Scented daffodils and tulip bulbs

The daffodils are really hitting their peak on the windy allotment today – and the first of the small scented ones are out, so that’s just amazing.

And the tulips are getting bigger, with some of them even showing buds, which is very exciting!

The rhubarb is growing:

Meanwhile, the soft fruit is showing the first signs of leaf, both in the autumn raspberry area and in the currant zone.

Not only that, but I’ve finally remembered to dig up the lupins for home and here they are with the daffodil harvest:

For now, we’ve planted the lupins in the cold frame in the back garden until we can work out where to put them but here is the daffodil vase – which is filling the kitchen with scent (bliss!):

 

Anne Brooke Books

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The Windy Allotment

Very windy down at the allotment today – I thought the daffodils might get blown away when I was taking them back to the car, but they survived the journey, hurrah. Here they are in their beds:

The tulips are also doing well and have definitely grown:

But – guess what! – I’ve STILL not brought that poor lupin home – I will do it soon, really I will!

The rhubarb leaves are getting bigger:

And there are more leaves coming in the autumn raspberries, which is good news:

Here is the harvest of daffodils only:

And here they are in the vase – the colour is just so amazing.

Have a peaceful Sunday.

Anne Brooke Books

Must Be Spring!

A lovely morning on the allotment today. The daffodils are really going for it now, even in beds they’re not supposed to be in – such as the beetroot bed, LOL! Which just goes to show Nature always has the last word.

Mind you, the tulips are also going for it in the beetroot bed, so must be something about the lure of beetroot …

And we now have another rhubarb which has joined the rhubarb that started early, so at least it’s not on its own any more, hurrah.

So here is the usual harvest (for the time of year) of beetroot and daffodils:

And here is the vase at home:

Have a lovely weekend, everyone.

Anne Brooke Books

A Host of Golden Daffodils

Well, nearly a host anyway. Definitely a bunch this week, with more to come. And the weather for February is totally amazing.

 

The tulips might possibly be a bit bigger than last week but it’s hard to say:

Even the lupin is coming along – I actually want to dig that one up and put it in the garden at home, as they’re not very good as cut flowers, so we must do that soon.

The rhubarb is still there too, which is good news.

Oh, and we have a bit of a shed roof problem since all that wind and rain a while back! Must do some mending soon then …

Here is the harvest of lovely daffodils:

And here they are at home – perfect!

Have a lovely Sunday!

Anne Brooke Books

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mole Hill City

Goodness, but the moles are having a fabulous party at the allotment! Mind you, they’re really the only thing that’s seriously got going at the moment, so I don’t really begrudge them, LOL.

I only did a bit of gentle weeding this week as I have a minor tear to the rotator cuff in my left shoulder (the one I had the operation on 4 years ago) and I don’t want to make it any worse – as the doctor advised me yesterday! Mind you, it’s certainly better than earlier this week when it was really incredibly painful, ouch and double ouch. I fear I will have to give up the Zumba, alas …

Anyway, the daffodils are doing their best – we even have a stray one in one of the disastrous Brussels sprouts bed, so at least something worked in there, hey ho …

And the tulips are a tiny bit taller than they were last week, which is positive news. I think they look like tiny mouths desperate to be fed, but maybe that’s just me:

The rhubarb is hanging on in there too:

Not much else going on at the moment however. So the harvest of two beetroots and some daffodils is small but perfectly formed!

Here are the daffodils at home. I added them to last week’s mini-harvest which is still going strong, so it’s almost a bunch now …

Have a lovely and relaxing weekend, everyone!

Anne Brooke Books

More signs of Spring

A very soggy allotment today, so a good job we remembered to wear Wellingtons. The daffodils are coming on, and there are two in bloom, hurrah!

In fact there are daffodils and tulips springing up everywhere now, even in the beetroot bed – which just goes to show that you may THINK you’ve dug everything up but you NEVER ever have …

The actual tulip bed is coming along fine:

And the rhubarb is hanging on in there somehow:

So there’s the usual mini-harvest of beetroots and daffodils:

And here are those two daffodils at home:

Have a lovely Sunday, everyone!

Anne Brooke Books

The Beginning of Tulips

Unbelievably, the tulips on the allotment have actually started to sprout. Which makes me feel a bit guilty as last week a work friend said her tulips were sprouting and I said that couldn’t be true and it must be daffodils. More fool me! What do I know? Nothing! So, apologies, N – you were right …

Meanwhile, the daffodils are much taller now and there is another one in bloom, well gosh.

Even the lupin is getting in on the act. Though I must move it to the garden at home sometime soon, as I think it will do a lot better there, and they don’t make great cut flowers anyway.

So, we have a small but perfectly formed harvest (again!) of one beetroot and one daffodil. And they look so cute together too …

Here is the daffodil at home:

Have a lovely Sunday!

Anne Brooke Books