The Village Grapevine

18/12/2024

December 18th and my 🌹‘Olivia’ is gamely trying to flower!!!!
Is it the first all year round rose!?!

18/12/2024

I haven’t posted for a long while, but I’ve been doing a bit of seed saving for next season (it soon comes around) and the fantastic colouring of these 🫘 seeds lights up and potting shed!!!!

First up Runner Bean ‘Firestorm’ this will be the 4th season I’ve saved and used from the original planting.
The are a cross of a runner/french 🫘 Sweet tasting and stringless and have tolerated the changeable we seem too get nowadays!

And 🇫🇷 🫘 Canadian 🇨🇦 which I recived from @
heritageseedlibrary when I joined last year!
Fabulous creamy/coffee colour seeds that look as tasty to eat as the fully grown thing!

All packaged up in some re-used seed scheme packets (more to come on that in the next post!)

And if your struggling for an Xmas present for the veg grower in your life, then I heartily recommend joining & to help with the important work they do to keep the older varieties going and push forward the 🇬🇧 organic frontiers!

28/10/2024

Deadly by Name

Very Deadly by Nature

The attractive glossy black berries certainly carry a sinister punch!!!!

Seen growing in the beautiful graveyard of St Mary Magdalene Church in Woodstock

27/10/2024

13/10/2024

Someone’s enjoying the Ive just cut back!!!

13/10/2024

Bit too early for !!! But this Christmas Pippin 🍎 was an absolute early Xmas treat!!!
My mini orchard is looking for a permanent home….. but until then they will live in some 50l pots with much TLC from me

13/10/2024

Don’t think they would be prize winners, but the I completely forgot I tried have grown well without any help from me!!!! Musselborough I believe

13/10/2024

Surprising addition to the allotment!!!🍓

13/10/2024

Plot gate makes a perfect perch for my

13/10/2024

First of the season on its way to the Kitchen !!!

13/10/2024

Fit to burst!!! Just waiting for a good frosting to add its sparkle!!!

13/10/2024

The Mini Greenhouse is getting fuller !!!!!

The Gourds are adding some seasonal cheer, Hydrangea cuttings are progressing, the Foxgloves I’ve grow from seed are nearly ready to go out!
Some Eryngiums seeds I tried a while back are looking set for next year and finally, the 🧄 we haven’t put aside to eat are fully dried as ready to go in with some 🧅 in the next week or so!

12/10/2024

Blooming Fantastic Hydrangea Paniculata

06/10/2024

must be on its way as my Euonymus Alatus is turning!

31/08/2024

My sweet 🫑 have been fantastic this year!

All live outside and have dealt with the ever changing weather 🌦️
I’ve even got RED on coming!!

31/08/2024

The seasons are a changing especially on my Euonymus Alatus
No wonder it’s also called Firebush 🔥 look at the contrast between its Summer and Autumn 🍂 fantastically highlighted on this leaf as it starts its journey!

31/08/2024

The Glass 🌽 is looking good ….just needs the cobs to swell now!!
Fabulous colour to the tassels

21/07/2024

The wild corner of my allotment!!
It’s alive with 🐝 🐞 🦋 (including cabbage whites😤)

An important part of ANY natural area be it Allotment, Garden, road side or building site!

If you have natural wildflowers of any kind the insect 🐝 🦋 🐞 🪲🦟🪰🕷️will find them!

And best of all they will repay you with limitless bountiful crops and flowers, a thriving ecosystem and the generosity also normally comeback every year a no extre cost!!