Monday, June 02, 2025

Everything's coming up . . .

We took eight bags to the tip this morning. Came back and refilled the bags. Currently we have twelve full bags. If we take eight again tomorrow I can refill and put eight out for collection by the recycling men on Wednesday.

I've spent a large part of today chopping branches into bag-size pieces. Still a huge pile to go . . .

I also planted two cauliflower plants I was given in church. I wanted to separate them but they wouldn't let me so I feel less than hopeful already.

I've never grown caulis. I don't even know how they grow. I guess it's like sprouts but not so many on one plant. But it must be more than one cauli per plant otherwise the country would have to be covered in cauliflower fields.

Now some roses that aren't climbers or ramblers.





From my vantage point in amongst the bushes I thought my our garden was looking particularly lovely.

In my clearing I uncovered a golf ball, a tree trunk, a Welsh flag, and a jam jar. A disappointing haul.

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I went to the shop yesterday planning on getting a ready meal but when I got there I remembered a recipe I'd seen on facebook. It was simple - at least the way I remembered it, it was - so got the ingredients for that instead. Basically throw Philadelphia cheese with herbs and garlic, lots of little tomatoes, garlic and seasoning in a dish, drizzle with oil, and cook for a bit - I was unsure how long - then add spinach, basil, and those little pasta packets of spinach and ricotta - can't remember what they're called - and cook again briefly. It was nice.

9 comments:

Ana Dunk said...

Cauliflower does only grow one to a plant so unless you find a way to separate the two sprouts you will probably end up with two smallish heads or one will overtake the other and you will end up with only one head.

acorn hollow said...

Wow a job well done beautiful flowers.
Cathy

Boud said...

Cauliflower grows like cabbage -- one to a plant. They can be large. Not sure what you'll get!

Kathy G said...

It will be interesting to see if your cauliflower thrive like the roses seem to be doing.

Marie Smith said...

Great shots of the roses. Gorgeous!

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Your garden is a riot of colour! And gawd, those roses are gorgeous!

Anvilcloud said...

You sure have a ton of ‘litter’ bags.

Ann said...

I've only planted cauliflower once. If you want it to stay nice and white then pull the leaves up around it. We didn't know that and ours got a nice suntan.

jabblog said...

The clearing up after weeding is more time-consuming than the original job. Lovely garden shot.