Every visitor to the garden has to leave clutching a posy of sweet peas at the moment - it's obligatory. I can hardly keep up with picking them, and their sweet scent has been wafting through our kitchen for weeks now. The mix of colours are also wonderful, and the plug plants which were near death (due to over a week of to'ing and fro'ing between us and the sorting office) have now recovered.
The plants I grew from seed in the winter are still the stronger though, and I've been advised to try them even earlier, straight into the ground with a fair amount of muck for company, so we'll see how that goes next year.
On the opposite side of the path from the sweet peas, the climbing nasturiums are trying hard not being outdone by their blousy neighbours, and are a great contrast to the blue bench.
Yesterday Peter, Paul and I managed to get a lot done, namely most of the old plant pots washed (it's a long job, but worth it to avoid transferring any pests and diseases); sowed rocket, chicory, American land cress, corn salad and squashes in the polytunnel; cleared weeds from around the pathways and brassica bed; and cut back some of those docks to let the wildflowers have more of a fighting chance of getting through.
(Above) One of the high raised beds, with straw-mulched asparagus, borage, poached egg plant and strawberries below.
Today I showed Marvin from the local Muddy Fingers Pottery and Gallery around the garden, as he's getting involved in the open day (2nd September). We're going to create a pottery welcome sign on the day, with the young visitors being the artists, finding inspiration from the garden around them. I'm really looking forward to working on this project as it will hopefully be the first of many artworks being created in this space.
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