Hi there,
Hope you are well.
The garden has been looking lush and gorgeous with all the rain we've been having. Sadly, I think the harvests are a bit behind this year because of the cold May.
However, I've been able to harvest a few things....
Above, they might look a bit scruffy but the Welsh onion scapes have been really nice in various meals. I've been cutting them off lots.
Can you see the rocket at the top? We've had a real wealth of it this past month! It grew back after I planted it last year.
I bought some Spinach plants from the local garden centre back in March and we've eaten lots of Spinach. Sadly, they bolted but I've still been able harvest this lot from the bolted plant!
The strawberries were slow to start but they've made up for it! I picked this lot 2 weeks ago.
On Sunday, I picked 97 strawberries and there are loads more.
These 2 Spring onions came from regrown roots!
Some of it seems to have lost or not grown its outer skin so I am hoping it will store ok!
About 3 weeks ago, my Mum told me to give my Seedum a mid-season cut back to help it to grow more bushy than vertical. I always feel guilty about cutting back something healthy so I decided to put some of the cuttings into water to see what happens and 2 of the 3 have started to grow roots.
Also in there are some lime mint cuttings as I thought I'd try and plant some in the Quadrangle at school.
When I was weeding my raised bed at the weekend, I found a randomly growing Lemon Balm plant so I have dug that up and planted it at school.
I'll share some flowers in another post.
Hope you are well!
x
I enjoy seeing what bounty your garden has grown, Kezzie! You can grow pretty much any cutting in a vase of water, isn't that the most amazing thing?
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely weekend!
Why don't you store your skinless garlic in vinegar - this method worked really well for me
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ReplyDeleteSome lovely pickings.
ReplyDeleteIn spite of the cold May, you've done rather well, especially with the strawberries. Ours seem to have run out of steam, but we've got gooseberries aplenty. Jos picked 1,2 kilo and made jam today. There's still at least as many still ripening! xxx
ReplyDeleteOh lucky you Kezzie, our strawbs are all done and dusted. I love eating sir fried garlic and onion scapes. Now I don't think the vampires will be visiting you! Lulu x
ReplyDeleteI'm always so envious of anyone with green fingers Kezzie! I did try my hand at gardening during lockdown, but the minute I went back to work it all went to pot. It's such a time commitment isn't it? Well done you!
ReplyDeleteThose strawberries look deeeelicous xxx
I'm obviously doing something wrong with my strawberries, there's only been a handful of tiddlers up until now. xxx
ReplyDeleteI'm so impressed with your gardening skills!
ReplyDeleteIt's been raining/cold for about 4 weeks here so I can't imagine anyone's gardens are doing too well. It's definitely not strawberry weather!
97 strawberries? That's fantastic. So great you were able to make the most out of your garden.
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