The improving weather is really encouraging the garden to grow. Above are the delicate duck-egg blue ixias that are flowering down the driveway.
The iceberg roses along the front fence are starting to bloom and I am suprised at how big the blooms are. Very soon I'll be able to pick bunches to bring inside.
After my daisy massacre they are also coming back to life, along with the delphiniums (love love love delphiniums!) and irises.
My side patch with its profusion of spring colour. Just so gorgeous! It will be sad when the bulbs are done but I've got poppies, aquilegia, larkspur and cornflowers well on their way.
Above is an aerial shot of one of my beds. It's hard to see but it is thick with roses, lillies (which have multiplied), self-seeded larkspur from last year and my peony which has a decent looking bud or two.
It's all happening in the vegie patches. Above you can see Butter Beans at the front, raspberries and strawberries on the left, peas, lettuce and carrots on the left and in the rear bed there's broad beans and recently planted corn, pumpkin, silverbeet, leeks and squash.
Look! Peas! My absolute favourite, these are like lollies for me. Despite the fact I planted double I did last year, I still suspect none will make it into the kitchen...I sit out there and munch away as fresh is definitely best. I ate those above after I took the photo!
Have a lovely week everyone xx
It all looks so good Sarah....glad to hear the weather's picking up. I lived in Hobart for a year many moons ago and remember arriving in November to see snow still on the Mountain....brrrrr
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I am very envious of the size of your garden and all the lovely things you're able to grow. And deeply impressed you know all their names!
ReplyDeleteI just adore your garden Sarah!! Those ixias look especially pretty - are they the type of flower you could pick and put in a vase? I do hope we make it to Tasmania again one day just so I can come and visit and enjoy a cuppa with you in your beautiful garden :) Hope you have a wonderful start to your week x
ReplyDeleteYour garden is looking spectacular Sarah! You must ne so excited to see all of the growth! I can't wait to get our vegie patch up and running but I am not sure how I'll go at keeping the dog away, he eats all of the vegies! xx
ReplyDeleteSarah, your garden is AMAZING!!! Love your duck egg blue ixias and your icebergs are gorgeous (one of my faves). I LOVE your peas, and I would eat them all before they got to the kitchen too, if they were mine...YUM! Hope you have had a wonderful start to your week ~ xx
ReplyDeleteOh, Sarah, you're doing a brilliant job with your garden. Now I want some ixias, too! J x
ReplyDeleteIt looks so beautiful Sarah, it must be so great to have all those flowers to look at, it's been the perfect spring weather this year. Also I must confess that the garlic photograph was taken at the new town st station nursery : )
ReplyDeleteYour garden is looking great. It must be so exciting to see it coming alive!
ReplyDeleteYour garden is really a floral paradise. I'd love to potter about clipping posies for all over the house. xx Did you stand on the roof for that aerial shot?
ReplyDeleteO wowwwwwww........your garden looks amazing.........nice pictures !!!......lovely new week darling................warm hugs from me Ria..........and much for Molly.......
ReplyDeleteSarah, you have such a pretty cottage garden. You obviously have a green thumb. I love fresh peas as well and also eat them before they hit the kitchen. Our garden has been seriously neglected due to so much rain.. We started to regain control last weekend but there is a long road ahead. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm so envious of anyone who can wander romantically around their garden picking lush armfuls of beautiful flowers. I know it's hard work, but your garden is gorgeous Sarah!
ReplyDeleteHeavenly! Just as everything in my garden is dying off, yours is blooming. I'm jealous!
ReplyDeletea perfect cottage garden, you must be very proud of it. k.
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah, you put me to shame with your vegie patch! We have broad beans (coming to an end) and just planted tomatoes - and have herbs aplenty! My issue is trying to find the time to give it the TLC it needs. p.s Thanks for stopping by my blog! Here's to sharing each other's renovation's stories (hopefully not horror ones!!)
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