Note to self:
-do not grown broad beans AGAIN, they take up a lot of space, nobody likes them and they get covered in black fly: have pulled them all up and added to the compost bin. (should have fed them to the chickens, hindsight). - have planted 4 squashes in their place. - have weeded around the carrots and pulled a few for dinner. -radishes: don't grow again as they were not eaten, even left them out for passer-by with a FREE sign and they were left! - have transplanted swede where the onions and garlic were. -The leeks in the tray are still too small to plant out. -iceberg lettuce planted next to the sweet corn as there is a small space left. Planted this border out at the end of April. it's looking good. A bit of a country garden feel about it. Whilst not the loveliest hammock, because I couldn't find the one I had had for years but never used, I purchased a new one online. However I have found the perfect spot between two trees, in the shade, looking out across the garden. The garden pump is also there and David has said he will pave and put a walkway/bridge across.
I spent the morning at a friends house, she has a fabulous cottage garden that she has had redesigned so she has lots of plants with no homes, so today I went over to see what she had.
Lots of aquilegia, alchemical mollies, Astrantia and Allium nectoscorium, all of which I have planted under the shade of the beech trees and the left of the garden, I have also added some hostas. During my wet, wonder round the garden this morning. I spotted this white spider on the flower of the Broad Beans. Apparently it is a crab spider, they are able to change their body colour to match their background, this can take a few days and they can appear white, yellow or green. They sits on flowers waiting for insects to land close by, and then pounce on them - trapping them between their crab-like front legs. |
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