We have reached a high level of amazing weirdness: on Thursday afternoon it was 29,5°C in the South of my country.
Not over here near the North Sea though...we 'only' reached 27° due to the seawater only being 10°. The government thought it prudent to warn people flocking to any kind of open water (the schools have their May break) that it was not sensible to go swimming. Mind you, the PFAS pollution is such that I wonder if it is sensible at any temperature...
Anyway, my seedlings were gasping! And the soil outside is rock hard, so planting them out was no option either. That really pissed me off, pardon my language. I tried to solve the problem by transplanting them to large pots. It means even more pot watering, sigh, but so be it. It was this or chuck them into the garden as compost.
On the positive side the garden is looking fine. Everything already established is taking the weather into its stride. But my neighbour, whose water butt is almost empty yet again, was shaking his head. His veg need water.
My salad greens, cucumber, cherry and zebra tomato on the balcony are doing fine, with plenty of water. Every other day I am watering for almost an hour. I bet my water bill will be up again this quarter. Oh well. My water company then sends me an e-mail with sad faced emojis: 'you have used up more water than this time last year!' Yeah, duh, last year we had the wettest spring ever.
My romain is getting to the end of their lifespan, but it has fed me for two weeks, in various forms. Oh, btw, Google people, endive is not the translation of andijvie! Endive is witlof. Just saying. Shall I send you my invoice?
This is the proof that I successfully managed to keep my Pelargoniums alive this winter. Both red and white. So happy with that!
Back to Hunky Dory. This beauty is self-seeded! I think it is absolutely gorgeous.
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| Bernagie/ komkommerkruid |
And next to the also self-seeded Bernagie it makes for a very welcome guest.
Mind you, there is a very fine balance between 'lovely garden' and 'utter chaos'. And my garden has the tendency to want to convert back to wilderness. Having neighbours on two sides who seem to have forgotten they have a plot (meaning the weeds there are knee high), I really need to keep on top of things and dissuade the more aggressive invaders from taking over my garden.
Fortunately my other neighbour is extremely neat.
The only surviving Camassia being lovely next to the pine.
And this is it for this week.
I wish you a good week, hopefully the weather will treat you well, wherever you are.
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Take care!
Renée
Hi Renée
BeantwoordenVerwijderenYou are still so lucky to have even two wonderful 'gardens'. They are looking gorgeous.
Living a little more southern than you, the temperature had reached almost 30°C indeed. However, over the weekend it has dropped to 15° again, with a cold NE wind. The forecast for next Sunday is doing better, hopefully it will come through.
Btw, tomorrow I'll be visiting our Royal Botanical Gardens near Brussels, together with my daughter, an early mother'sday present, I'm going there for the first time and am very curious about it.
Anyway, I wish you a lovely time too!
Greetings
Clairette
Hi Clairette,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenOh, that is wonderful, I am a HUGE fan of botanical gardens! Have fun!
I am back into my winter sweaters at the moment, as that NE wind is a terror. But yeah, hopefully it will be warmer at the weekend.
Mind you, no rain at all over here...so I am watering daily.
Have a good weekend!
Renée