I think it's finally safe to say we have gooseberries this year! [victory dance] .... Just can't wait for the fruits to ripen and I can finally taste them after 4 years! As for the others, the raspberry canes have finally flowered and the bees are doing their thing, hooray for bees! The strawberries are also coming along, I hope they taste great, need to keep an eye out for the birds though.
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| The first one gaining colour |
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| Raspberries flowering |
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| Another shot of the gooseberries |
The first rose has bloomed! This is the start of the excitement in the garden. I now have 5 rose bushes and all but one has got lots of buds on them. It's all poised to burst into flowers come the next few weeks and I just can't wait. I started with two plants, one a climber and another a bush. The climber as you know was cut down and removed as it was plagued with rust. The bush has grown over the last 3 years and the tallest branch is way over my head. It was its bush that has made me fall in love with the rose! So I now I have a collection of 5, no more climbers though.
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| The first one, cut and in full bloom! |
The clematis was the replacement climber after I had to remove the climbing rose which was affected by rust. I wasn't sure if it will take but looks like it's doing well. The flowers are larger than I expected as when I first bought it, it had smaller flowers of a lighter colour on it, seems like the soil has done something to it!
