Finished Quilt And A Stroll Around The Garden

No car boot treasure this week, yesterday when I normally go to the car boot sale was a wash out.  The rain lashed down and the wind was howling, it certainly didn't feel like a summer's day.  Today we are fairing a little better, we still have rain but little showers and the wind has dropped.  I spent a fair amount of time yesterday in the craft room finishing off the quilt for Wilbur and having a general sort out.

So here we have the big reveal, drum roll please...

 

Made with love little man, hope you enjoy it.

 

I have just had a walk around the garden to assess any damage to plants or boundaries.  Everything is looking pretty good, no damage that I can see.  So let me take you for a quick stroll around the patio, where I have a mass of containers growing food for the table.  You can grow herbs anywhere and I love to have a variety to add to soups and salads.

 

 

Mint, a great addition to new potatoes/potato salad.

 

 

Chives, it has just flowered and looking wonderful in all its glory.  Shame about the photographer who is obviously distracted or cross eyed, at least you can see one of the flowers.

 

 

Lemon thyme, which we love with chicken is having a growth spurt.  We also have basil, rosemary and 2 varieties of parsley.

 

 

The strawberries are quite prolific this year and looking good so far.  That won't last, you may remember the guilty trio from last year (my husband and the 2 dogs) eating them. 

 

 

The gooseberry bush is bearing lots of fruit, not sure about the brown on them I need to keep an eye on that.

 

 

Believe it or not this is a dwarf apple tree grown in a pot, we are so excited that we have apples, despite the small harvest.  Just goes to show that gardening can be done on a small scale.

 

 

This is a experiment, we are growing green beans in a pot to access the yield   Slow growth so far but time will tell.

 

 

Finally we have tumbling toms, tomatoes grown in a hanging basket.  In fact we have several hanging from the shed.  We have had huge success with these in previous years.  What have you got growing in pots?

 

See you soon.