COLOURFUL CARROTS – MAY IN THE GARDEN

Sage cuttings in glass jars and bottles on a window sill

Purple sage cutting in a shot glass of water

A purple sage hidden by autumn leaves

Pink Cosmos Picotee flowers

 

Peas climbing up a bamboo support

Beans, potatoes and orange marigolds

 

Chopped heirloom carrots ready for a autumn soup

 

Autumn has finally hit and the orange and gold leaves are stunning. I took some rather late sage cuttings, I assume spring would have been a better time, but perhaps a warm window sill will be enough to encourage them to anchor into the soil. Pulling beautiful purple and yellow carrots from the ground was such a thrill, although I must admit my carrots had quite the cushy life and had more top than root and had to be supplemented by some absolute giants from the Sunday Market. I’ll have to be much meaner to them next time so they fatten up!

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WEIGHING DOWN THE CLOTHES LINE – APRIL IN THE GARDEN

Globe artichoke leaves

Beans climbing up a bamboo pole

Bull's blood beetroot seedling

Ripening cayenne peppers

Eggplant flowers

Garlic sprout pushing through the mulch

Red marigold

Climbing pea

Pale yellow zucchini flowers

Purple basil leaves

Yellow sunflower

Sunflower seeds

Yellow marigold

Zucchini Tromboncino growing on washing line

I’m rather impressed with the size of our Tromboncino Zucchini, our washing line has started to tilt rather alarmingly due to its mass. The rogue sunflowers have been reaching upwards, but none is as impressive as the Digger’s Club sunflower which is as thick as my wrist and would brush our kitchen ceiling if given half a chance. My garlic has surfaced and the cayenne peppers have turned a delicious colour. They are so much hotter than supermarket chili that Dylan claims that one with the seeds scraped out has the same strength as ten with seeds. My taste-buds tend to be burnt off by looking at a chili so I think I’ll leave him to experiment with that one.

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