Foggy Days

                                        The beach

So , I've had three or four days of migraine misery and I'm now at the feeling washed out stage after it  .

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And the weather kind of matches how I'm feeling ....ugh .....

 It is foggy .........

                          Looking out to sea along the cliffs

                                 ......... this is day two of fogginess .

 It's not unheard of for it to hang around for two weeks . We didn't let it stop us from getting out for our walk .

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Anyway ,

 My new string has arrived !  I know that most of you out there won't understand ,  but look at it ! 🤩    Isn't it gorgeous ? !   😃  I'm in love !  

                   This little bit of string is making me feel SO happy !

Next year I will fix up this paracord before the cucumbers get scrabbling !

                    There are lots of flowers and fruits on them now .

 I fixed up the paracord and went round gently resting the cucumber vines on and around it . They can now climb up to the roof and over to the other side .

Everything is happily rambling , Epiphyllums ,  Bowiea volubilis , Tomatoes , Passiflora manicata , Hylocereus undatus , cucumbers .

             Wonderful ! There is a feeling of happiness in my greenhouse . 

            All is well .....

  So long as I can get in to water everything , everybody happy !

The cucumbers I'm growing ----

  Cucumbers - Merlin are about 7" and Carmen F1 about 13" to 16"                  

We are getting one every other day now . This is  Cucumber Carmen F1 . My granddaughter taking this one down to the kitchen . They are beautiful !

 My grandchildren have been great ! 

             They  have been so helpful weeding the gravel area for me .

         The garden is full of lovely flowers now .

We did have one lovely sunny day , but the wind was so strong and cold .

          The wind scorched back the leaves of my Voodoo lilies . 

....This Sauromatum venosum  voodoo lily had it's beautiful spathe snapped backwards .....such a shame ...these are fascinating plants .

Over in the shed ...

I am keeping a close eye on those Epiphyllum cuttings .

Epiphyllum Marilyn Monroe is growing away merrily, but not staying inside the plant support I gave her . No flower buds this year .  Maybe later on .

Nice new shoots and I have a cutting for my brother .🌿

Agaves again !  🌿

        Re-potting my bigger Agaves and potting up these tiny off shoots .

They should grow away happily now . 

                 Happy little Agave pups .

Some of the others that I tidied up . I really need more horticultural grit. It is so expensive . These need to have really good drainage .  This will have to do for the time being .

                      This makes me chuckle !

Disaster in the woodshed . Someone overloaded the shelving and I walked in to find it collapsed .

       I managed to recover most of the plants . Just one pelargonium smashed . 

    I want to get all of these plants out and into the garden as soon as possible .

 Cosmos , Hollyhocks , Pelargoniums and even the Dahlias if I can manage it .

           Another little job to do .   I'll show you tomorrow  . 

                            Cheerio fer now !  

                            Peace and Love  💐Debbie xxx

      No one's looking at this , you're all watching football !

                               

  

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Courgettes and Lettuces

One last photo of Epiphyllum Marilyn Monroe ..taken in much better light , showing her colours more accurately  . 

She'll probably be fading this evening  😢         🎶🎵 Goodbye Norma Jeane 🎵🎶 !

And that is pretty much the end of the Epie blooming season for us here in the far south west of Cornwall U.K.

Oh there can still be the odd one or two blooming every now and then through the summer months , but from now on I tidy them up , prune and take cuttings , re-pot and feed them . I need to make new plant labels .

This pic was taken early this morning .

Today's task is to prick out and pot on these Courgette seedlings . 

I was beginning to think we would have to do without Courgettes this year . This is the third batch of seeds . This time I simply got them going up in the shed .

     I sowed two seeds into each 3inch pot  . Those are lettuces germinating up on the top shelf .

Anyway , I took them all outside .

Filled the pots and gave them a bit of a soak . Got everything I needed  and a kneeler pad to sit on , get comfy for about half an hour , to really relax and get some of them into their own 3" pot .

               These little tools are so useful for pricking out and potting on .

After about half an hour , I did wish I'd taken out a more comfy cushion to sit on !

Look how long that root is ! You have to be very careful not to damage it , make a hole deeply enough for the whole of it , and carefully gently backfill with the compost as you lower it in . 

 I repeat all that to myself as I do it !

I potted up 12 lettuce seedlings . The rest will be spares waiting in the wings to replace the exhausted plants as we use them . I pick a couple of the outer leaves from each plant  and this keeps them going for a while . I can always sow more seeds to keep the succession going .

Next I potted up six of the Courgette seedlings . 

Look at how they have grown even from just this morning !

                          Look at the roots on that !

 I gave them a good drink then away into the shed they go !

On to this cheap little shelving unit . Thankyou to clever husband for putting it together for me . My thinking is that snails can't walk on the wire grid shelves . 

 These are the lettuces waiting to be potted up .

 Also two pots of two more Courgette seedlings spare for anyone local who wants them . Courgettes have been impossible to find in the shops round here .

So that's that job done !

Took a large half of my cheese flan over to my daughter . For lunch we had roasted sausages and onions , cauliflower cheese with honey mustard and tomatoes , roast potatoes and peas , mango chutney and ketchup . .... Oh my life !... Proper job ! ...  mmmm ....