Our gardening diaries - from latest toys, flowers to wildlife .. Please upload pics

[Klona]

@Klona Do they have tropical almond tree? I have one from seed and it is about 1 foot tall. One puny stick.. Also, I have a chestnut tree from seed last year, probably two.. Can you upload and let this nosy person, me, have a look please? If they have green shell, you could be counting your almond! Haha! How many years have you had it?

It has been there for as long as I remember, it has been this big since I was young. It's in a really constricted space so taking the pictures was pretty difficult. Took two pictures with an angle of 45 degrees apart, the red dot to give you an idea of my position:

The fruits on the roof are much more developed than the ones on the ground floor. Took this one from the ground since the branch is bent downwards:

While I'm at it, here are Neem flowers:

My first tomato flowering:

 

[Logan]

Alp, how to grow leeks, make a hole bigger than the so the soil can slowly fall in by itself to blanch the leek. Keep Watering and weed free.

 

[alp]

Wish you could here, I was saying, "Wow! Look at that!" I am pretty sure you will have almond soon unless there are squirrels your way.. I can never beat the squirrels - they had all my hazelnuts. I don't mind the competition for hazel nuts, but I'm worried about their damaging stuff and chewing stuff.. A lot of horror stories, apart from uprooting my plants to bury their peanuts..

Amazing.. First time I have seen something like that.. Thank you for all the trouble of taking photos and uploading for all of us to share.. I bet my 2 year old almond and 3 months old chestnut might bear fruit after I die! LOL!

 

[alp]

Thank you, @Logan

I need to make space as my veg patch is soooo full of something else.

Something for today.. A bug

Love my sweeping Acer palmatum, so finely palmated.. and red - simply gorgeous!

Amaryllis Exotic Star still going strong and has at least 5 flowers .. so perfect and symmetrical..

Just love the colour of the stripes .. very pretty... Shame they are all very tall ..and the flowers too heavy for the poor stems..

 

[Logan]

Alp good pics as always.
Been potting on some Lettuce, sown some more beetroot.

 

[Logan]

Took berry for a long walk this morning.
Went up to Beoly village and back.
Had to go through the underpass, he didn't like it at first, it was a bit ecoey.

First time he had to go over a bridge, he wouldn't go at first, but now he's alright.

There's some private land that's fenced off

And this is the same stream but smaller.

On the other side there's old bails of hay just left there. When it was a farm.

 

[alp]

Thank you, Logan.. I love all sorts of finely palmated acers.. Tomorrow, I will take the one in the front.. My leeks are in between the hellebores and I have tons of land cress which self seeded. Love eating them as they have a lovely distinct flavour.. I only boil the stalks with flowers .. I used to hate them as they liked to grow in the most inconvenient places. Then I realise that talking the flower stem off and cook it by stir fry or simply boiling will give me a delicious veg option. Now I feel so chuffed to see them as no matter how dry, they flourish and I love toughies like this.. Not mollycoddling, like streptocarpus..

Re: Leek: Don't quite understand .. I have got the leeks in the ground, Do I dig a moat around the leek? I used to hate them as well. But now, I've found out that they are fantastic for soup... as they impart a sweet flavour!

 

[Klona]

Wish you could here, I was saying, "Wow! Look at that!" I am pretty sure you will have almond soon unless there are squirrels your way.. I can never beat the squirrels - they had all my hazelnuts. I don't mind the competition for hazel nuts, but I'm worried about their damaging stuff and chewing stuff.. A lot of horror stories, apart from uprooting my plants to bury their peanuts..

Amazing.. First time I have seen something like that.. Thank you for all the trouble of taking photos and uploading for all of us to share.. I bet my 2 year old almond and 3 months old chestnut might bear fruit after I die! LOL!

I don't think a hot desert could ever be a squirrel's natural habitat. Don't think there are any animals that can harm it. The tree lives next to chickens, which I'm sure they had been "fertilizing" the tree since NOBODY is taking care of it. I'm probably gonna start watering it now, but I'm really surprised this tree made it after being neglected for so long. Don't really know if anybody else has been watering it.

 

[alp]

@Logan: I hope you're walking with your OH. Aren't you worried walking in such a quiet area? It's lovely though.. well maintained and so country .. The air must be fresh and clean.. It's a lovely walk .. a bit of wooden bridge, a stretch of water and probably some rare birds... Every time we drive to a NT property, I always look out for rare birds .. and get very excited if I see one with yellow feather.. Make sure you're safe, Logan...

 

[alp]

@Klona You see, I haven't been to anywhere... The furthest I went to was Germany and France.. Forgive my ignorance.. Nice to have chicken fertilising the plants.. People have to BUY them.. Yes, it might be a good idea to water the tree as it might affect the size of the nuts.. How exciting. I reckon you can grow mango or avocado trees your way.. Here, I had avocado growing from seed but I didn't have the room and I didn't think they would fruit here in the UK. My sister in law said that they had tons of them ripening at the same time in Australia.. avocado FEST! LOL!

 

[Logan]

Morning all

 

[Logan]

Alp, leeks. They have to be blanched, so when their planted make a bigger hole the width of a broom handle and of cause round. Put the leek in but don't cover them with soil. When you water them the soil will fall in by itself.Fill the hole up with water every time. If their in already put something around them to blanch them. Just keep them watered. I hope I've explained it right.

 

[alp]

Good morning all, and thank you for the advice, Logan. The traffic noise was just terrifying.. You woke up early, Logan.. Today, I'm going to BQ to have a look at the mulch..

 

[Logan]

@Logan: I hope you're walking with your OH. Aren't you worried walking in such a quiet area? It's lovely though.. well maintained and so country .. The air must be fresh and clean.. It's a lovely walk .. a bit of wooden bridge, a stretch of water and probably some rare birds... Every time we drive to a NT property, I always look out for rare birds .. and get very excited if I see one with yellow feather.. Make sure you're safe, Logan...

Thanks,no I'm not worried and i go on my own. But only in the morning at 10.30. I have heard a cuckoo in the summer.

 

[alp]

As long as you feel safe.. it's all that matters!