Tidying in the Greenhouse 🌿🌿🌿

                                             Good morning !
 

                                       Unrelenting hot sun ! 

I threw myself out of bed very early this morning , about 5am , determined to get something done in the garden before it became too hot .

I decided to tidy up some of the plants in the greenhouse . Mainly the Tomato plants . 

I snipped off any withering or yellowing leaves and took the very tippy tops off .

Still plenty of tomatoes coming . I gave everything a drink . I share out two watering cans of tap water with some tomato food stirred in .

             Tomatoes , Sweet Peppers and Cucumbers watered  .

  I filled an old compost bag up with all the withered leaves to take to the tip later on .  

 No bonfires allowed presently with this cruel heatwave and drought  .

    I made a bit of space for the cacti ! The tomato plants had been giving them some shade from the fierce sun , but it is nice to see and enjoy them again  .

Dad - I don't know how your old hockey stick came to be in my greenhouse ? !!

There are still more hidden along the greenhouse bench !  😊💚🌵

                    Happy to see some more Cucumbers on the way !

These lovely cucumbers were almost hidden by the Passiflora manicata and the Bowiea volubilis . A nice surprise to find them ! 

 The Cucumbers had full rein of the greenhouse ; as in total , unlimited freedom to romp away amongst all my other plants . This worked really well this year  .  Growing whichever way they naturally wanted to grow , very happy plants ! 

                                  Kalanchoe daigremontiana

                       Also known as Mother of Thousands  😱

                  

                 Whatever shall I do with all these babies ? !!!

Always reminds me of this 18th century old English nusery rhymme .....

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe ,

        She had so many children  she knew not what to do !

 She gave them some broth and she gave them some bread .....

             ......  then whipped them all soundly and sent them to bed !  😱🤣

I'm the eldest of five children ....

               ......and we always joked that mum was that old woman !  🤭  lol !

                    🤣               Sorry mum , love you !!  🤭💞

                                  Cheerio fer now ! 

                                         Peace and Love 🕊️

                                                         Love Debbie x

p.s. you can change the word "whipped " to "kissed" might be better these days ! x

Eclipse update !

 

       Taken with my eclipse glasses held over the lens of my mobile phone 😎

                                              🌿   ☀️🌘🌑🌒☀️  🌿

Eclipse Day !

 

O.k. so what's going on in my rickety old shed this morning ? It's another heatwave day and it is really hot in here .

 If I were to try and open the window , I'm afraid it might fall off  ! 

I might leave the door open for a little while, until the sun moves behind the trees . Still warm , but a bit of shade in the afternoon .

                A few pics from  the shed .                                                                                

On Sunday I found a pack of eight sad and struggling pelargoniums, mixed colours, reduced to £2.50 in the B&Q store . Bargain !  So I have potted them up and I will bring them on for hanging baskets and tubs next year .

 They look so much happier already !

              I quickly nip across to open up the greenhouse .....

 It is ridiculously hot in there already , but some of my plants enjoy that ! 

  

                      Bowiea volubilis is loving it and romping away !

Lots of pretty flowers and seed pods .

    It has climbed up into the rafters of the greenhouse .

The Sweet Peppers which I cut down yesterday are already putting out new shoots . I'm not sure if there is enough time to get a second crop of Sweet Peppers , but it's worth a try . 

   

                    I've given them a bit of tomato feed .

Meanwhile back in the shed ......

                                  Cacti and Cabbages doing well .

  I just want to hold back planting out the cabbages for as long as I can dare . 

     The way I'd like it to go is this   -   The rain returns in a weeks time and then I will plant out my red and green cabbages, Pak choi , beetroots . I will get them all covered over with fine mesh netting . While they are here in the shed It is easier for me to manage watering them and they are safe from the Cabbage White Butterflies .....but on the other hand they could bolt ! So we'll wait and see how the weather goes . 

 I also have a second wave of more winter hardy Leeks to plant out  .

Still waiting for my seeds to arrive from Dobies . I had to contact them about it , it's been so long since I put my order in . They have apologised and say they are sending out a replacement . I have never had any parcels or mail lost in the post before and our post service is excellent down here .

    I hope they come soon , there are some winter lettuce seeds in there that I want to get going soon .

 

           Amorphophallus atroviridis update -

              Starting to open up those beautiful leaves !

      p.s. Don't forget the Eclipse this evening ....I think it starts at about 6pm .

I will try , but really please , don't expect any brilliant photos of it from me ! lol ! 

    

                                 🌿 Peace and Love 🕊️💚

                                          love Debbie 💐x

  

Eclipse update .......

     Taken with my eclipse glasses over the lens of my mobile phone camera 😎x