The rain held off for our visit to the garden today. The grass is getting very long with all the rain. And the weeds keep growing!!
I split a row of wallflowers and Bellis daisies then spaced them out. These will be our spring bedding. I planted out another tray of sedum for the roofing. We weeded the leeks and dead-headed flowers. This keeps them going for much longer.
We decided that we had better harvest the blackcurrants as they were at perfect ripeness today. The strong smell reminded me of the sixties when we picked blackcurrants at the beginning of our school summer holidays for our pocket money. They were hand-picked up until the seventies. Now its all done by machine.
I don`t think anyone grows blackcurrants commercially in this area any more. Good memories.
Everywhere I look in the garden, there is something I want to do!!
The buddliea is flowering for the first time. Surely the butterflies will come soon.
Holly`s honeysuckle is flowering this year.
The beetroot are looking good.
Love in a mist (nigella) and the home-saved poppies.
The first flower on our Japanese anemones. The orange centre is stunning.
Today`s harvest. The blackcurrants are in the coloured bowls.
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