The container David Austin roses are growing very nicely.
They get most of the morning sun in this location and quite a bit of afternoon sun. The ones that I repotted, I had given some organic vegetable fertilizer in the mix. That may be gone now. Today I gave some diluted Tomato fertilizer, which is pretty balanced.
They look quite healthy. If I remember correctly, they were blooming by mid May last year. With such warm weather, and most are established, so maybe little earlier this year?
Lots going on in the kitchen garden.
This raised bed has bib lettuce, snow leas, daikon and turnips (almost too small to see) and radishes (ditto). So far the main challenge, birds eating the plants, hasn't happened this go-around. Maybe due to pre-starting them? And the lettuce and snow peas are store bought plants.
We got the first crop of Chinese Chives for jiaozi dumplings.
I planted broccoli plants (not shown).
Today I gave the garlic plants some nitrogen fertilizer.
Also the onion plants. Growing really nice.
Alpine strawberry plants have started to bloom. I still have one container to separate / thin.
The Gravenstein apple is blooming. Also Tasty Red columnar apple has started blooming. I haven't seen any bees yet.
These are the Alpine strawberries that I grew from seeds last year. They bear tiny berries, very intense flavor, very sweet. I think they are too crowded.
I started dividing them. A lot remaining to divide. I planted three in this large container that already contains some lilies.
This is good for accessible gardening. I can sit on garden stool, to tend them at a comfortable height.
These are the forsythias that I grew from cuttings a few years ago.
Deer don't eat them. I never water them during our months-long dry summers. After blooming, I'll cut back to about three or four feet tall.
I repotted the taller tomato seedlings. These are the Roma VF II, that I grew from self-saved seeds. Heirloom, grow true from saved seeds. Bush type, determinate growth pattern. Meaty, good flavor for salsa and tomato sauce,
Today I planted these tomato seeds. Except one variety (Supersweet 100) they are mostly fairly old, from my seed stash. Most are dwarf or compact. I hope they all germinate. Some are seeds I've saved.
After trying many varieties of cherry tomatoes, I continue to have the most success with Supersweet-100, and like its flavor the best. By far. It's too vigorous, but I will grow it anyway.
I made this as a gift for a friend. I asked for her to choose the block style that she liked, and select the color choices from my pile of batiks.
I added Munstead Wood and Desdemona because they are described as among the most fragrant. This is a week after I received them and planted in containers. I kept them on the North side of a shed until this week, so the already existing buds would not sunburn.
I also pruned and replanted Vanessa Bell and Silas Marner into moveable containers, so I can situate them better and take better care of them.
I haven't been able to post during the past couple of months. I'd like to continue the garden diary. We'll-see how it goes.
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Image is a quilt I completed in January. The fabrics were scraps that I didn't care for. I think it tirned out OK anyway.
