Le Printemps

Well, the blossoms are all blossoming, spectacularly so. Sadly my phone went flat before I managed to snap a pic of the weeping cherry, finally in flower, but I did get some pics of the magnificent pom pom poppies and the apple blossoms in full flight. Teensy baby fruit are appearing on the quince, as was a graft of an old French variety, thanks to the garden's grafting guru, Don. 

Oh, and we had a lovely baby broad bean and apple salad for dinner. Thank you, Spring.

Beans and Peas

Spring has sprung and the pulses are pulsing. My sweetpeas have turned triffid and blocked off an entire pathway but they seem reluctant to flower. I've begged my neighbours to be patient and put up with the inconvenience as there's no way I can contain them, they're, quite literally, a force of nature. I've promised they can pick the flowers to their heart's content... as soon as they finally begin to bloom. At least there a buds...

I'm experimenting with scarlet flowering broad beans this year and they are LOVELY! If they crop as well as regular broad beans I don't think I'll ever plant the ordinary ones again.