Saturday 29 April 2017

Raring for a Grow-Bag


A violet, self-seeded at the pond's edge. And, below, a snakeshead.


I watched the little wren peck its way across the pavement in front of my kitchen door, then vanish into the thickets of grass around the pond. A moment later, it flew out, trailing a long wisp of dried grass behind it.

Twice I've seen the female blackbird with a beak so stuffed with grass that she seemed to have one of the more flamboyant RAF moustaches. Nesting is definately happening not too far away.

Below, Marmalade and alchemy - the heucharia called 'marmalade' and alchemillia mollis.


I have another heucharia called 'Ginger Ale.' I used to have one called 'Creme Caramel' which I loved but a bad winter killed it.

The fruit trees are all doing well. The crab-apple is weighed down with pink and white buds. At the moment it is wrapped up in fleece to protect them from the sudden cold snap. When the wind blows (which is does quite a bit, up here on the Rowley Hills) the tree mows and gibbers at the top of the garden like a Victorian ghost.

The cherry and the Bardesy apple also have flowers or buds and are also wrapped up. The plum and the two hazels have so far produced nothing but leaves but they seem cheerful.

My windowsill is filled with tomato seedlings. When I look at them I can't help feeling that they are excitedly raring to get outside into a grow-bag. They seem to be waving frondy little leaves in the air.

In the cold greenhouse I have a tray of sunflower seedlings which I hope will grow to ten feet tall. They have big, thick, rounded leaves - right bruisers compared to the tomatoes. I shall plant some in my front garden, to astonish and intimidate the passers-by.

My romanescues are coming through and I'm thinking of planting at least one of them in my front garden too, just for the way they look. I think they're like something from another planet - when, of course, they are just part of the ordinary amazingness of this one.

Fractal romanescue - Jon Sullivan - Wikipedia
 

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Sue Bursztynski said...

What an enchanting garden! Who would have thought all that magic lay beyond the dull gate? It reminds me of a youth hostel in New Zealand where I stayed some years ago. The building was dull from the outside and set in a huge concrete car park. "Are you sure you want to stay here?" asked the tour guide who was dropping off my mother and me. It was a one night stay and we had booked. Yes, I was sure. So we entered... and found magic! The inside was much prettier than the outside and at the back was a gorgeous garden, with seating space. Don't judge a book by its cover, eh? ;-)

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Howard, sorry, I have none. I think you have to accept that what you put online will be stolen. You can use Gimp to put 'copyright' and your name across photos, but even that won't stop them being used by others