Category: Six On Saturday

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As it was cool, windy and overcast yesterday most of this week’s selection are from inside.

1. The courgettes – ‘Lemona’ (yellow), ‘Romanesco Latino’ (ribbed) and ‘Modena’ (dark green) – are romping away and may need repotting before the weather is warm enough for them to be planted outside.
2. The ‘Chocolate Cherry’ tomatoes have had brief trips outside during the day but I’m not yet confident it’s warm enough overnight to transfer them to our unheated greenhouse.
3. Five out of six sweetcorn seeds I sowed have made an appearance. I can’t work out if the sixth one just didn’t take or I forgot to plant a seed in that pot!

4. Narcissus ‘Sealing Wax’ still putting on a cheery show.
5. Only recently planted and still very small but already Azalea Variegata ‘Hotshot’ is living up to its name.
6. To mark the National Trust’s ‘Blossom Watch’ today, blossom on the cherry tree and, in the background, on the crab apple.

Enjoy your garden or outside space this week.

Six on Saturday is a weekly meme hosted by The Propagator. If you’d like to join in you can find more details here.

I’ve been making the most of the good weather by sitting outside reflecting on what’s already been achieved and pondering what needs doing next.

1. The Triumph tulips which were predominantly pastel colours have been joined by some brightly coloured companions.
2. Narcissus ‘Ice Follies
3. The courgettes – ‘Lemona’ (yellow), ‘Romanesco Latino’ (ribbed) and ‘Modena’ (dark green) – which were only compost-filled pots a couple of weeks ago are coming along well

4. ‘Rocket’ potatoes starting to show themselves.
5. Blossom on a mini cherry tree against a backdrop of the ornamental quince which continues to flower away.
6. The book I’m currently reading – Mr Bunting At War by Robert Greenwood – first published in 1941 but now available in a new edition as part of the Imperial War Museum’s Wartime Classics series. Mr B’s war efforts initially comprise digging for victory and reluctantly erecting a dugout in the garden.

Enjoy your garden or outside space this week.