I have been tempted to despair of my garden. It looked as if nothing was going to happen this year. Then all of a sudden it seems to have sprung to life.
I love the way the early morning sun shines through the leaves of the sycamores and the neighbour’s copper beech when I sit down at the wild end with my coffee …
The walnut is coming into leaf …
And the horse chestnut is in flower …
After months of waiting, the potatoes have come up and are going to need more earth piling on …
… but I’ll have to take away the anti-cat-and-fox grid.
The raspberry canes and strawberries are doing well. We had some of the beet spinach for tea yesterday – delicious.
Not very permaculture this, but the courgettes are loving the micro-climate in their little poly-tunnel. I bought some cucumbers at the church plant sale yesterday. I think I’ll plant them here too.
The clover is providing good ground cover in the dogwood bed, and I’ve taken down the fence – hooray!
It’s a good job there’s a bank holiday tomorrow. Lots to do! Happy days.
Alex Mabbs 