ᐅ Garden Photos Chat Corner

Well, my cat would have been happy if breakfast had flown in to bed like that.

And my dog would have had someone to play with instead of begging me to get out of bed.

Oh, come on... unfortunately, our tomcat is quite a successful bird hunter; just the day before yesterday, he caught a baby magpie. However, the top floor is the parents’ area, free of children and pets, so the little titmouse had nothing to worry about.

Today, for Mother’s Day, I picked a really beautiful bouquet in the garden for my mom: pink columbine, white evening violet, pink lilac, purple gladiolus, chive blossoms, blue cornflower, and dark pink peony. Oh, and blue borage!

Today, the "Ice Saints" have truly lived up to their name. Hopefully, the damage wasn't too severe. What could be salvaged was either cleared away or safely set aside. My impression is that plants are more sensitive to frost in spring than in winter. Even plants that stayed outside all winter reacted very sensitively to the frosts in recent months.

So far, the garden seems to have survived the Ice Saints well. On Sunday, I planted kohlrabi, Chinese cabbage, arugula, and savoy cabbage outside, as well as sowed cut-and-come-again lettuce and set onion sets. These plants don’t mind the cold at first. The fig tree has already set 20 fruits, so I wrapped it up well just in case.

I’m eager for St. Sophie’s Cold Snap to pass so I can finally plant all the pre-grown corn and put the chili peppers, tomatoes, melon pear, etc., into containers. That way, there will be a bit more space in the greenhouse again.

My beloved plum tree, which I planted four years ago, seems to be dead. It’s not showing any signs of life, even though it had grown so beautifully…

The plant delivery for the 80 meters (260 feet) of earth embankment along the road has also arrived and is waiting to be planted: one medlar, two hazelnut bushes, two serviceberries, one sea buckthorn, and 25 blackthorn shrubs… This will be fun.

Today we used up more leftover materials from our house and built a frame for the hammock after the garden bench. It’s not completely finished yet, but it’s already sturdy enough for two people to lie in.