Good morning Sunshine ! ☀️

                 Good morning Sunshine !

            Up early to get everything watered and weeds hoed down .

     Lots of flowers coming now and one or two courgettes ....but they are just tiddlers at the moment .   

                             🌿The earth smells so good 🌿

The Leeks are looking settled in now . I have another lot to plant out , to feed us through the hungry gap February . Not sure where I will plant them just yet . I 'll have to make room somewhere .

  The Sweetcorn is also coming along . The Runner-beans have really taken quite a bashing in the recent gales and that has really set them back . Last year I lost all my Runner-beans in the harsh winds at around the same time . ( I think my American friends- you call these Pole Beans..which kind of makes more sense really ☺️🌿 )

  They are just about hanging on in there .

 Next year I must remember to sow on some windbreak mesh on the side of the chicken wire fence where the breezes blow through . I have been putting the wheelbarrow on it's side to sort of block it from which ever side it is blowing in from ....which has worked ....but we can do better !

 

Shallots - I think they are finally starting to come up . 

Anyway , the sun is up and shining , it is hot already . I have opened up the greenhouse and made sure everything is watered in there .

            

  Beetroot ....I am so excited to have our own beetroot !

   Peas ! .....Usually they've been eaten by little creatures by now . They are looking surprisingly good if maybe just a tad too thickly sown !

Celery - I've really got to keep them well watered . I'm thinking it might be too hot and dry for them in this bed .

             Lavender - I am so happy to have Lavender for Lavender sachets.

I have another lot of Lavender plants waiting to be planted out . The more, the merrier ! 🌿🪻🪻

I have made sure there is fresh water for our wild birds and animal friends .

Oh ! Good news !......

Tetrapanax papyrifer rex .....that was smashed down a couple of weeks ago ....has put out a few new leaves .

                                        I am SO happy !

                                                 🌿  💚  🌿 

The meadow has been cut  and drying out nicely in the hot sunshine .

As for me , I have done all I wanted to do in the garden today . 

 I'm going to find some shade and do my embroidery , read a few gardening books , maybe do a bit of patchwork .

                 Take care in the hot sunshine everybody ! ☀️

                              love Debbie x