Just pottering

well June has been marvellous so far.  Daily bright, beautiful long days filled with sunshine, though yesterday evening rain and thunder storms arrived and this morning all around us is covered in mist but it is still very humid.

As it was half term last week little sewing has been done , but lots of gardening, days out here and there to the beaches, and just sitting in the sunshine in the garden,  long cool drinks, lollies and ice creams ....happy days.

Outside our kitchen and dining room we have a small patio area and it was here I decided to
locate our little "kitchen garden".  The patio is less likely to be hit by the winds we get here and of course it is ideal to nip out of the kitchen and grab what herbs and veg you need when cooking.  This little space is still a work in progress but it is coming along.  We have lots of 70 and 50 litre tubs which are getting planted up as I go along.  Pots of flowers too of course  to attract the bees needed for the beans, cougettes etc.

I have taken lots of cuttings

as my flower border

plans have begun.

My little stand alone greenhouses, 

also in the kitchen garden 

are getting rather full.

&

From this 

To this 

This border will have plants

added as I go along as 

I want to have colour through the

seasons. 

I imagine it will take several years to 

"Grow" this border,

shrubs, bulbs and plants

will be added as I go along.

Back in Kent our lovely old neighbour gave 

me this advice which is how I 

planted my old garden and will do so

with this one.

He told me every month visit car boot

 sales, garden centres and see what is for sale in shops.

Look at neighbour and local gardens,

See what grows well,

what plants are grown in tubs

He told me this way I would get 

borders to enjoy all

year round. 

So that will be my plan 

again. 

The opposite plot to this is going to have a border cut out this week.

Chris is going to dig it for me 

and I shall do the planting.

A friend sells plants from outside his 

house nearby and he is going to 

bring me some shrubs and hardies.

I am very excitied about this.  

Like doing patchwork with plants.

I still miss the colour and mature garden I 

left when we moved ....

but little by little 

the gardens here are becoming 

"Ours"

All the apple trees 

and our single pear tree

have tiny fruit..

the gnomes are 

back in residence

I found this at a boot fair this weekend.

Now freshly washed it 

is so summery 

and 

will be used on

the garden bench when the

sunshine returns.

Until next time