Can Cargol

2016-06-05

Lark Ascending

The first bud opened up...

...and proceeded to get drenched.

The scent is faint, but these are so handsome all is forgiven.

More to come...

Already worse for wear with so much rain

I forget what these little guys I sowed are

Apples

Honeysuckle recovering well

Borago explosion soon!

California poppy

Red bug

2016-06-03

Some pictures

We've had rain. Like, exclusively.

And one evening, the weirdest light I've ever seen. Greenish blue just before sunset.

Yesterday evening, my first ranunculus bud!

Calla lily

These which I don't know what they are...

This is one of the heaps of ground we now have in the garden,
which has been quickly colonised by weeds, nasturtiums and borage,
and they've grown 20 cm in a few days with all the water!

Grapevine

Waiting for love-in-a-mist

Some callas in pots

Some peas are making do, but most are munched down

Lark ascending coming soon!

Another cut flower photo (Margaret Merrill)

2016-05-31

I am not trying to build a cutting garden, but I could not resist these. They are my first cut flowers. It is raining so, so much! no garden time for me.

The yellow roses are from a rose... plant, I cannot call it a bush, that was already in the garden when we arrived. It is overgrown by ivy which we are now cutting back because we are working on the terrace. Last year it gave one single rose, but this year, with a bit more space, it's coming with several. I may have to move it when the time is right.

2016-05-29

So this happened

It is raining, as usual, but!

Margaret Merrill #1 is blossoming and the scent is SO good! love the shell-coloured centre.

2016-05-27

Two days ago

This may be a Papaver pizzicato, but I won't know until it opens.

Bumblebee busy on chives

Waiting for Margaret merrill to open

Anyone any idea what's going on here? Three buds on the Lark ascending were
cut-off in this manner with the black sap coming out.
I Googled but haven't found anything like this...

2016-05-22

Yesterday's photos

A walk around the garden:

Immature apples

Bee in thyme

Ladybug on sage leaf

First time I find a buttercup in our grass,
love how glossy they are

The lilacs we planted last year have bloomed!
nicely scented

A bee visiting the iris germanica

Snail on broom

Margaret Merrill bud

Elderflower

Love-in-a-mist!

Willow sprouting back!

Stages of hawthorn blossoms

The fern corner is slowly filling up :)

These are the original ferns, which are very elegant

2016-05-16

Today, and a few other pictures.

I've continued digging out grass on this long weekend.

So much work here!

Now I have to extend the path I started last weekend and decide what to plant here. On the strip on the long side of the existing "bed", I sprinkled three small packets of wildflower mixes and some extra love-in-a-mist. In a small corner to the right of the apple tree, I sprinkled s mall packet of forget-me-nots.