By Beatrice Hawkins
Being away for a while, my garden is not looking well. Some heavy frosts have taken their toll and the continuing dry hasn’t helped.
The flower garden isn’t too bad, but the veggies are very sad.
A good watering and feed may help them recover, so I will have some more broad beans and purple snow peas.
If I cut the broccoli flowers back, it might yet provide a few stems for me and I do have one purple cauliflower ready to pick.
The rhubarb and rainbow chard continue to flourish despite neglect.
The sweet peas have started to flower and I look forward to a very fragrant garden as the flowers increase.
I have purchased some white hippeastrum bulbs to plant among the many plain dark red ones already established to provide a nice contrast.
I have also purchased some more delightful Asiatic lilies to put in a large pot to provide a good show of colour later.
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