Vegetable Garden Update - end of September .

 

I made a start replenishing the earth on this bed . Nothing that I planted here did very well .  Shallots , Runner beans , Sweetcorn ....total fail ! 

I'm glad I grew lots of French beans in another bed which were successful thankfully .

  Strange clusters of miniature Sweetcorn cobs !

 These were the "Swift" variety . I'm sure they were not meant to be like these .

        Leeks, Parsley and Rhubarb are doing o.k. at the far end of the bed .

This was the spent compost from the Tomato plants in the greenhouse .

      I had to save some of this compost to earth up the potatoes in tubs , but as we go into winter I will keep topping up this bed with the usual leaves , grass clippings

etc.

This is the second lot of "spuds in tubs" and they are looking promising .

                  I think this will be the last time of earthing up .

Meanwhile in the shed .....

  Babbington Leeks are fast asleep . Egyptian Walking Onions are racing away !

I planted them all at the same time . I will be giving the Egyptian onions to anyone who'd like some in the village and the Wild Babbington Leeks will go into the hedgerow .....that's if they ever come up !  

  I can't find potato onions for sale at a sensible price anywhere , but I have found some "everlasting onion" plants and a packet of Red Welsh Onion seeds which I want to get going somewhere in the vegetable garden . 

  I have not had any success growing proper onions for several years now , so I mostly grow Leeks instead ...but I would like some of these perennial onions that keep multiplying or bunching as they say  .

Winter Lettuce "vailan " several weeks later ..... nothing ,very disappointing .

I have not grown this variety before . I should be seeing a few little shoots coming up by now .  I'll sow some more , but I think I'll go back to my old reliable favourite "Parris Island Romaine " and "Winter Density " .

             Everything else is looking fine on the shed bench .

                           And all is well in the greenhouse .

                              Hope you're having a great weekend !

                             Peace and Love 🕊️🤍

                               

                                        love Debbie  💐x

We had some Rain !

 The flowers in the garden are starting to take off now we have had some rain .

The sweet peas long finished during the drought , but the Cosmos survived and are putting on a nice show of flowers !  

     ☀️    A lovely sunny morning . I got a big basketful of laundry dry on the line .

We had the velux window above the stairs replaced . The window fitter did a brilliant job  .

            

     ........ and now it's raining ...and we don't have to worry about that rickety old window !   🌦️🌧️

Picked a lovely lot of apples and ripped my left big toe on a vicious bramble ...don't look too close ...oh my goodness did it bleed !  ☺️

                                        All fer now 

                               Peace and Love 🤍🕊️

                                         Debbie 💐x

 

Another Day in the Greenhouse 🪾

 Four little cuttings of quite a rare or at least a quite hard to find plant .

Found nice person selling cuttings at a very reasonable price , very happy me !

 Irresistibly fascinating 🧐. Extraordinarily weird 🥸 - Euphorbia platyclada .

  Madagascar is it's natural habitat . Sub-tropical and tropical dry forests . Perfectly camouflaged to look like dried up vegetation and sticks lying amongst the rocks on the woodland floor .

Anyway .....

I have potted them up in a mixture of potting compost , grit and perlite .

I have no idea how fast or slow growing they might be .

I'll be watching closely for signs of new growth .

They don't have leaves .

They do have tiny ,very simple flowers that are typical of most Euphorbias . I look forward to seeing it in bloom .

👿Also like all Euporbias - it has a poisonous , milky looking , caustic sticky sap and great care should be made in handling it .Wear gloves and do not touch eyes ...if it does come into contact with eyes ...seek medical attention immediately !👿

Apart from that , it just looks like a bunch of dead sticks ! 😀  🪾

Allow cuttings to callous over before potting them up .

Of course it is more commonly known as the Dead Stick Plant  . 

              Please ignore this label !

It is a succulent ,  not a cactus  !   I have to make another label !

So , I am left thinking .....how would I know if these cuttings don't take ? 🤔🤣

             Watch this space ! 😀 

                                   Peace and Love    🕊️🤍

                   Make it a great weekend !  Love Debbie 💐x

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