Growing Veg
Plotting
Floradora, Henrietta and Perdita are plotting a visit to the kitchen-garden plot…
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Henry
…Henrietta is thrilled to see the Good King Henry growing so beautifully…
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Hen
…no doubt thanks to the guard hen…
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Squash
…Floradora is sure that sending love to the squashes will help – mmm – Patipan squashes in the summer, and Butternut in the fall. Sorrel is doing well, and the Tarragon is holding on…
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Sweet Peas
…and Perdita is very encouraged by the Sweet Peas starting to lift themselves out of the slug zone (I know that Sweet Peas aren’t to eat, but we can put a little bouquet in the kitchen!! There are a few leeks left, that will be eaten soon and an abundance of Swiss Chard that seems to love our kitchen garden!
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Dancing around the Sunflower!
The sunflower is exactly one Hitty high! We think May in the kitchen garden is worth dancing about!
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Quimper Hittys 
Dancing is a great way to celebrate what’s coming in for a May garden yield. Already it looks like there was much to be thrilled about with the April yields. Yipee!
May is just so beautiful and hopeful…the rains have eased and warmth is coming back to the garden! Everyone feels like dancing!
I must get some seeds in. It’s starting to be cool enough to think about lettuces, beans, peas and chard. But the main excitement is that I have finally negotiated acceptance of more fruit trees. Someone doesn’t like mowing around trees, so they will start life in big tubs. Hopefully by the time they need putting in the ground, he will have bowed to the inevitable!
O, lovely fruit trees! You will have to Wassail them! Another excuse for dancing!
I wonder if mangoes, guavas and lychees will understand a wassail, but it’s worth a try!
Mmm… patipan squash. Do you make soup with your sorrel? What do you do with Good King Henry?
Yes, Sorrel Soup – one of my favourites! Good King Henry is sometimes called everlasting spinach and can be used as spinach in cooked recipes. It is edible raw but has a fuzzy texture and astringent taste which is off-putting to some. The seeds can also be harvested, washed, and dried for storage, then used as a grain.
You make me itch to get into the garden! We still have frost warnings through this weekend! (and I have been burned by frost more than once after that date so I wait until after mid-month to get tender plants in!)
I hope your frost warnings recede very soon. The garden is such an encouraging place for me that I fondly imagine it can be for everyone. I do feel lucky to live in this climate zone, and to be healthy enough to garden.
Your garden is growing well. This is such a lovely time of year and we are basking in warm sunny days but I could do with some rain to fill up the waterbutts – us gardeners are never satisfied!
I know what you mean – two weeks ago we were longing for some warmth and now we are worried about drought…May is so beautiful with enough residual moisture in the soil, soon we will be hand-watering again.
what a thriving garden. The girls look so serious and ready to deal with all that produce
The girls are loving being outdoors in the pleasant weather! I am glad they are willing to help with the harvest and processing – many hands make light(er) work!
I have my cup of tea and biscuits and I am now settled into catching up on your posts and seeing what the Hittys have been up to! The outfits and photos are spectacular on this post 🙂
mmmm tea and biscuits! Thanks for the nice comments, the morning light at this time of year is so warm and pleasant!