I never thought I would fall out of love, let alone fall in love again! The courtship is brutal, constant demands and endless pampering, I am smitten, even though I see not a single indication that my affections are being returned.

I spend my downtime thinking of our future together,  wake up and wonder of the time we will spend together, even though the relationship is totally one sided.

Of course that's gardening all over, although it is said "you only get out, what you put in".

Really glad to be back gardening again, although the endless weeding at the moment is a bit tedious.

What it says in the title! Just a record of what you've harvested from your garden and stored in the freezer.

For example, I've frozen my first container of raspberries today. They'll emerge next winter for my breakfast or be mixed with more soft fruit to make jam..

Whilst clearing the brambles at the rear of where my new shed will be I came across this? It looks to be some sort of thornless berry? and I just wondered whether it was worth keeping?
Does anyone have any idea what it is?

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I’m currently watering my neighbours greenhouse. How many tomatoes is he growing in one grow bag? 

No prizes. Just the satisfaction of being right   . 


I will give the answer tomorrow evening.

Its raining and my mind has gone off on a little adventure!
 
Imagine, if you can, a sort of Lockdown for your garden/plot. The rules say that you can't buy anything for your garden - not seeds, compost - anything. Whatever seeds or plants you have now are all you have for your garden. You are however, allowed to swap with another Locked-down gardener so you can grow plants or save seeds to swap.

How would you plan for next year? What seeds could you save? What plants could you propagate to swap or to build up your stock?

Show us your Aquilegias please. They come in many shades and shapes and all are, in my opinion,  worthy flowers to have in the garden.

Dear all

Apologies for the down time, our SSL certificate had expired and being an old fart, I took my eye off the ball.

In addition our host company updated our website and asked be to do technical things....not my strength!

Hopefully every thing is back to normal now.

Is any one else having to dodge clouds of aphids? I've never seen this before, they're everywhere! When I went cycling at the weekend they were getting in my eyes, mouth, nose and ears!

Can anyone tell me what this is, please? It's either a cutting or seed I shoved in the pot last year. it looks familiar but I can't put a name to it.

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You may have noticed a theme to my seed sowing recently - or maybe not!

Most of you know what CACA is - Cut And Come Again - mostly used for greens like lettuce and salad leaves. Pick some leaves and leave the plant to grow on. 
PAPA is similar but its Pick And Pick Again. (I've just made this up, unlike CACA which has been around for yonks). 
PAPA crops include peas, beans, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, courgettes, squash etc . Also perennials like rhubarb, asparagus, fruit bushes and strawberries. 
PAPA crops are less hassle, in my mind, than the roots like carrots & turnips and the heading greens like cabbage & cauli. 

So, I'm concentrating my seed sowing efforts on PAPA crops - which, by coincidence are also the veg I enjoy eating the most.  OK, I accept that, if they all grow I will look like a cucumber by the end of the season but I'm willing to risk that!

PAPA crops are also the ones that I enjoy picking the most - wandering around with my little basket, picking a bit of this and a bit of that and returning to the house to work them into the day's menu. Its a bit like foraging without leaving the garden. 

Waddya think?