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My tiny little winter vegetable garden is planted, except for the garlic. Vegetables planted out in the earth get choked by the clover/oxalis so I use planters which are easier to keep weed free.
Rocket, spring onions, lettuces and leeks. In other pots I have parsley, celery and still some green pepper plants.
Youngest grandaughter helped plant the leeks. It was nice to have company. This one likes gardening but she doesn't like having her photo taken
The greening of the garden. Soon this whole area will be overgrown with clover and nasturtiums. I love the green growth, as long as it's not in my pots
The lettuces and leeks come in bundles of 20. I plant the surplus wherever there's a bit of space. These are in with the hydrangea which will be dormant till spring
The only show of colour
The thornless bougainvillia given to me by my son-in-law
We had a young lad to come in and clean the backyard. Gone are the weeds and piles of dry grasses and branches. Gone too are a few bags of old bits of wood, iron and assorted other treasures.
Today I saw for the first time some lupine leaves coming out of the ground. Winter is coming soon.
ReplyDeleteIt's quite cold here now. Winter is on its way
DeleteMy sort of garden Linda.
ReplyDeleteWe will have few fresh salads this year. Quite enough
DeleteLooks awesome. I like winter gardening. You pretty much plant and forget
ReplyDeleteThen after a few months go out and enjoy
May your coming harvest be bountiful
If it wasn't for the darn weeds I'd say the same but they grow faster than the vegetables
DeleteYour winter garden sounds quite productive. And your back yard looks good too :)
ReplyDeleteThank goodness all the junk has been removed from the back. It's an annual affair
DeleteI had Oxalis all over Haddock's. I found it very depressing. I've abandoned Haddock's now, and will just grow a few Tomato plants elsewhere next year. I shall build a 'Pagoda' where once there were vegs, and make it into a BBQ area.
ReplyDeleteA BBQ area sounds the perfect answer. Enjoy the summer.
DeleteNasturtiums are so colourful, Ive seen yellow, orange and red so far. Do you put them in salads to eat?
ReplyDeleteI sneak in the leaves but certain people don't like the idea of eating nasturtiums for some strange reason
DeleteWinter salad ingredients sounds good. Nasturtiums in flower here at present also plenty of snails on them.
ReplyDeleteWe have snails in abundance . Maybe it's the nasturtiums that attract them?
DeleteIt's such a foreign concept to plant in the fall, for me. It must feel good to have your yard cleaned up. It looks good. -Jenn
ReplyDeleteThat clean backyard lifts my spirits immensely!
DeleteOne woman's junk might be another man's treasure - good to have it gone! Tigger and F used to have a 'burn-up' at the allotment from time to time (usually at night so no one could complain about us smoking their washing). Tigger loves a good fire....
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