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Tête à Tête, Poly Tunnels and Rainbow Chard

There was just one little Tête à Tête in flower near the shed, braving the bitter wind.

A very efficient team of three, today we planted all sorts of seeds for summer harvesting, such a positive and hopeful job. Seeds included lettuce, chillies, peppers, aubergines and tomatoes, several varieties of each.  Not much photo opportunity there so I went for a walk around the poly tunnels to see how everything is coming on. Brilliantly is the answer. Many more braver Community Roots volunteers were out in the field, clearing ground and preparing for planting out later. I forgot to take a photo of the gluten free Lemon Cake I made which went down very well at coffee break..

Two very happy volunteers, D and G

All sorts of salad leaves

Rainbow Chard

 

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Flower Tower, Beans and A Poster

We moved house many times when I was a child and everywhere we went, I remember the pan stand came with us. It is with me now and I do keep some pans on it but I keep it in the garden and plant up the pans. This year it is particularly pleasing. Mum would have been delighted! The little terracotta cat at the top was a present from my Mum to Daughter No 3 over 30 years ago.

Nasturtiums and Lobelia

Our beans are flowering – hopefully each flower will result in beans to eat.

We saw this amusing poster in the office section of a shop the other day and they let me step in to get the photo.

Found in a shop

 

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Harvest, Olive Tree and Montbretia with Cornflowers

1   We have harvested the last of our broad beans today – that feels both good and a bit sad. It means that Summer is almost over ……..  They were delicious and I have frozen some for later.

The last of the broad beans

2   I pruned the Olive tree at the start of the summer (as advised) but was too hard on it and thought I’d killed it. Imagine my delight when I found these beautiful little shoots today! There are thirteen all together so it’s alive!

New shoots on the olive tree

3   Beautiful flowers from the garden.

Montbretia and Cornflowers

and a photo of Falmouth Bay from Carn Marth yesterday, for mixedupmeme

Falmouth Bay from Carn Marth

 

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