Planting for Spring

We have started to plant the daffodils at the allotment this week, though there are still two bucket-loads to go. But at least it’s a start!

The perennial bed is still doing well:

And the gazanias are looking particularly stunning. Here’s one in close-up:

Somehow, that damaged cosmos is still in bloom, which certainly gives me hope (especially as it’s been one hell of a difficult week, LOL!):

The courgettes are happy with their lot:

Whilst there, we let out a bird that had somehow got inside the cabbage netting – heaven knows how! And we also rolled back & secured the netting roof of the fruit cage as there’s no fruit any more of course.

Here is today’s harvest which is sprouts, beetroot, one courgette, gazanias, roses, dahlias and cosmos:

Here are the vases at home:

Have a lovely weekend, everyone.

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Cosmos and roses

We popped into the allotment yesterday between the two stages of the Queen’s funeral as it was just SO sad that I simply had to do something else.

Anyway, though we didn’t stay long, I was pleased to see that the damaged cosmos plant is still somehow producing flowers which is very positive:

And, equally unexpectedly, there are some more roses which is definitely a bonus:

The perennial bed is continuing its red theme:

And the dahlias are still producing flowers, with loads more buds to come:

Meanwhile the courgette plant is still producing fruit, though there were two or three rotten ones as well which I have cut off:

So yesterday’s harvest was dahlias, roses, gazanias, cosmos, gerbera, one courgette, one cabbage and a few beetroots:

Here are the vases at home:

Have a good week, everyone.

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A vision in scarlet

Today the allotment perennial bed is a vision in scarlet, the cabbages are hanging on, and the dahlias are simply magnificent. A short blog this time round as it’s our wedding anniversary (yay, congratulations to us!) but we are also feeling sad about the Queen. RIP Elizabeth II, a wonderful woman and a brilliant Queen. So definitely a day of mixed feelings.

Here are the pictures:

Cabbage bed:

Courgette:

Gorgeous dahlias:

The scarlet perennial bed:

Gazanias in the perennial bed:

Our harvest:

The vases at home:

Have a good day, everyone.

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Rain stops play

It started out as quite a pleasant morning so we took the opportunity to get to the allotment for some all important weeding – there are loads of weeds now the rain has started again! Definitely autumn now – I wore a jumper for the first time in ages, which ended up proving very useful.

The perennial bed is still looking good:

And there are a couple of gladiolis still in bloom:

Plus I’m just LOVING the colour of this gorgeous dahlia:

Meanwhile the courgette we thought was too small to crop last week is now pretty darn large!

We have also made the netting on the second sprout bed taller by taking away the hoops and putting long stakes in instead before securing the netting over it again:

And it was at that point that the rains came, in full force so we took shelter in the shed!

Only wish we’d bought an umbrella, LOL! I did take a video of how torrential it was, but I can’t upload it as apparently I have to upgrade to premium to do so – but, trust me, it was heavy!

Here is the harvest in the rain, which consists of sprouts, that courgette, dahlias, gladioli, gerberas and gazanias:

And here are the vases at home:

Have a lovely weekend, everyone, and stay dry!

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