🌺Financial institution Vacation Weekend #SixOnSaturday From My English Backyard #GardeningTwitter #GrowYourOwn

We had extra welcome rain this week and I used to be out catching it in my bowls and buckets. Small patches of brown lawns are turning greener. So what’s nonetheless rising in my backyard this week?

The Cone Flower or Echinacea that I featured a few weeks in the past is now in full flower with a number of heads on this one plant.

Yesterday I picked the one melon that grew on my plant, it was getting moist on the bottom regardless of attempting to lift it off the soil. I didn’t need it rotting. I shall go away it within the solar to totally ripen. Undecided of the variability, it could be a cantaloupe.

I’ve a second number of cucumber rising within the greenhouse. this one has a prickly pores and skin, however I’m not sure of the title.

The Hydrangea purchased again in April is constant to flower. It’s nonetheless in its pot. I would like recommendation on once I ought to plant it out. Now that we’ve had some rain, or go away it till Spring?

I’ve efficiently grown a number of Agapanthus from seeds given to me by a relative. These will probably be over-wintered inside and planted out subsequent yr.

Final picture goes to the ultimate flower from my Velvet Queen (crimson) sunflower. Regardless of the drought they’ve flowered nicely.

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Completely satisfied gardening

Rosie

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1. The put up for all of your hyperlinks in case you are becoming a member of in with the meme.
2. My Secret Backyard has some pretty sunflowers.
3. One Man And His Backyard has a number of images from gardens round Cornwall.
4. Numerous color in Fred’s French backyard regardless of the dearth of rain.
5. 30 Days Wilding is attempting cactus for the dryer summers.
6. Hortus shares a couple of images from her vacation.
7. Tony grows Cannas, fairly leaved and flowered vegetation.
8. Pesky pests on Noelle’s pear tree.
9. Off the hedge gardening has a brilliant fan flower.
10. Granny captured the bees on her flowers.