On with the Planting

During the week we were lucky enough to see an exquisite rainbow over the house tops in our hometown. The sun and the rain had been intermittent all day and I thought perhaps we would see a rainbow, it didn't appear till late afternoon, but was well worth waiting for. Other rainbow pictures appear at my hometown blog http://hullisneverdull.blogspot.com/

Raffi and I were really happy to see the sunshine peeping out from behind the clouds. the prospects for gardening were excellent.

The Sweet Peas we planted a couple of weeks ago, were strong enough to transplant into their final growing positions. I wanted to create another focal point in Raphael's garden. I found a huge round tub and filled it with fresh soil and perlite. The Sweet Peas will twine themselves up the canes and hopefully give a stunning display in a month or so.

The Sweet Pea tub complete and in Raphael's Garden just adds a little interest, we planted Nasturtiums around the base to break up the line.

The remaining Sweet Peas we planted in this yellow tub, the orange tub contains RED Sunflowers, the last tub contains a cutting of a Grape Vine. They sit below the climbing Virginia Creeper in a lovely suntrap.

Raphael and I weeded, dug and transplanted most of the day. Predictably a greatly excited Raphael shrieked as a worm appeared in the soil. Carefully he removed it with his fingers and plonked the worm in the mop bucket "for a sleep"! "Take a photo Mummy, but don't wake him up!"

We watched him for a few minutes wriggling in the water amongst the leaves, I pointed out to Raphael that he wasn't actually asleep, but probably wanting and missing some soil. Raphael insisted he stayed in the bucket fascinated by his movements, I love his intense interest in living creatures.


I found some stray potatoes in other parts of the garden and asked Raffi if he would like them in his patch? Of course he said yes! Easy to grow and quickly look as if they are doing something, so ideal for children.



This week Raphael and I planted these flower seeds to fill the bed at the front of his patch. They are a colourful hybrid mix, bought from The Range and will be put in the greenhouse until they germinate.

So far Raphael's Garden looks like this.


Hoping for warm weather next week so we can continue diggin!

Sunday 24th May 2009