Tomato plants ! 🌿🌦️❄️🌿

 

Beautiful sunrise this morning after a very cold night . Heavy rain with hail through the small hours .

I dashed up to the greenhouse to check my newly transplanted tomato plants were o.k. 

            All is well ! 

   

                       Jess's Giant Echium is getting taller everyday ! 

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Bananas and Tomatoes

 

            Musa ensete maurelii  - not looking too bad . They have been under cover , but today I decided to drag them both out to catch some rain  of a passing shower .

...and of course , since I dragged them both out , It hasn't rained !

I will drag them both back uncover tonight . It is still too cold for them to be outside over night .

I plant them out in May depending on the weather .

          As promised , here's Musa basjoo ....the more hardy one . 

There are actually two in there . They are only babies , so I am pleased that they seem to have made it through the stormy winter months .

Today I transplanted my tomato plants into their pot/bags in the greenhouse .

I will top up the bags with fresh compost as they grow . 

At the moment I am starting some Cosmos on the bench above , but I will clear all of them out soon . The tomato plants have plenty of light through the glass around the bottom and sides . 

  I am growing Tomato Scatolone 2 a tall growing one with plum shaped fruits, which are said to have an incredible intense flavour  and Tomato Divinity f1 a semi determinate large cherry type - smaller growing and more bushy . 

    Both of these varieties are new to me .

  I have no luck at all growing tomatoes outside . I always grow mine in the greenhouse .

Eventually they grow up through the bench and the paracord rigging is all still set up from last year for the plants to wind around for support .

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That's the shed opposite the greenhouse , where I am growing leafy things for salads .

My grand daughter helped me to gather lettuce and baby kale leaves for salad with pizza today .

I'm looking forward to picking spring onions , celery and coriander - only just germinating .🌱🌱🌱

It's so important to teach the children how to grow vegetables and to have fun with it too !

       We had a bit of fun with my water pistols too . Yep ..got a bit soaked ! 🤣

         

         ...and checked to see how the potatoes are doing .

 Then went to the park , for more fun on the zip-wire !

Tomorrow I 'll move the Sweet Peppers and Cucumbers into the greenhouse .

   Then there will be space on the bench in the shed to start off the next wave of seeds . 

           Need to pace myself with all this !  

                            Weather - sunshine and showers ☀️🌦️🌈

                                             hugs Debbie x

Potatoes in Tubs - update 🌿

 Always a joy to see a squirrel here . We so rarely see them . She is enjoying some peanuts .We can see teats on her tummy and she is a little plump . I think she may be expecting or maybe even have a litter of kittens somewhere close by . 🤍

It is so cold today. The sun is shining but the wind is bitterly cold .  I did get a load of washing dry on the line though , which makes me very happy .

Potatoes in Tubs - update  🌿

For quite a while , I thought that nothing was coming up ; but wow look at them today !

     Time to earth them up !         I'm not completely covering them .

  This will do for now.

      I will probably give them another layer or two before harvesting them .

The children will be doing this and learning about where their food comes from .

Robin keeping me company in the bottom right-hand corner of the picture !  ☺️

Other news - It's just been full on , with bringing on the tomatoes , sweet peppers and cucumbers , picking the lettuce and baby kale leaves for salads .

Potting up some lovely new Hostas and getting things ready to move the tomato plants and maybe the Sweet Peppers into the greenhouse  .

 I need to make room to start sowing sweetcorn , courgettes , butternuts and beans in the shed . It is all go now !

 No time for embroidery .....note to self  " make time for me ...yes ME tomorrow .

                            Epimedium x perralchicum

The pretty Epimediums are flowering and I am splitting a few up . I want more !

  

 Pretty red heart shaped leaves  , spread by underground rhizomes  .The dainty flowers last such a long time . 

  

 First buds of the year appearing on the Epiphyllum ! And a Monstera delicosa that I rescued from someone giving free stuff away on their drive ! Goodness me that pot was so heavy and the plant about six feet long . I had a job getting it all into the car .

 It is now in the greenhouse on the side where all my shade loving , rain forest Epies , ferns and jungly plants are . 

              🌿🌿☀️ Very happy plant and very happy me ! ☺️🌿🌿🌿

Musa ensete maurelii are still undercover , I have started to give them a little rain water . I will drag these out and plant them up next month , depending on the weather . 

 Musa basjoo is the more hardy one , planted outside . Mine is only a baby but seems to have come through the winter . No pic...I'll show you tomorrow !

I shall leave you with a photograph of some of my lovely Cowslips  .

 

           Weather -  ☀️ It's been sunny , blustery and blinking cold ! ❄️

            

                                          love Debbie x

                  

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