Well , we have a beautiful blue sky here in Mullion today ! After church I had to rush back home and get up to the greenhouse to open the windows , the temperature is soaring in there !
Fixed up more shade net too , to protect all my only just germinating seeds in there . More Tomatoes and Yellow Tree Lupins and Physalis .
I,m growing Physalis for a friend ..whose little boy said that his friend had taken some of this lovely fruit to school in his lunch box....his friend told him it was called Thistleflowers ..like an orange cherry Tomato..when his Mum told me this , I knew what it was straightaway and decided to grow some for her as a nice surprise .
Too hot to do any work in the garden today , for me anyway . I,ve gathered together a pile of my old favourite gardening books and my basket of embroidery and I,m going to go and put my feet up in a comfy chair in the Summer house and enjoy a day of total rest .
The only book that is missing is my Charles Dowding No Dig book ....but that is because it actually isn't my book ( oh yes it is ! ), but a library book ( no ! ) and someone requested it ( I hate that person ! )...so with heavy heart..I had to return it ....
Oh ! I don't really care ...I have his 2019 Calendar ...signed by him too !
I really need to buy his latest book ...he is SO much more than just "No Dig ".
Here are a few of my favourite books . Joy Larkcom because growing vegetables should be fun and beautiful !
Dirty Nails because he respects and includes his love of wildlife and doesn't talk about laying traps or killing anything .
Bob Flowerdew .....because he is our supreme Master and greatest teacher of all about Organic Gardening . All his books are written with such infectious enthusiasm and so full of precious Earth wisdom .
I'd like to see more of him on the television again .
I,ve collected a few antique books too over the years .
There are obviously some things which we don't do anymore , like some of the chemicals they used to use and quite a lot of the hard work methods which are not really necessary . However there is still much to be gleaned from these old books . I love the cartoons of Adam the Gardener .Week by Week gardening in Pictures .
My most precious book is this Beeton's Shilling Gardening Book . It has month by month chapters and I find it very useful for knowing when to prune my grapevine .
I read and absorb like a sponge all this wonderful knowledge and adapt it for use in my garden .
Books for another day's reading .
Before I go and put my feet up I must sow these gorgeous golden tomato seeds which they were giving away with every packet of seeds bought in Bowden's Hardware shop in Helston !
Very happy me ! I love these tasty golden yellow tomatoes !
This is the book that I,m really studying at the moment ....me with my aching back !
Happy Sunday in the garden to you all !
