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Spring into Summer in the Urban Garden

July 22, 2017 Eleanor Scott
'Hot Banana' Chillies, early July

'Hot Banana' Chillies, early July

We have a small garden in Fratton , Portsmouth, in the heart of a very densely-packed urban area. I started this blog to chart our year, loving urban wildlife, growing herbs, fruits and vegetables, and cooking & eating what we grow.

From the end of April until the beginning of July, we had mixed weather - some of it stormy, some of it hot - yet everything survived and grew.

The old perennial herbs seem very tough - and we've a whole new jungle of rosemary, thyme, bay, chives, sage and mint - alongside our new courgettes, tomatoes, chillies and basil. We also bought a small oregano plant, which we put in a large pot (the turquoise one) which has gone batshit.

May
May
June
June

We decided this year that we were happy for most of the garden to be a bit 'wild' and as friendly as we can practicably make it for bees, butterflies and other insects, and spiders.

April - sun is shining
April - sun is shining
July - it's a deluge (and a jungle)
July - it's a deluge (and a jungle)

The sunflowers self-seeded under the apple tree from bird-seed we feed to the wood pigeons and songbirds.

The strawberries are having a reasonably good year.

Strawberries at the beginning of June 2017

Strawberries at the beginning of June 2017

We also had the first of our asparagus crop, from the plants I raised from seeds three years ago. I let some of them grow into fronds because they're so beautiful to look at, and benefit insects.

Young asparagus shoots, late June
Young asparagus shoots, late June
Asparagus fronds
Asparagus fronds

And the star of the show - our Bramley apple tree. It's having a great year, after a serious pruning back a couple of years ago. Welcome back!

Bramley apple tree, early July

Bramley apple tree, early July

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