Saturday, 8 June 2024

One day in June

 

One day in the garden in June


Strawberries are growing, but not over-enthusiastically.

Fish are swimming, but haven’t spawned this year, or maybe they did while I wasn’t looking or listening. I mean, there’s no mating call, but there is usually a great deal of splashing.
Raspberries are hiding among the leaves, not big or ripe enough for the dogs to help themselves.
Philadelphus is blooming sweetly and scenting the garden.

Cleavers are springing up everywhere. They’re very easy to pull up.

Blueberries have a long way to go before they’re edible.

Mahonia japonica has beautiful Oregon grapes, which are reputedly edible but sour.

26 comments:

  1. The garden is looking beautiful & very prolific Janice. xx

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    1. Carefully curated photographs, Julie ;-)

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  2. So pretty! April, May and June are my favorite months in the garden.

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    1. It is a lovely time in the garden, even more so if the sun shines!

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  3. It's beautiful and productive.

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    1. Carefully edited - the reality is rather different.

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  4. Wonderful pictures. You only have to look carefully and then you discover wonderful things in the simplest places.

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    1. It's small things that give the greatest pleasure.

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  5. So pretty, and fresh! I love your garden.Berries will start to ripen here as soon as the sun comes out, today it did , I could almost hear everything growing!

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    1. Yes, it's a case of 'blink' and it's changed.

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  6. Hi Janice - lovely photos ... just lovely this year ... lots of green - and those fruits will fill out soon I'm sure ... cheers Hilary

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    1. If they don't, they don't - some creature will enjoy them, I'm sure :-)

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  7. All my fruits are well behind this year, normally we would have blueberries, but they are still green, it's a strange year in the garden.

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    1. It is strange. All our pyracantha blossom disappeared in May. It's usually flowering now. The fruit trees had masses of blossom but hardly any fruit has set.

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  8. This looks to be a delightful and edible place to visit. I think I'll try to fly over and see if I can grab some of your blueberries.

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  9. I didn't know that about the mahonia 'grapes'
    The photos are lovely
    Alison in Wales x

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  10. What an enjoyable tour of the garden, and a preview of treats to come.

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    1. We shall enjoy whatever chooses to put forth.

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  11. Many thanks for these photographs, they are lovely.
    Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

    All the best Jan

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  12. Beautiful photos of a beautiful garden!

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    1. I don't photograph the less attractive parts . . . ;-)

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  13. Great to see some of the plants in your garden. I hope those strawberries get growing for you. I had to net mine yesterday. They were new plants and they had produced huge fruit but the birds decided they wanted the first few, now I want a few for myself.

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