Once again I'm joining in with Amy at Love Made my Home for Five on Friday. Click on the link at the bottom of this post to find others who are joining in too.
First though I'd like to say thank you for all your comments on my last post I just haven't had the time to reply to each one of them like I usually do so I hope this general thank you will show you how grateful I am for each and every comment.
This week I thought I'd show you five plants and/or flowers from the garden and greenhouse that seem to be doing well even though the weather isn't very good at the moment, it certainly doesn't feel like July in my part of the country anyway.
1. Sweet Peas - they have been lovely this year and so many different colours too.
2. Hydrangea - these flowers start as a bright blue, then fade to a paler blue before they turn more lilac in colour. I love watching the changes each day as they grow right outside the conservatory.
3. Pumpkins - so far so good - I'd love to have just one for the end of October.
4. Tomatoes - we've had a few tomatoes already - they always taste so good straight off the plant don't they?
5. Courgettes - we had one or two from these plants too - courgette bake with your own courgettes and tomatoes is lovely.
Have a lovely weekend everyone
First though I'd like to say thank you for all your comments on my last post I just haven't had the time to reply to each one of them like I usually do so I hope this general thank you will show you how grateful I am for each and every comment.
This week I thought I'd show you five plants and/or flowers from the garden and greenhouse that seem to be doing well even though the weather isn't very good at the moment, it certainly doesn't feel like July in my part of the country anyway.
Have a lovely weekend everyone
You must have green fingers Rosie to grow so many lovely things. Your garden must be a haven to spend time in. I like the gravel around the green house - I bet it sounds lovely to walk on! I notice you have companion planting too with the marigolds and the tomatoes! Have a lovely weekend. I hope the weather improves for you. x
ReplyDeleteThe sun is out this morning, my green fingers are limited to pulling weeds and cutting grass, Paul does the green house and raised beds where the fruit and vegetables are. We have been planting marigolds with tomatoes for a few years now and it seems to work:)
DeleteYour plants are looking good. I love the furriness of new tomatoes straight from the plant. It's all gloomy and wet here this morning, it's been such a funny year weatherwise. Have a good week. Karen :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen - hope you have a good week too - the sun is out this morning but back to rain tomorrow I think:)
DeleteI love sweet peas but I just can't get them to grow. I have no idea why. Your veg look good. You're obviously very good at this gardening thing! :)
ReplyDeleteThe sweet peas have been lovely this year - last year they didn't grow at all. Paul is responisble for the state of the greenhouse and raised beds. I'm not bad at pulling up weeds and cutting the grass:)
DeleteYour plants look great, I love Hydrangeas, we have them in pink and blue. Most of our veggies have not done well, too much rain.
ReplyDeleteLots of our veggies in the outside raised beds are struggling but the greenhouse ones seem to ok for now:)
DeleteWhat lovely flowers and plants!
ReplyDeleteThank you:)
DeleteI always enjoy pics of your garden, Rosie - your fingers are obviously very green. Have a lovely weekend. x
ReplyDeleteThank you Mrs T, I'm afraid most of the greenhouse stuff is down to Paul not me but I am good at picking weeds and cutting grass:)
DeleteI do know what courgettes are because I used to follow a lovely Irish lady gardener's blog but I've lost her somehow. I can grow them here if I start early enough in the year (say, February!...well, really, March) and also things like squash and pumpkins. The vine crops do pretty well here as long as you start early. Tomatoes, forget it! :-) I also have had luck with okra, which you may not be familiar with. It's a very Southern USA crop. Anyway, your garden is wonderful and I enjoyed very much seeing the flowers and pretty tomatoes! sigh
ReplyDeleteOf course, I expect they are better known as zuchini - we started ours fairly early and those inside have done better than those outside. Okra - lady's fungers? I have seen it and eaten it once quite a while ago. Glad you enjoyed seeing the flowers and tomatoes:)
DeleteHi Rosie, your garden is so lovely. I planted sweet peas but they never bloomed. I just planted a hydrangea as the other one I had was a lace cap and it developed mold. Maybe you need to come over and help me with my garden woes. I wish you a wonderful, fun weekend. My best to you. Pat xx
ReplyDeleteHydrangeas do take a long time to establish don't they? Shame about your lace-cap one getting mold. Last year our sweet peas didn't flower very much this year has been good for them:)
DeleteEverything is doing so nicely and I must say I am quite jealous over your greenhouse! I hope to build one in the next couple of years but it won't be one fancy with glass panels like yours. Thanks for sharing all the lovely blooms! By the way, didn't manage to participate in Five on Friday this week but am still trying to pop by everyone's blogs to say a quick hello.
