Well, we seem to have transitioned directly from winter to summer in less than a week. I’m sure it won’t last but whilst the sun is shining I have been planting and sowing and potting up. The runner beans are in the soil, I have sown peas, potted up peppers and tomatoes and transplanted herbs… too busy to write much, but I have pictures…
Inside the limery
Repurposed rotary dryer
Citrus outside for the next few months
Lettuce growing well (in an old fish box found on the beach)
Kale ready to be planted out
Exuberant tomato
Peppers for friends
Lots of plants potted up
Toms and parsley
Curcurbits germinating
More curcurbits
Peppers starting to flower
Slightly sad beans – just planted out
Lorna checking for pests
I hope your weekend has been as productive as mine – oh, I did my accounts too!
The Snail of Happiness 
Pat
/ May 8, 2016Always something to do in the garden! Looking good. š
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The Snail of Happiness
/ May 8, 2016It’s so nice to be out there in the sun rather than the rain!
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Ann
/ May 8, 2016Wow, your tomatoes are well advanced! Ours just got put in the greenhouse on Monday, after the overnight temps got a little higher. We are ahead of you with peas though, with most of them now in the ground, sown in pots. š
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The Snail of Happiness
/ May 8, 2016I wanted to sow the peas direct… hence the delay – but now I’m hoping they will romp away.
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thecontentedcrafter
/ May 8, 2016It looks like you will have enough food to feed the entire village Jan -this is very impressive!!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ May 8, 2016I have big plans for preserving!
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nanacathy2
/ May 8, 2016What can I say but Ditto here. Yours looks good m
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katechiconi
/ May 8, 2016I think there’s going to be plenty of preserving going on! Everything looks really well advanced.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ May 8, 2016And I’ve just discovered small fruits on two of the tomato plants – fingers crossed for a good crop of those because they are so useful.
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nettyg
/ May 8, 2016Is that beans under your repurposed rotary line…..great idea. It feels here as if autumn has been bypassed or delayed…..days are still quite hot and I can’t work outside much past 8oc…..soon as the sun clears the trees, whew, it’s time to get inside.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ May 9, 2016Yes – climbing French beans… I’ve also sown a few pea seeds under there to see how the mix works. Not quite as hot here as with you – but good to see the sun and feel a bit of heat – it’s only a couple of weeks since we had snow!
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nettyg
/ May 10, 2016A segment in a recent episode of our Gardening Australia show did something similar, they planted broad beans, put their support poles in, then ran twine around it to make an enclosed rectangle…..the beans won’t need the supports yet, so on the outside they planted snow peas, which will be grown, eaten and gone by the time the beans grow up, but I guess will add some goodness to the soil. A good use of space and I’m going to try it and look, I found the episode online if you’re interested ……..http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s4457225.html
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The Snail of Happiness
/ May 11, 2016Ooh thank you, I will give that a watch.
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anne54
/ May 9, 2016Wow! Would you have grown all these wondrous plants if you didn’t have the Limery? I get the feeling that, while you were very productive before, it has given you an extra spurt.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ May 9, 2016You are quite right – it has been wonderful to have a dedicated space for the plants and not to have to fiddle around with balancing pots on narrow windowsills etc. The other thing is that because the limery is part of the house, the plants in there get much more attention than when they were in a greenhouse.
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andelieya å®å¾·ę“é (official)
/ May 10, 2016Looking good!
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Born To Organize
/ May 10, 2016Look at you grow! Everything looks happy and healthy. Lorna is a cutey and she eats bugs, too. What’s not to love?
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The Snail of Happiness
/ May 10, 2016Lorna is over six years old and has stopped laying, but she’s happy and feisty and the absolute tops at hunting slugs… she’s also top chicken despite being the smallest!
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Born To Organize
/ May 12, 2016She sounds like a terrific garden assistant, with a great attitude. I love her…even from here.
By the way, have you seen the link with the two cats, one with a snail on her paw?
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crawcraftsbeasties
/ May 10, 2016Oooh, look at all those! You’re going to be preserving non-stop come the autumn. It’s so nice to see some sunshine – I took advantage of it myself to do a little bit of gardening (or “balcony-ing”, really) yesterday. Fingers crossed for some free basil, parsley and lettuce soon! š
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The Snail of Happiness
/ May 10, 2016We’ve had lots of lettuce/mizuna already this year – all grown in an old polystyrene box measuring about 35cm x 25cm… it’s amazing what’s possible in even a very small space š
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crawcraftsbeasties
/ May 11, 2016Oh yes! I remember you were trying to find a use for those boxes… Good to see they’re doing the business!
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