In the garden

Seeing as the sun decided to show itself this afternoon, I took advantage by grabbing the camera and having a look around the garden.

Below are some of my chilli plants. They’re growing quite slowly (but I was late at planting them in early April) so we probably won’t get much use out of them for a long while, but fingers crossed they’ll grow up nice and healthy. I can’t for the life of me remember which type of chillis I planted. I really must remember to label things up next year!

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Below are my potato plants. They are unbelievably easy to grow and after doing so well last year, I thought I’d have another crack at it. So far so good – fingers crossed for a good harvest later in the year. Again – can’t remember what type of potato this is, but I’m sure it’ll be tasty (it better!). As we don’t have much space in our garden, I’m growing the potatoes in bags.

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And here’s one of my hanging baskets with tomato plants, again a space-saving idea (also helps keep the slugs and snails at bay). I’ve got seven plants in various baskets at the moment. The trick is to make sure they’re well watered and to make sure they get a nice sunny spot in the garden.

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And here’s a happy French Marigold. My marigolds also live in hanging baskets, close to the tomatoes. Apparently it distracts aphids from the tomato plants, but they’re also hardy, easy to care for and kind of pretty!