I finally late sowed my swede, perpetual spinach and giant spinach, and it has been raining, proper rain. Yeah! I decided to carry out a taste test on my gherkin/cucumbers and the plant I thought was a gherkin is definitely a cucumber, but they are so tiny, not even a mouthful. The 2 plants I thought were the cucumbers are the gherkins, very hairy and rough. I was expecting the cues. to be 4/5 ins, they are a snack variety. Must try harder with my labelling next year! I am still admiring my handiwork in my pond.
I only had the time and energy today to water two smallish euronymus in pots under a wall. I keep forgetting to water them but they seem quite able to survive on not very much at all.
After walking the dog for half an hour "in the rain", sorry to those still waiting for their share of the rain, it was very humid so didn't feel like doing much. Went to sleep for 2hrs. I tipped some corpses out of their pots into the wheelbarrow, checked the greenhouse and did some deadheading. I am very pleased with the lemon scabious I grew from seed, they are just coming into flower. I hope they are not the humungeous, invasive variety discussed on the Forums recently. If I plant them mixed with my plentiful viburnum bonariensis it should look quite pretty. I found a silver leafed shrub in the GC hospital corner when I stopped off to replenish my compost stock. I have decided to concentrate on drought tolerant plants when I replace and give up fighting the elements My soil is thin, poor, gritty and I have no shade as my garden faces South/South West with no walls, fences or large trees etc. It suits some plants, my ginger lilies are enormous this year, the cistus have doubled in size and the lavender was wonderful so I am going to cut my cloth accordingly.
Dug up the last of the 2nd early potatoes - a colander full from 4 plants. Interestingly, the biggest were from the very bottom row (our veg beds are on a slope) where presumably it got most of the moisture.
It was unbelievably hot and humid so did nothing. Must water and feed the tomatoes today. The Big Mama plant is producing fruit at last, looks promising. The bush toms. are producing black-skinned fruit, will not bother to grow them again, whilst the Crystal Drops are very slow to ripen but an excellent substitute for Gardeners Delight. I know toms like warmth but not blistering heat to ripen. Patience.
They will have been held up by the heat @Joyce Goldenlily at approaching 30° the plant becomes dormant, until the temp drops again. It also causes the skins to "set" on fruit up to size at that time , which means any more moisture will cause them to split
Right then, off out to prune the laurel hedge in front of the fence that hides the she and oil tank. This post should be in curmudgeons thread. Seriously thinking about taking it out in the autumn/winter period.
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I decided to carry out a taste test on my gherkin/cucumbers and the plant I thought was a gherkin is definitely a cucumber, but they are so tiny, not even a mouthful. The 2 plants I thought were the cucumbers are the gherkins, very hairy and rough. I was expecting the cues. to be 4/5 ins, they are a snack variety.
Must try harder with my labelling next year!
I am still admiring my handiwork in my pond.
I only had the time and energy today to water two smallish euronymus in pots under a wall. I keep forgetting to water them but they seem quite able to survive on not very much at all.
I tipped some corpses out of their pots into the wheelbarrow, checked the greenhouse and did some deadheading.
I am very pleased with the lemon scabious I grew from seed, they are just coming into flower. I hope they are not the humungeous, invasive variety discussed on the Forums recently.
If I plant them mixed with my plentiful viburnum bonariensis it should look quite pretty. I found a silver leafed shrub in the GC hospital corner when I stopped off to replenish my compost stock. I have decided to concentrate on drought tolerant plants when I replace and give up fighting the elements My soil is thin, poor, gritty and I have no shade as my garden faces South/South West with no walls, fences or large trees etc. It suits some plants, my ginger lilies are enormous this year, the cistus have doubled in size and the lavender was wonderful so I am going to cut my cloth accordingly.
Concerned about an Acer in a pot , although in a sheltered spot not looking to good at moment !
Geraniums have all died
Must water and feed the tomatoes today. The Big Mama plant is producing fruit at last, looks promising. The bush toms. are producing black-skinned fruit, will not bother to grow them again, whilst the Crystal Drops are very slow to ripen but an excellent substitute for Gardeners Delight. I know toms like warmth but not blistering heat to ripen. Patience.
Envy your agapanthus, I split mine last year so they haven't flowered this year.