First fruits

Carrots

Red Strawberries

Peas

Peas

Green Tomatoes

Spring has Sprung in the Garden

Daffodils

Violas

Spring has finally sprung, which is allowing me to get out in the garden. This is the first spring I have lived in a house with a garden, so I am very excited about what we might grow this year. We visited the local garden centre a few weeks ago and I spent lots of my Christmas money on garden equipment including a raised bed, seeds and plants, etc (my husband says I can't go back for a while as I spent too much money!).

Carrots

I have planted:

• herb seeds - coriander, basil & parsley
• daffodils along the edge of my lawn
• blueberry bushes
• raspberry canes
• runner bean seeds
• pea seeds
• butternut squash seeds
• spinach seeds
• a tomato plant
• carrots
• violas

My windowsill

Many of the potted seeds are sat on my window sill in the conservatory whilst they germinate and I am really enjoying watching new shoots appear most days with the beautiful warm sunny weather we have been having. I cannot wait to get them planted outside especially if this beautiful weather continues.

Blueberry bush

Previously I have not been so successful at growing plants and keeping them alive so this year is my year to prove myself wrong and harvest bumper crops to feed the family!!!

Tomato 

Daffodil

Strawberry Harvest

Ok, so it's been a little quiet on the blog front - for which there are many, many reasons...

...but I'm back.

Do you remember I planted some strawberries & also some lavender...?

Well, my lavender was stolen just as it was coming beautifully into bloom   :(

But, my strawberries have done very well...

...although the squirrels and slugs also seem to enjoy eating them too!

Strawberries & Lavender in my Garden

Ok, so I am a rubbish gardener....I hate getting my hands mucky, but I decided I had to do something with the cat-poo (not my cats!) infested pebbles & overgrown weeds in the pots outside the front door.

A few days ago, I impulsively bought some strawberry and lavender plants which I wanted to plant in my pots...

Strawberry plants in their pot

Lavender in my wheelbarrow

As you can see in the latter photo I have also scattered dried chilli flakes & lemon juice to try to deter the cats from pooping there. I have also read that cats don't like lavender so hopefully that will help as well as I am fed up of coming out of my house to be blessed with the smell of cat poo.