...of Juneuary.
The last couple of weeks have been complete shite, weather-wise, which makes our general gardening philosophy of benign neglect a lot easier, but also means that if we've been cold and miserable, so, too, have our plants, the poor dears. The last couple of days have been fairly decent, though, and things are responding in kind.
The big news, such as it is, is that I was able to put decorative things into decorative pots and things are looking a bit more...wait for it...decorative.
Lady's Bedstraw, which has continued to not die, in an urn
Borage, which will be handy come Pimm's time, in another urn
A marigold which I'd forgotten that I intended to plant in the ground to replace one that had been stepped on by a Chupacabra
It's nice to break up all of the straight lines of the crates, and add a little bit of colour. Now if the other flowers I planted would just grow, already. I don't know what their problem is, but I'll be trying again, shortly.
Otherwise, things just seem to be keeping on their merry journey to our plate their full potential.
Chard starting to look chardy
The tops of actual turnips
Courgette or hibiscus? I mean, I know the answer to that, but still...
Tomatoes on the right, marigolds to their left, and bolting rocket to the far left.
Nerdy GrowBars - another week, or two, and I think they'll be OK to plant out
Peas, somehow managing to survive in the shadow of ENORMOUS nasturtium* leaves. We have so many peas
So. Many. Peas. I don't even remember there being that many flowers. It's like they've worked a deal with the also strangely absent pollinators, and now we have a frillion of them. This is no bad thing.
Peas: A love story
Other highlights include the beginnings of our first nasturtium flower, about which we are a-squee.
No filter - it really is that vivid an orange!
And more strawberries, which also draws a-squee-ness.
Two berries, alike in dignity, in fair Tooting where we do set our scene
Jurassic Sorrel, with leaves so big they snap in two under their own weight! Also, snails love it, we're learning
The bit that I know you've all been waiting for, though, is an update to the Feel Good Story of the Year: Runty Mr. Bean. The nasturtiums are threatening to take over** and are damn near taller than the beans they're in front of, including Runty Mr. Bean. But does that stop him? Does he shrivel with despair? NO! It's difficult to tell from this angle, but he's got a single branch shooting straight up toward the sun in complete defiance of the giants that surround him. A mascot for the burgeoning Global rebellion, I think.
Keep growing, little buddy! We believe in you!
So, that's about all the news that's fit to "print." We continue to not kill things, which is - I'd argue - what we're really aiming for, and nothing succeeds like success. Or something.
I'll leave you with a lovely parting shot of the back corner looking all nice and inviting:
*I've learned that you can use nasturtium leaves like grape leaves, which is to say, stuff them with things and make Dolmas-like tasty rolls. Since ours are approaching the size of lily pads, this may well be a thing that I try.
**TIL: it is, in fact, quite possible to have too many nasturtium plants. I've not reached the point of regret, at this writing, but this may change. I have some thoughts around how I'll do things next year, though.
Juneuary is having its way here, as well. I have masses of little green strawberries crying out for Sun! Please! The corn has SADD. The cherry tomatoes continue to be tiny green ball bearings. They say later this week it's supposed to change but we've been fooled before.
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