APRIL bloom everywhere and lots more appearing, this weekend we are looking forward to the Clare Garden Festival.
At Blossoms On The Go, we have been participating in it for many years and it is well worth a visit.
With lots to see and many workshops and talks, it’s a great day. We have lots of special offers on the day and it’s lovely to meet people in a social setting and have the chats.
This week has been busy with lots filling up the vegetable gardens and the poly tunnel. I can see that strawberries are a big hit this year and lots just putting them into hanging baskets as they have limited space.
The cherry tomatoes are another veg that can be growing in a hanging basket so if you are space poor, they are options to allow you have some of your own vegetable, the lettuce mix looks lovely and lots are growing in a window box.
Rhubarb is another popular plant this time of year. It needs to be fertilised with farmyard manure and they will give you lovely stalks from which you can make rhubarb tarts or stew.It’s recommend that you just allow it to grow the first year and on second year you will have a better harvest.
So, if you find you have some room in the garden vegetable patch, we have still a good availability here.
Herbs are not just for cooking but I like to mix them in with containers when I make up arrangements; for example, the fennel has a lovely soft touch and is wavey like grass and comes back each year.
Rosemary has just a lovely scent that can look lovely with Bidens and petunias around it.
Thyme, one of my favourites: there are so many varieties of thyme available and they all have a scent. The golden thyme looks lovely in a container or a border so not just to add to food for cooking, there are many more herbs in stock – pop in to see what’s available.
Summer bedding grows each week with different variety coming in six pack and trailing plants. We are making up lots of mix basket and pots so if you want to get started on the pots and baskets, a good variety are available at moment with lots of colour. Millions bell trio are a favourite, they look lovely over trailing in basket or pots.
Hope ye all are enjoying the garden and look forward to seeing you on Sunday in the Showground in Ennis.
