I am starting up my three word gardening posts again each month and this year I will start with Slow To Start. The weather has not been the greatest and living here on a high ridge has meant that it has been super windy.
I will start with a little tour. This was the fruit cage after our snowfall, I just walked away from it with a very sad face but Bloke went out in the wind and put it all back together. Big Girl and I spent two hours weeding all of the strawberries. There is nothing worse than spotting a big red strawberry, then getting stung by a hidden nettle. I also moved a clump of raspberries from right in front of the entrance door. The fruit garden was planted up before I bought the cage so things were in a bit of a strange orientation once I realised where the door was going. Much better now.
First pick of the rhubarb will be this week too.
The front garden is raised and the soil in there is pretty weed free because it is new (3 years old) and I intend to keep it that way. The daffs have gone over now swiftly following are the orange hues of my tulips. The broom has flowered for the first time this year which compliments the border well.
I have all my veg seeds started off but it is still a bit too cold for them to really take off. Fingers crossed for the next few weeks.
My florist friend Beth grows her wedding flowers at our farm. It is such a bonus to look out on a piece of ground all neatly kept without me having to lift a finger.
Just starting to look nice and green and lots of pear and apple blossom here. I love apple blossom, but not pear blossom so much. I am waiting to see what was destroyed in the cold snap a while back. Also waiting to see if anyone is going to put my new raised beds together for me :) CJ xx
ReplyDeleteI have a small yarden (yard/garden) and everything is grown in pots. I'm very sad at the moment as I seem to have lost all my lovely crocosmias over the winter. Your garden looks great x xJoy
ReplyDeleteBefore I lived here I had a yard garden and the plants did sometimes get frosted through the pots. Fingers crossed. x
DeleteEverything looks so beautiful. It must be so lovely to see the results of all your hard work. Mine is looking very sorry for itself after the harsh winter temperatures, but I'm calling it a work in progress :)
ReplyDeleteYour garden all looks lovely, it's so nice to see lots of colour. My garden has been slowly waking up, fruit trees are blooming and though daffodils are finishing, the tulips are ready to open. I love the garden at this time of year. Nothing ever looks to overgrown.
ReplyDeleteYour garden is waking up beautifully! Ours has had its first tidy of the year and a survey to see which perennials have not survived the cold. Quite a few unfortunately, including almost the entire length of our lavender border. First time in 20 years.
ReplyDeleteIt has been a harsh winter and slow spring. :(
DeleteIt does seem to have been a slow start this year. Every time I think about some serious gardening the sun disappears and the wind and rain take over. I did knuckle down to sowing seeds in the greenhouse and they seem to be making a good start. Your seeds are looking good too. Love the tulip colour. Have a good week x
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