After the trees...

Cooling off after a long, hot day…

thejamfactory — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:44:54 +0000

…both us and the plants

Summer of ’76 again

thejamfactory — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:42:39 +0000

We’re having a tropical summer of long, balmy days with clear blue skies. How many amazing weekends have we had in a row?

Saturday afternoon

thejamfactory — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:38:32 +0000

The sunny garden is full of butteflies and bees and the sweet corn’s plumping up nicely…

Buddleia’s about to bud…

thejamfactory — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:32:52 +0000

Front garden oasis

thejamfactory — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:29:55 +0000

Rosie Jasmine…

thejamfactory — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:33:19 +0000

…Rosie and Saul bought two flowering Clotted Cream Jasmines at the open day at Lee House which I gather has brilliant plants. I’m going to try growing one up a cane in the middle of the garden so it will create a bit of height and we can sit next to in the sunshine.

Beulah’s veggie-filled front garden

thejamfactory — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:32:50 +0000

Having mentioned Beulah a few posts ago I thought I should take a photo of her garden (unfortunately she wasn’t there to be in the photo). She’s the most wonderful source of information on anything you could possibly want to know about growing plants – from what grows best in the soil on our Hackney road to home-made pesticides. Apparently neighbours saw us both looking over the fence admiring each others’ gardens for weeks before we actually met each other. The first story she told me was of a moonflower from her home in Jamaica that only opens at night and has the most beautiful and unforgettable scent.

This is her amazing garden. Click on the pictures for bigger versions.

The side of the garden

thejamfactory — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:21:28 +0000

This is where the fruit and tomatoes have been planted in grow bags behind the sleepers. Below the wall it doesn’t get quite as much sun as the front of the garden, but once the plants are tall enough to clear the wall they seem to thrive.

Plant gauntlet

thejamfactory — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:15:13 +0000

The levels of plants building up, now just want to get some variation in height to the left of the path to break up the straight line a bit more.

Too much water gel?

thejamfactory — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:02:23 +0000