Growing: good return from allotment sown garlic

Drying nicely, but will get'em out of full sun in an hour or so...

Gardening: new denizen

My first common gnome, which oddly reminds me of my daughter. Gnorma has better dress sense though!

Gardening: more colour

lovely morning in the garden...

Growing: container grown & cell sown garlic

Harvested garlic container-grown over winter (sown at same time as on plot), & some cell-sown in January. The latter are definitely undersized, in some cases just a walloping big clove. The container-grown are small normal in size, & earlier than the plot-grown garlic, which is still in the ground.

Container-growing garlic is something I will consider again: 30cm x 40cm x 55cm boxes take a fair bit o'mixed compost, but it can be reused, & by sowing earlier in autumn I should get an earlier taste of fresh garlic - which is stunningly good.

Gardening: really useful gloves

Found these assembly gloves to be of great utility in the garden & allotment; they won't protect from thorn, but will keep hands clean, warm, & rub-free while allowing proper 'feel' for plants, tools etc. They machine wash, & last, very well. Wouldn't be without'em...

     

Photography: Newcastle

Gardening: allotment perennial bed

... all generated from cuttings & going away very nicely this year.