Once the ground has been cleared, HG is already on the move with the next crop. A dig over of the ground, rake and now we await Beetroot and Rocket as a new crop in a month or so. knowing the sowing/harvesting of crops is such a skill. making sure the ground is used successionally, with no wastage. If a crop fails, HG knows exactly what to do to fill in. What a huge knowledge he has! He has suggested Giant Winter Spinach, so I will get onto that for next week!
Flowers that are still very much going, are Nasturtium 'Chameleon', Ipomoea, Tithonia, Zinnia, Daucus and Sunflower. So much still thriving and in the haze of the low sun, it all looks rather dreamy.
This morning and 7.45 am, the Veg garden was a delight. Birds flitting between crops, sitting on the Apple tunnels chatting away. As I cropped Beans today, amongst the Beans, looking to the sky, I heard the familiar flapping of Swan wings as two Swans flew over my head......special indeed.
This week I have enjoyed cropping Beets, Chioggia (beautiful pink and white stripes inside), Golden and Boltardy (standard purple globe). I also strangely love cropping Raspberries as they are plucked from the plant. What a thing.
I snuck out with the family over the Bank Hol to London town and took my boys up 35 floors to the Sky Garden on top of the Walkie Talkie building. What a view! a real treat. Always good to remember just how much I will always love London, my home for a long time, yet it cannot compare to the space and countryside Heale affords. Two very different beasts.
