The garden after the rain and foggy weather

It has been raining practically every day in the last week, some days, the fog was so thick, I couldn't see the end of garden. Today, the skies have cleared and it is time to pay a visit to the plants.First up, is the peas ...surprise, surprise....there be flowers! It was a pleasant surprise as I was expecting the plants to grow bigger before showing any signs of flowering.

Flowering pea

Next, a quick visit to the leafy vegs, there all seem to be surviving well enough. But it looks like a spot weeding may be required. Featured below is the curly Kale.

Curly kale

Then a quick stop, to check on the berries. The gooseberry bush is as bushy as ever but still no signs of any buds/flowers. Same with the blueberry bush though it was less bushy, I do wonder if I will ever get any fruit off it as it has been two years and still nothing. Then on to some goods news, the raspberry canes have been flowering for a few weeks now and some fruits are starting to form...yay!

The fruits are forming

More fruits

Last on this update are the herbs,the thyme is flowering I think I'm not suppose to allow it flower though, something about degrading the taste. The oregano has been put to good use lately and new growth is showing. The mint is also starting to turn a lovely fresh green, it seems to produce dark purplish leaves over the winter.

Ring of copper....down with the slugs!

 I fell in to a burning ring of fire
I went down,down,down
and the flames went higher.
And it burns,burns,burns
the ring of fire
the ring of fire.

Johnny Cash

I made a ring of copper around my lettuces to try to save them from the slugs and snails. But opposed to the song, I hope the slugs remain outside the ring, rather than in! It's been a few days now, and the leaves seem to stay intact with no new holes in them. Hopefully this means my lettuces are safe and the pests don't turn their attention to the sprouts next to the lettuces.



Snail caught climbing into the rosemary pot

Lettuce anyone?

This is is how the lettuce story goes, I started the lettuces from seeds. But because the seeds were so tiny and lightweight I probably lost 70% of them due to rain and wind. Although they were meant to be mixed salad leaves, I'm guessing only the ones from heavier seeds remained which turned out to be only one variety. There were also two rows of them but as soon as I lifted the cloche, the row on the outside dissappeared overnight... slug attack! At least they did serve some purpose and protected the inner row which is now about big enough to be picked as baby salad leaves.