Two deliveries arrived in the space of about 20 minutes this morning. The first was a couple of ornamental plants I had ordered from Crocus (a Clematis 'Mrs Cholmondeley' for the back garden and a Forsythia x intermedia 'Lynwood Variety' for the front garden.) The second delivery came from Harrod Horticultural containing bean netting and organic slug pellets. I am thrilled that everything has arrived today as I can get on with a lots of jobs in the garden this weekend.
My dwarf french beans, sweet peas and nasturtiums have all been thoroughly hardened off now and are ready for planting into the ground. I will be using the bean netting and the remaining '2 by 2' timber batons left over from the mammoth shelf building indoors to create screens for the climbers to scramble up.
I'm also planning to start sorting out our tiny front garden. We have a mature Genista canariensis which takes up most of the space out there. It is in full flower at this time of the year and the colour is wonderful. It is covered in bright, buttery yellow flowers that is continuously covered in feasting bees and ladybirds. Its height gives us a modest amount of privacy during the day when we open the blinds in the lounge and it is a really joyful colour to look out on.
A splash of sunny yellow - the view from our bay window
I am hoping a barrier of slug pellets will keep the little thugs off my beans. Fortunately, after a shaky start the broad beans are looking pretty healthy and are producing new growth. In fact, most things out in the garden have shot up over the past couple of days....
The broad beans looking surprisingly healthy now!
The jerusalem artichokes are growing fast and have wonderful furry stems and leaves
Lettuce 'Amorina' in what looks like the final stages of colour change to a deep crimson red
Potatoes! The Roseval (centre pot) are ready for earthing up this weekend
Salad bed seedings - this row of spinach came up fairly quickly and there are lettuce and calendula seedlings showing now too
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