tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post4682471707751170119..comments2024-03-27T13:44:47.825+01:00Comments on Chateau Moorhen..... goes south!: Garden jobs and first harvestMillymollymandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-51080289811839524392013-07-04T08:13:26.056+02:002013-07-04T08:13:26.056+02:00Hi Rosie - thanks very much! It's not often th...Hi Rosie - thanks very much! It's not often that my veg patch looks pristine so I had to take a photo! I had forgotten about your Poppy theme so I will have to get snapping.<br /><br />Now I'm going to have to look up that pruning method....oh and guess what, the best explanation happens to be your blog post about it, which I'm currently reading and following the links.... Thanks Rosie! Hadn't heard of that before. Sounds very interesting!Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-91421556970486962272013-07-04T08:04:14.425+02:002013-07-04T08:04:14.425+02:00Well it was worth a try! ;-)
I do hope you have r...Well it was worth a try! ;-)<br /><br />I do hope you have rain rather than dust storms - I saw your reply on your blog about how little rainfall you have in a year but I'd have thought anything falling during your summer won't last long as it will dry out so quickly. I've never lived anywhere with the risk of wildfires and would be terrified. I know that flora regenerates quickly enough but unfortunately humans live in these areas too (and critters!). It's a tough one.Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-66266926160332591942013-07-03T21:20:47.169+02:002013-07-03T21:20:47.169+02:00oh that veggie garden after being weeded looks goo...oh that veggie garden after being weeded looks good enough to go into a magazine :) Lovely to see your garden ... and I didn't mind the weeds. That little poppy flower could have had it's own little post on +Poppy Pics. :)<br /><br />I've got a load of lavender that is all leggy and needs to go. I'm hoping to take cuttings this weekend - didn't this afternoon as I was glued to the tennis. I've been prunning using the french sturdza method on my prunus tree and about the tackle the silver pear tree. Dreading doing it as I know that under that part of the garden has loads of weeds too and the soil is like a brick under the tree. Rosie, Perthshire Gardener and Photographerhttp://www.leavesnbloom.com/2013/07/blue-meconopsis-poppies-branklyn-garden.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-9278088980632386072013-07-02T21:55:29.594+02:002013-07-02T21:55:29.594+02:00Thanks for the invitation but I've had many ye...Thanks for the invitation but I've had many years of gardening joy and am perfectly content with my memories :-) <br /><br />Yes...overwhelmingly sad regrading the young firefighters. Most of the Western states have had several years of drought so the danger of fire is something we live with. Our Monsoon (literal translation "southwest wind") has arrived and we're praying it brings rain. Last year, it brought mostly dust storms :-(Mariannehttp://ezpixels.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-71240662655280960962013-07-01T09:22:05.584+02:002013-07-01T09:22:05.584+02:00Oh Marianne, you know if you ever need a break fro...Oh Marianne, you know if you ever need a break from that relentless heat.... plenty to do here to keep you occupied - just bring your winter clothes for our summer! ;-) Thanks for commenting and I hope you are surviving your heatwave. I've just read about the firefighters being killed whilst battling the wildfires. :-(Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-51846179598019964202013-07-01T09:16:17.151+02:002013-07-01T09:16:17.151+02:00haha! Usually when I eat them with cream I go for ...haha! Usually when I eat them with cream I go for double cream. But you know, these days I much prefer them with greek yoghurt and a drizzle of honey. Or just fresh and warm straight off the plant! I'll save the clotted cream for going with the jam with scones. Thanks Philippa. :-)Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-11847419578808620042013-07-01T01:12:14.838+02:002013-07-01T01:12:14.838+02:00Such a wonderful garden! Lots of work involved but...Such a wonderful garden! Lots of work involved but I would love every moment :-) Mariannehttp://ezpixels.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-40682500295600595782013-06-30T22:16:43.560+02:002013-06-30T22:16:43.560+02:00Those strawberries look lovely MM, all they need n...Those strawberries look lovely MM, all they need now is some clotted cream!<br /><br />PhilippaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-32268597297719160222013-06-30T10:02:25.236+02:002013-06-30T10:02:25.236+02:00Thanks Nonny ;-) Everywhere that I put the compost...Thanks Nonny ;-) Everywhere that I put the compost was just a mass of weeds - can't win, cos if I use bought stuff it would cost a fortune! Not to worry as it's all been done now. The honeysuckle got seriously hacked back last year after the whole lot, trellis and all, blew off the wall in a gale. I don't think you can kill honeysuckle!<br /><br />I know people make elderflower fritters but I have never tried. I got a bit put off because there are tiny black pollen bugs in them. I hate pouring boiling sugar syrup over them though, poor little things..... :-)Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4547505703081839636.post-12166062182127178062013-06-30T09:12:11.543+02:002013-06-30T09:12:11.543+02:00Looking good Mandy Babe, but that's a serious ...Looking good Mandy Babe, but that's a serious amount of weeding to be done. Both Rosemary and Honeysuckle benefit from a good hack, IMHO and unless you cut below the growth they'll come back with a vengeance.<br />BTW, in Germany, well, to be honest, in Bavaria, they cut the elder flowers and then dip them in batter and deep fry them. Delicious, but incredibly sweet. You can't eat more than say, a couple of kilos............ :)<br />A Nonny Mouse xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com