Saturday 16 July 2011

what's going on in july?

Winter's a pretty quiet time in the garden, especially this year as I haven't grown many winter veg.  I did get my first harvest of kale the other day though - went into a lovely minestrone.  The snow peas are also starting to produce nicely but no pictures of them.
http://www.alexareynolds.com/garden11/kalejuly.JPG
My Chilean jasmine is hanging in there in the cold.  It doesn't like it - it's dropped a fair few leaves - but it's also putting out fresh growth at the tips so I'm optimistic for the summer.
http://www.alexareynolds.com/garden11/jasminewinter.JPG
And finally, the first stirrings of spring are beginning - my fancy daffs are just starting to emerge.  They're still just tiny shoots so I circled it in the picture - not that you can see it anyway!
http://www.alexareynolds.com/garden11/daffsshoot.JPG
I do have some major pruning projects happening, and a complete re-do of the patio, but I'll save those for other posts.

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