ReplyDeleteHugs for now,
Beth P
Thanks, Beth - the green house is quite old, it was here when we bought the house about 19 years ago - it was silver, metal coloured but my husband painted it green and put new flooring in a few years ago and reset the glass and replaced some of it and it has made the green house look a lot better. Have a lovely weekend:)
DeleteEverything in the garden is lovely! My sweet peas are miserably stunted this year, though last year they were splendid.
ReplyDeleteThat's funny John as ours have been the other way round - no growth and few flowers last year but wonderful this year. Plants are strangely unpredictable but wonderful things aren't they?:)
DeleteAll looking good!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Louise - re your comment on the wildflowers - i guess they are going over now as it is over a week since we saw them if we go that way again I'll give you an update:)
DeleteSuch wonderful plants and flowers!! The sweet peas are fabulous aren't they! I do hope that you have at least one pumpkin for Halloween, how great to be able to carve your own homegrown pumpkin!! Or eat it of course!!! That might be better! Thank you so much as always for joining in. I hope that you have a great weekend! xx
ReplyDeleteWe do both, Amy - carve the pumpkin out for a tea light decoration and use the flesh for soup. Have a lovely weekend:)
DeleteNice photos Rosie, the sweet peas look great. Have a good weekend x
ReplyDeleteYou too Ian, thanks:)
DeleteVery pretty flowers and plants in your garden - I love your greenhouse! Everything looks so healthy. We are having drought, but getting the first rain in weeks, tonight. xo Karen
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen - the green house has been refurbished and is very useful especially for tomoates and courgettes:)
DeleteFound you via Five on Friday. I'm impressed by your garden. My courgettes are a failure as it's been too cold this year to grow them outside. Need a greenhouse like you.
ReplyDeleteGlad you found me. Yes, a greenhouse does help especially with the tomatoes and courgettes as it has been quite cold this summer hasn't it? The few really hot days we have had haven't been consisten enough to do any good. thanks for popping by:)
DeleteI almost planted sweet peas this year. In fact I bought 2 packs of seeds. Then I proceeded to lose both packs of seeds and missed the planting window. Now I have no sweet peas and 2 packs of seeds ( which I found again last week.) I hope next year I do a better job with my sweet pea plans. Instead I am going to enjoy yours! Have a wonderful weekend!
ReplyDeleteHa, Ha - I've done that before too. Bought seeds and forgoten where I've put them and missed the planting times - also done it with birthday cards too - bought a special one for someone when I've seen it and hidden it away so well I can't find it when needed. Hope your seeds will last until next year:)
DeleteWonderful. Your first two flowers had me hooked as they hold a special place in my heart. Sweet lead were everywhere the summer I had my first born and make me think of her. Hydrangeas are used as field dividers in the Azores and after 3 weeks at sea on a sailing boat to sea green fields with blue crisis crosses from afar will stay with me for ever.
ReplyDeleteTwo delighful memories of sweet peas and hydrangeas - the thought of blue hydrangea hedges across fields is amazing - no wonder that image stayed with you:)
DeleteMy sweet peas aren't as good as normal I don't think the weather has helped. Yes I've had a few tomatoes you can't beat them fresh from the vine - so tasty. Hopefully now that the courgettes are producing I will be making batches of ratatouille for the freezer so when I bring it out in winter it will remind me of summer - although not the summer we have had today - rain all day!
ReplyDeleteLove ratatouille - we serve it with cous cous or with warm french bread both delightful and so good if the ingredients come from the greenhouse:)
DeleteI'd love to grow sweetpeas but don't think they would do well here . But my with our very hot summers. Are they annuals? I have had one big blue hydrangea flower so far. But my roses are really doing well this summer.
ReplyDeleteThere are both annual and perennial sweet peas - mine are annuals and I sometimes grow from seed but mostly I wait to buy a few plants when they get to a few inches high and plant them then:)
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