HIGHER MORWELL GARDEN DIARY
7th June 2019
The wildflower patch is looking better than it
ever has with a sea of oxeye daisies looking
towards the sun - when it is out. The weather
is unseasonably cold but dry, not good growing
conditions.
We are getting nightly visits from a rabbit
family and have had the two remaining
rudbekia plants decimated.
The polytunnel is producing! Carrots,
coriander, lettuce, radishes and more to come.
The ramshackle mess of rotten trellis and old rose bush has gone. Left is November 2018 and right is June
2019. The lower bed is home to one of the acer trees and the japanese painted ferns brought from Warwick.
Some temporary fencing has been put around the upper bed as the rabbits are being a real nuisance, eating
the centres and new shoots from some of the plants. Never seem to touch hydrangeas though.
Last year the wildflower
patch was taken over by
the knapweed, so far this
year it is the splendid
oxeye daisies.
The yellow rattle is also
prolific but at a lower
level and not quite in full
bloom yet. Encouraging
for us!
The electric pump
installed in the water
butts has made watering
inside the polytunnel
much easier, as long as we
don’t keep having dry
spells! The usual
tomatoes, cucumbers and
courgettes are all showing
well in the middle bed,
plus some dwarf french
beans. The coriander on
the left has been
exceptional too.
We’re also trying broad
beans inside as well as
outside this year.
The hedge we created last
year using leptospermums
has flowered and is a
magnet for bees. But not
our honey bees, which
have short tongues as
opposed to furry-type bees
which have long tongues.
We are still learning a lot
about bees!
There are now four proper
hives in operation in the
garden and all appear to
be thriving.