It’s been bucketing down all afternoon/evening! I squeezed a small amount of outside time to check out the garden, say hi to the chooks and water the pots in the hothouse.
I think about 80% of the potatoes have poked their heads above ground!
In my lettuce patch outside, the first of the self seeded tomatoes have started showing up! (And broccoli!)
This asparagus has been struggling more than its siblings, but clearly not dead as yet!
In the hothouse I have several plants that look ready to be planted out. I just have to make decisions where – and in some cases wait for the weather to behave so I can weed/prepare the area!
I had given up on the butternut pumpkin… even dug around in the pots looking for the seeds that seemed to be lost/gone! Suddenly – there they are!! Surprisingly slow, but looking good now.
One of the capsicum plants in the soil looks to have forgotten to grow… especially compared to one of the others I put into a pot – surprising difference!
And how is this for exciting? My first tomato flowers already!!
The other ones I started from seed are getting along slowly but surely
And one that was growing randomly that I potted up:
Won’t be long before the silverbeet (chard) will need an outside home.
I think this hothouse lettuce doubled in size overnight!!
To finish – a few colourful pretties before bed!
Cherry blossoms almost there!
I hope those who needed rain got some! I feel bad wanting ours to stop. But really… I want it to stop! Just for a little while!
Have a great day!
Cheers!
Here in the midwestern US our gardens are about done and we are preparing them for winter. I think watching your garden grow helps make our winter more tolerable. I also loved your pictures of the Grand Canyon etc. I live in the US but have not seen much of it. I have never been out west. Your pictures really captured the beauty and size of it and I really want to see it in person. We are slowing making our way west on trips and I believe we will see the canyon at some point.
Hi Pam! I feel the same way as our season changes too – I enjoy the rest but love watching gardens bloom and grow from other parts of the world!
I hope you eventually make it over to the Grand Canyon – lots of tourists of course, but its truly amazing to appreciate it with your own eyes (and do a bit of walking where you can!) Spectacular part of the world!
WOW! It looks great. You are one heck of a gardener. You make me want to try harder.
lol – thanks so much Carmen! The boost I needed! I feel I am getting behind these days with the weather! I am running out of time! But its nice to stop and look closely at what was happening out there yesterday.
Thank you! you make me smile each day I read your lovely posts and see your photos 🙂
Thanks Lisa! I am glad you are enjoying the stories. 🙂