My Small Suburban Garden

My Small Suburban Garden

Monday 21 April 2014

Easter Bank Holiday Monday...




After a damp and dismal Easter Sunday, the sun has come out and along with it are my baby bees! I've never actually seem them emerging from my bee hotel before so it was quite a thrill to watch them taking their first tentative steps outside my old baked bean tin this morning.

Although we did have rain yesterday the ground remains parched, so I reluctantly used the watering can to freshen things up a bit. The white jasmine has never, ever had so many buds and I look forward to seeing it in full bloom soon.

The wildflower mix that I waxed lyrical about last year has self-seeded and already there's alyssum and Californian Poppies growing in the troughs. Hopefully my small suburban garden will now begin to flourish...

Tuesday 1 April 2014

No April Fool...



It really has been gorgeous weather today. The white jasmine looks like it'll blossom within a week or so and the smallest of my two magnolia has finally flowered. The red jasmine remains stubbornly without buds. I hope it's just a late starter this year as the bees go mad for it.

The wild cherry blossom is all but gone, however, for the first time I've actually got blossom on my newest cherry tree (bought two years ago from Tesco). I even have several plants growing from where I planted my Wild Flower mix last spring. Clearly some of the plants self-seeded which is excellent news.

The bees show no signs of emerging from their hotel, which is slightly worrying as I felt certain this lovely sunshine would be ideal for them to hatch out. I expect they'll do it in their own time.

I've harvested my parsley and chives and they were delicious with my salad at lunchtime. Hopefully that was the first of many home grown meals...