I saw a heart in the sky the other day, and I would like to wish all my friends and followers love and kindness in their lives.
Lots is happening in the garden of course at this time of the year, wonderful things; strawberries ripen, some are eaten by the birds who then give us their beautiful singing in return. Basil mint is about the nicest scented mint I ever smelled, I am glad to have been given a pot of it. The empty beehive on the little roof in our next door neighbour’s garden has of today received a swarm of bees. We have to find out yet what type they are, they came buzzing around my head quite aggressively while we were drinking tea outside, so I wonder. The comfrey flowers got destroyed by a week of wind and rain and it is now all manure on some of the raised beds. There are but few flowers left in the garden at present but more are on the way to blooming.
I think that there is something so nice about seeing clean linnen blowing in the wind outside, the will be so fresh when I take them in.
But more importantly here is an small update of my experiment in plot 1 and plot 2.
In Plot 1 the beans are finally growing better, they are well established and are climbing up the poles. The spinach on the other hand are bolting, though they are growing leaves too. There is a lot of wild plants growing in between the beans beside the spinach, the beans, and the radish (for the experiment). I have found double poppies and also borage plants which I want to keep so I am not touching them at the moment. In Plot 2, and there is a huge difference, there is nothing growing from under the leaf mould. I am still giving this plot seaweed fertilizer every week. I have sown radish there also. The bean plants are doing ok but they are only 42cm high whereas the ones in plot 1 are already 82cm high. So there is a marked difference between the two plots already. In plot 2 also I have found a few flowers on the beans. When not raining I give both plots water. I have also noticed that now that the leaves on the trees in the canopy above my two plots are throwing a huge amount of shadow – I think that this is interfering with the growth of my plants.
And here in the following photos are some of the other vegetables growing such as asparagus, onion, marrow, rhubarb, chard, kale, leeks, orka, several different types of herbs, and finally runner beans and broad beans. If they all do well we will not be stuck for vegetables next winter.
This beautiful Cinnabar moth was on the leaves of the lemon balm.
I was given this lovely window hanger by my daughter, I like it very much. White and blue (in this case the sky) are some of my favourite colours.
And so ends my present story of my garden. I’m in the garden everyday, planting out young vegetables and tending to seedlings. I love it very much. The birds are singing, blackbirds have nests quite close by and are feeding their young. I find that the closeness to the earth and the soil is what gives me solace and is what keeps me very happy indeed. I can only say one thing about it….
IT IS PURE MAGIC!
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