Shorts and t-shirt weather here, a few clouds in the sky but mainly sunny and hot.
Pea's and beans were finally planted out and the mooli was thinned.
Framed netting seemed like a good idea at the time and I'm sure I'll be glad it's there when butterflies eventually surface but it wasn't the easiest of tasks propping the frames up to hoe and pick veg.
I feel a baking day coming on tomorrow Frank. I've loads of rubarb and the gooseberry bush is ready for it's first pickings.
Zoomer44 - (... carefully ignoring references to better weather than we had here! ) ... I'm interested to hear your gooseberries are ready for picking. Is that early, or are mine just a bit late? They are in partial shade of a slightly wayward Victoria plum tree - perhaps that's why they're a bit small to pick yet?
... or have you been feeding them? It took me years to realise that plants need food just like we do! (hangs head..!)
Ah! Sun's out again. Must prune that wayward Plum tree - have been waiting for this moment for months.
Birdy. If the sun comes out to play it's in the garden all day here.
The gooseberry bush is by a 4ft fence, didn't get much off it last year as it was covered in blackfly and had to take off a lot of the shoots. Must be keen to fruit this year, me thinks it's about right time for picking - June. The fruit is various sizes, some quite large, some small. If the big fruits picked now the plant puts more energy into the smaller fruit and you get two pickings.
It did get a good mulch of well rotted horse muck about March time, along with the currant bushes and alpine strawberries, all in the same bed. Red and white currants are looking good and the strawberries are in flower
Thanks for the feedback Zoomer. Just looked again at gooseberries and although bigger than I thought they still look a bit small to pick, (the biggest being 13.5mm across diameter by 21.4mm length! (Very precise, I know, but I happened to have an electronic gooseberry measuring device handy!)
I didn't feed them when I should so it's only my own fault!
Weather's fantastic here in Norfolk today. Had to shade the greenhouse (nearly 250 potted up plug plants to protect.
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Shorts and t-shirt weather here, a few clouds in the sky but mainly sunny and hot.
Pea's and beans were finally planted out and the mooli was thinned.
Framed netting seemed like a good idea at the time and I'm sure I'll be glad it's there when butterflies eventually surface but it wasn't the easiest of tasks propping the frames up to hoe and pick veg.
I feel a baking day coming on tomorrow Frank. I've loads of rubarb and the gooseberry bush is ready for it's first pickings.
Zoomer44 - (... carefully ignoring references to better weather than we had here!
) ... I'm interested to hear your gooseberries are ready for picking. Is that early, or are mine just a bit late? They are in partial shade of a slightly wayward Victoria plum tree - perhaps that's why they're a bit small to pick yet?
... or have you been feeding them? It took me years to realise that plants need food just like we do! (hangs head..!)
Ah! Sun's out again. Must prune that wayward Plum tree - have been waiting for this moment for months.
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Weather here sunny with a bit of wind chill and occasional clouding over.
Great for drying the washing!
Another warm and sunny day.
Was out in shorts and t-shirt again
Birdy. If the sun comes out to play it's in the garden all day here.
The gooseberry bush is by a 4ft fence, didn't get much off it last year as it was covered in blackfly and had to take off a lot of the shoots. Must be keen to fruit this year, me thinks it's about right time for picking - June. The fruit is various sizes, some quite large, some small. If the big fruits picked now the plant puts more energy into the smaller fruit and you get two pickings.
It did get a good mulch of well rotted horse muck about March time, along with the currant bushes and alpine strawberries, all in the same bed. Red and white currants are looking good and the strawberries are in flower
Thanks for the feedback Zoomer. Just looked again at gooseberries and although bigger than I thought they still look a bit small to pick, (the biggest being 13.5mm across diameter by 21.4mm length! (Very precise, I know, but I happened to have an electronic gooseberry measuring device handy!)
I didn't feed them when I should so it's only my own fault!
Weather's fantastic here in Norfolk today. Had to shade the greenhouse (nearly 250 potted up plug plants to protect.
Beautiful day on the sunny south coast
Sunny all day in Nottingham