In the Garden May
I’m doing this early in May because we will be away on the 22nd. We leave this Friday, so I spent some time today tidying the garden and preparing it to look after itself for six weeks. I finished trimming my unruly herbs, mulched the broad beans, pulled a few weeds, and then swept the tiles.
I also picked all the chillies which will go in the freezer and gave the plant a trim to help it survive the winter. Later today, I’ll pick and cook up some rhubarb as well.
The maple tree suddenly changed colour in the last week and has almost dropped all its leaves.
The strawberry plants have decided to produce, but I doubt there will be enough warmth to ripen these.
I’m hoping my lettuce is not past it before I get home. I think the pak choy will be though because that is supposed to take five weeks until harvest.
The veggies are doing well. They should be much bigger by the time we get back, although most will still have a way to go before harvest.
The dainty swallowtail chrysalis is still on the mandarin tree, and I expect now that it won’t emerge until Spring.
Are you enjoying the change of seasons in your part of the world?
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Elisabeth
Just looking at these pictures is calming!
It’s VERY cold here today (there was a risk of snow last night), but for the most part we are seeing signs of spring/summer. The trees are all starting to show signs of budding and we’ve had our lawn mowed once already. That said, the kids left for school today wearing hats and gloves so we’re still bridging all the seasons at once!
Melissa
We often have four seasons running simultaneously here too. Melbourne is notorious for having four seasons in one day. I’m glad for you that your weather is warming up though.
Jenny
It’s so funny how we’re all brought together in this blogging community, and yet are experienceing the world in such different ways! It is HOT here- low 90s and high humidity, and that’s where we’ll be for the next 4-5 months. It’s really not a great time to be outside in Florida. I love your garden though, and it’s inspiring me. When my kids were younger we used to plant a garden in the winter, but I haven’t done it in years.
Melissa
I can imiagine summer heat and humidity is pretty unpleasant. I like our four seasons and especially our mainly dry heat summers.
Daria
What a lovely garden you have! I love the combination of gray (stonework?) and minimalist lines (fence?). The water feature is amazing, too.
In New Jersey we are drowning in pollen lol Everything is flowering, even sticks lol Our cars are covered, and our clothes are covered. Windowsills.
I planted in our flowerboxes and fed the roses, they are booming! After we installed the fence, we do not have unwelcome guests anymore-deer. At 5 AM sharp, the birds start, and they can get really loud; we sleep with our windows open and it’s impossible to sleep past 5:30 (for me 🙂
Melissa
Thanks, The water feature was actually one that you can buy all ready to go from the shop. Pollen is not good. We used to have a pool and sometimes it would have a layer of yeelow pollen on it which was unpleasant. I sleep with our windows open too, I need fresh air to sleep well.
San
Your garden looks great. Is rhubarb hard to grow?
It’s going to be pretty hot here soon so I am trying to plant and keep my garden alive through the summer heat.
Melissa
I think if you get the right position rhubarb seems pretty easy to grow. I think it’s better where it gets some afternoon shade. We had it planbted in a couple of places in our previous garden and one place it died and the other it thrived and we were able to seperate some crowns and bring them with us. I think the one that died may have been getting eaten by possums though.
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