Percy Thrower
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 10:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanThat bout of rain we had Sunday evening through Monday morning has certainly done the garden no harm whatsoever. Like the aftermath of the deluge it received a month or so ago when we had the thunderstorm, it has perked up immeasurably proving that our best efforts in watering it simply serve to keep things alive, but not necessarily to grow.
Looking at it tonight after getting home, the mange touts are appearing nicely and the sweetpeas are beginning to flower. On the next bed down the courgettes have suddenly come to like and though they are still a little too small to harvest, they are recognisably courgettes. The pumpkins are beginning to show signs of dominating the bed, too.
Best of all, for me though, is the climbing rose I planted last autumn. The first flower has opened:
And the sun we have had has had very positive effects on the cherry crop - it's a full month ahead of last year's meaning that this weekend, we will have to start picking...
This is the good side of all that work in a garden.
Looking at it tonight after getting home, the mange touts are appearing nicely and the sweetpeas are beginning to flower. On the next bed down the courgettes have suddenly come to like and though they are still a little too small to harvest, they are recognisably courgettes. The pumpkins are beginning to show signs of dominating the bed, too.
Best of all, for me though, is the climbing rose I planted last autumn. The first flower has opened:
And the sun we have had has had very positive effects on the cherry crop - it's a full month ahead of last year's meaning that this weekend, we will have to start picking...
This is the good side of all that work in a garden.