The New Generation

I have been trying to harvest the seed from my marigolds,( Read more... )

I have picked the first ripe fruit from my catch-up towel-tomatoes, which should give me an idea as to how long it will take any fruit from the new, healthy spurs on the old plants (which are now in flower) to ripen. Maybe a month at this time of year, if I am lucky?

( A Swan River daisy in the mesembryanthemum pot )

At the moment my 'garden' is dominated by rudbeckias, blue Swan River Daisies (no sign of any more pink ones), the last of the marigolds and some self-sown alyssum opposite the original pot (now going over).