Friday July 15th yes JULY, I have picked a small tub of Plumb- Opal I picked up some widfalls the other day expecting them to be maggoty they were not. Ok this is an early cultivar but not due before the end of August. I also picked a big tub of Blackberries.
I thought I would revive this old thread to see what others are experiencing this year. The very mild dry spring here has brought a lot of things on even earlier than before. In the ornamental garden we had flag Iris come & go in March, the "winter" flowering Daphne is flowering again now, many other things have come earlier than normal. On the Allotment the Plum & blackberry are even earlier than ever, the plums are nearly finished already, the blackberry was in full flower in May, I picked a few about 10 days ago but today I picked a full punnets worth. I have found it harder than ever to keep a succession with some crops, Broad beans, peas & radish are examples, even sowing at intervals things are catching up or going over faster than before so it is glut or dearth. Oddly the one crop which I would like to be a bit earlier is Tomatoes, but they are resolutely green as grass- can't win! Interested in others experiences.
Well here we are again, others must be experiencing these oddities as well but these are my latest. White Agapanthus on the patio with 5 flower heads. On the Allotment I still have tomatoes in the greenhouse. My Ribston pipin apple had several flowers a month ago and some have set. Now one BlackBerry branch has budded up and looks set to flower. All quite mad for the time of year & now they are forecasting that England will stop having any snow except for the highest levels.
Weather the same here except a bit colder, the frost and ice hasn’t gone for about 3 days, the snow on the Moors has finally disappeared today but it’s still mighty cold.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
@philippasmith2 : Bad luck with the 'poorly' boiler - time to dress up like Nanook of the North aka Michelin Man (showing my age here...!). Multiple/ extra layers, esp on the head will help conserve body heat. Spring is on the way, fairly soon, I hope!!
@Lyn we have had frost but none that's not melted by 10 or 11 in the morning, not hard enough to freeze the ground. I accept I am on the fringes of London (just inside M25) but parts of our site are quite exposed. The sap is clearly still in the Apple tree or the fruits would not have set. I expect them to fall off before the end of winter though.
This year in particular in have noticed a few variances in my garden which I have never known before.
My apple tree started flowering at the end of September. It was only a few flowers but I have never known that before.
A Dahlia grew its leaves as normal but did not flower until mid October. It has been flowering since quite happily until our first frost this week. It is one of 2 dahlias that I forgot about 2 or 3 years ago and did not dig up. The following year they bloomed marvellously so have just left them ever since. Whether this one was rebelling this year I am not sure as it was not lifted.
I have some nasturtiums which are still flowering quite happily and there seems to be no sign of it slowing down, there are new buds waiting to open.
In South Wales our roses still flowering, the mahonia coming into flower, and we noticed when walking at the nature reserve, blackberries turned nicely black, didn't try to see if edible, expect they were.
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Friday July 15th yes JULY, I have picked a small tub of Plumb- Opal I picked up some widfalls the other day expecting them to be maggoty they were not. Ok this is an early cultivar but not due before the end of August. I also picked a big tub of Blackberries.
I rest my case
Interested in others experiences.
The apples are tiny pic is deceptive
My apple tree started flowering at the end of September. It was only a few flowers but I have never known that before.
A Dahlia grew its leaves as normal but did not flower until mid October. It has been flowering since quite happily until our first frost this week. It is one of 2 dahlias that I forgot about 2 or 3 years ago and did not dig up. The following year they bloomed marvellously so have just left them ever since. Whether this one was rebelling this year I am not sure as it was not lifted.
I have some nasturtiums which are still flowering quite happily and there seems to be no sign of it slowing down, there are new buds waiting to open.