The Last Harvest

Today 24th Sept was the last harvest of tomato's.

After picking them it was time to say goodbye!

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Last week I collected some of the seeds from one of the

Chocolate tomato's.  I made my only seed disc's using cotton pads

(make-up remove pads)

Tiny Meadows

Ever since I saw the report on wildflower meadows by James Wong on Countryfile in August 2010.  I have been wanting to create my own.

But I was not sure, how I was going to achieved this.

Because like most of us, I do not own bits of the beautiful countryside.  I know this sounds really bad, But this is how

I felt back in September 2010..

Since then I have worked out. That I can have them, but much smaller.  Silly really how I thought I could not have them.

So when I went shopping I bought a box of wildflower seed.

It was not til March when I needed to move my buddleia from the pot on the wall, that it appeared from.  Too a pot by my rhododendron......



If I remember right the little Blue flower is called Borage.

 Sorry the light weren't so good

The strip!!

Just over a week ago, I decide to strip the leaves off my tomato's.  Because the sun was not getting to the fruit. 

Plus the leaves were not looking so good, curling up to heaven.

This is how they look now!!

Since then I have been busy harvesting the fruit...

Sorry!!!

To all who reads this. I just want to say Sorry!!
That I have not been updating.
As much as I would like to do............

Before the storm!

This is how my flower display look before Saint Swithin's Day.

After that (If I remember right) we had 6 days of rain none stop!

This is Yellow Cape Fuchsia or common name is Moonraker.

This is one of the plant's my mum bought.





The cat on the wall is one of mine!





This from my back door!

I want to change this part of the garden. But not sure what to do. I have noticed how much wildlife is coming into the garden,

Hoverfly's, Ladybird's Housesparrow's, Blackbird's and Bee's.

Lurpak Grow your own

I've been gathering the Lurpak Grow your own from Jekka Herb Farm

But I have only been able to get the Basil and Dill ones.

So two weeks ago I decided to have ago at grow them.

I have tryed peat pellets before and not had a greatest of luck.

So this was going to interesting.

I pick the dill ones...  On the back of the cardboard, is telling you what to do..  First soak the pellets for two hours,  I ended up leaving it a while longer.

Then find a pot to put it into.. 

I saved my Lurpak tub and put holes in it..

Once the soil was ready I poped it into the tub and put it in the greenhouse.

This is how it looked today!!

New Vistors

The last few weeks, I have had a new lot of visitors to the garden.

It started with House Sparrow's, some of the youngster

were coming in and getting the bugs and spiders.

 

Then I started putting wild bird food out for them.

The word must of got back to their parents. Because not long after

Mummy and Daddy sparrow started coming in to get some.

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Sorry He wont stay put when I try to get picture of
him outside!!

For some reason I've been getting a Magpie coming and sitting on the bathroom roof.

"We all know the saying about them"

The Magpie as been picking on one of my cats (picture above of the cat in question)

Yep I've got cat's!!

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Then I had a new cat visited. (picture above) Don't worrie

NO birds were in the garden at the time!!