Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Our garden

 

A lovely rose flowering - a present for Mother's Day from our Tom


None of our planters and tubs are flowering yet but they are already filling out and starting to look spectacular


Courgettes growing away, looking forward to eating these x

A bed of sweetcorn - this has been a bugger to grow this year. We start all the veg off in a propogator but most has struggled. The soil is warm but the air temperature in our house is far from warm !



Onions - they will keep us going for the year. Infact we haven't eaten all last years yet, they are hanging in net bags in the shed

Beans of varying heights and colours - will be delicous

Lots of tomatoes still in the cold frame. We did oversow this year, by a lot to be honest. All the neighbours have had some but we still have some left

Shallots (never grown before) doing exceptionally well, spinach and beetroot. I have mastered the recipe for creamed spinach, good job we like it as we seem to eat it 4 times a week !!

Peppers, cucumbers and a bed of spuds behind. All doing well. The spuds are now ready for harvest and we have them every day. They are, without doubt, the best in the world !

Chillis in the greenhouse now with fruits on

Tomatoes growing away. Simon has now started to prune them, now that is a task I hate doing but has to be done along with clipping them up. Won't be moaning when we are eating freshly picked tomatoes on toast every morning x




These are just a few planters from the back garden. We recon we have well over 100 !  Will show you the front later

And then we have the daily harvest of new potatoes !





Flipping delicious with a knob of butter and sea salt xx
Nothing in the world beats this !


One hundred degrees in the garden and it's only spring, we haven't reached mid summer yet

In the house !

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Bee Orchids, Private Site, Lincs

 























The best showing of bee orchids ever ! A carpet of them looking spectacular this year. We saw the rosettes a month back and had been keeping our eye on them but with the scorching weather lately they seemed to wither and we had almost given up hope of them flowering this year. The Environment Agency have left more grass uncut this year which is excellent. But with a few heavy downpours to soak the ground, the rosettes have all pushed a flower spike up and they are simply stunning ! 

Sunday, May 31, 2026

A few more Marsh Fritillaries, Lincs

 








Plenty on the wing when we visited, but some now starting to look worn

100's and 100's of painted ladies around at the moment


and a small copper


and a lovely Argent and Sable Moth