My tulips opened while I was away but they were still putting on a good show on my return, they are starting to die off now but have survived two bouts of very windy rainy weather so haven't done too bad considering. I only put them in two planters, wish I'd done more now, the colours are so pretty together and the heads are huge, shame I can't remember what variety they are I ha ha.
The garden certain sprung into life in the two weeks I was away, everything had come on in leaps and bounds. The shoots on my largest hosta were only about 4 inches tall when I left, and look at it now! I'm amazed every year how quickly they grow.
I was very happy to see that the seeds I sowed and the plants I potted on before we went away had survived.
Above photo - the promise of sprouts, cauliflower, beetroot, broad beans, tomatoes, calendula, cosmos, marigolds and sunflowers, among others.
The marigolds and calendula are free plants, I collected seeds from the plants last year.
I've tried not to overwhelm myself with sowing this year, I've definitly got less than last year but It still feels like I have a lot.
My raspberries are spreading nicley so we should get lots more fruit this year.
Remember I said we had frogspawn? Well unfortunatly It didn't survive. We had a cold snap just after I noticed it and I think that must have killed it off, shame, I was looking forward to lots of little froggies. We had two frogs in here last year, I haven't seen them yet but hopefully they will return.
Our garden generally looks it's best in Spring, so much colour going on. It's not a neat uniformed garden by any means, in fact it's a bit overgrown in parts, but I quite like that, my sister would say chop everything down! But I prefer that over-grown look, I think it looks more natural. The majority of the shrubs were here when we moved in and were well established, to move any would be a lot of work, so we haven't bothered. Anything I've put in has been planted around what was already here.
It's might be haphazard and a bit wild looking but I like that and I've learned to live with the fact that I will never have perfectly manicured lawns and that the top grass will always need oversewing every year, (because somehow It always disapears in parts).
I like order and tidyness inside the house but I'm happy for the garden to look a bit overgrown.
What are you growing this year? and do you save seeds from the previous year? It's the first time I've done it but It's something I will do again.
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8 comments:
You have a lovely garden and like you I don't mind it being a bit wild, rather than manicured. I usually find that if my house is neat inside the garden is ready for a tidy up and if I have spent time outside in the garden doing much needed work then the house gets left and becomes untidy, somehow I never seem to find a good balance as the garden is so weather dependant if the sun shines I have to dash out there and get the jobs done to the detriment of any housework!
I do save seed some of the time and have grown quite a lot, packets of seeds are so expensive now. Next Christmas I am going to put them on my wish list.
I do like a tidy garden, these days only along the front edges, I'm allowing a more natural look, mine is a small garden so it's all about balance. Yours is full of colour.
Your garden looks lovely ... great pictures.
All the best Jan
What a beautiful and colourful garden.
God bless.
You have a beautiful garden , The tulips this year are so beautiful
lots of pretty ones .
Enjoy hugs June.
I think your garden looks beautiful. Very colorful and natural. My yard isn't well manicured either. I don't have flowers that produce seeds, and haven't planted anything from seed in many years. But, this year I want to plant Zinnas to mix in the area where I planted milkweed last year to encourage the Monarch Butterflies. I can't tell yet if the Milkweed made it. A bit early, and I might need to plant a few more plants, because the few caterpillars I did have last year pretty much ate the 2 plants. Don't want to not have enough.
Your garden is beautiful and I love the more is more look. I've given up with our lawn as our soil is clay and the lawn is either baked or sodden. I keep it cut and the edges neat and that will do. Gardening plays havoc with my arthritis. Xx
Over here our daffodils, are finally in flower. Your garden is stunning, just gorgeous.
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