Phyllis has been busy collecting her fruits and vegetables that she started growing earlier in the year.
BeetrootPepper
Phyllis has grown some lovely beetroot which is Tracie’s favourite. They are tasty in a salad or as a compliment in a comforting Scouse. The peppers in the greenhouse are looking good! Chloe loves to munch on these for a healthy snack.
Tomatoes Pumpkin
At the moment the tomatoes are still green, but by next week with a lot of sunny weather, they will soon turn red and be ready to eat with the beetroot in a summer salad!
CarrotsAmazing
The carrots are looking fabulous watch out for any rabbits Phyllis this is their favourite snack!
As you can see, Phyllis has a vast variety of fruits and vegetables growing. Looks like all her time in the garden has paid off.
We have been so busy over the last month. Today we were able to harvest our Mangetout. The little seedlings tried them once Tracie had washed them.
Three seedlings wanted to try them and no matter how much we encouraged Sophie she wasnt up for tasting them.
Alfie and Georgia loved the Mangetout and ate loads but Emma and Fearne were not so keen. We loved the faces Fearne made, at least they tried them!
Mangetout
Having a Taste
Alfie
Georgia
Fearne
Thumbs up
Below are our other tasty fruits and vegetables we have growing in the garden.
Cucumber
Tomatoes
Ginger
Leaves
Strawberries
Thats not a vegetable. It’s a massive Lily!
This is a collection of photos of the plants the Rangers and Wanderers wanted me to post.
Allium
Our New Strawberry, we sowed in February
Hosta
Amazing Detail
Flanders Poppy
Fizzy’s Hiding Place
Hot Poker
Peony
Plum
We also had a few whoopsies! We had some visitors come and make holes in our cabbages! Georgia thought it was a hedgehog, Fearne thought it was a snail and Sophie said “I don’t know Tracie!” When I told them all it was a slug they all said yucky!
Slug
Cabbage
Our other problem was the giant Poppies, they have over taken our vegetable patch!
Phyllis has been working very hard in her garden over the last few months and it’s all just starting to pay off. Below are just a few of her amazing flowers, they come in all sizes, shapes and amazing colours.
Rose
Clematis
Pansy
Honeysuckle
Beautiful Blue
Shocking Pink
In the edible part of the garden, Phyllis’s fruit and vegetables are growing strong.
Watch out for your cherries Phyllis, I saw a cheeky blackbird flying around, eyeing them up for lunch!
The tomato vines are growing tall and strong, Phyllis is having to use canes to support the stems and cuts the side shots off to ensure the goodness goes into the growing delicious tomatoes.
Cherries
Tomatoes
Potatoes
Tomatoes and Coffee
First Earlies
Sunday Roast
Cabbage
Phylis has made a delicious Sunday roast using the potatoes and cabbage from her garden. They taste so much better than the ones you buy in the shops. What I want to know is where’s mine!!
This is Phyllis’ Christmas Dinner bed! She has made it in her front garden and all the vegetables will be used on Christmas day! I cant wait to see it all dished up, I had better get an invite!!!
Today the seedlings and Tracie went over to the greenhouse to check on their strawberry seeds.
Georgia said she thought there will be loads of strawberries all ready to eat! Tracie said it was too early in the year for strawberry picking, we just want strong healthy plants at the moment.
Over Crowded
We opened the door and peaked in, Georgia huffed, “No strawberries in here!”
Tracie took a tray from the side and showed everyone. These are the seedlings we sowed and they have all grown really well, in fact, so well we need to re-pot them so they can get bigger!
Tracie explained to a disappointed Georgia and Sophie that the plants need to grow big and strong. When it’s June and we have lovely hot weather little white flowers will appear, then the strawberry fruit will soon be here.
Cut Toilet Rolls
Filling them with Soil
Pots for the Strawberries
Tracie took the trays of strawberry plants over to the table where she had prepared soil, toilet roll inserts, scissors and gardening tools ready for repotting the growing plants.
First the seedlings cut each toilet roll inserts into 3 pieces. Then they carefully placed them all into a tray. The seedlings took turns to fill each roll with soil.
Using a fork tool, Tracie carefully moved each seedling into a roll. The Seedlings took turns to gently push them down into the soil.
The plants now have little individual pots to give them space to grow.
All the seedlings worked hard together as a team to re-pot them and are really looking forward to the summer when we can all eat strawberries for afternoon tea. Maybe a game of tennis too!!
The Seedlings have been so busy this month in the garden. We have enjoyed the lovely bright days even though its been cold.
Sophie helped Tracie to plant a cherry tomato plant. We have been watching it grow from a tiny seed that we sowed last month. We have put a tall cane next to the plant so when it grows tall we can use it for support.
Fearne made sure the tomato plant had plenty of water to help it grow. Fearne asked Tracie for a drink as she wants to grow up bigger!
While we were weeding and tidying up the front garden, Georgia noticed that the potatoes had started growing. Fearne said “they’re not potatoes!” Tracie explained they are potatoes and that the plant grows big and strong, feeding the potatoes growing underneath.
Georgia Watering
Alfie Watched Us Working
Beans
Tomato Plant
Cherry Tree
Who Made this Hole?
Alfie didn’t want to help plant the vegetables he just wanted to sit and watch! The cheeky monkey! We planted our beans around a wigwam made out of canes, we then added netting around it to support the plants to climb up.
We have decided to plant our vegetables in between the flowers this year as we have so many strong plants. We cant wait to see them grow and make some cauliflower cheese nom, nom!
It’s been all go go go in Gemma’s garden so far this Spring! There have been some fantastic growing under UV lights which have helped to speed up the growing process.
Gemma has prepared her three vegetable beds ready to plant out all her seedlings.
Gemma’s seeds have grown so well and are lovely and strong. Now all she needs to do is plant them out and keep watering daily.
The beds are all planted up now, there are carrots, radish, pak choi, beetroots, spring onion and peas which are growing up the canes.
Jack has enjoyed sitting in the fresh air watching his mummy garden. I bet he is thinking ideas for when he can have his own patch!
Phyllis has definitely been working hard in her garden since we last visited her.
Bird Homes
Haven for Birds and Insects
Front Garden
The little pool Phyllis made out of an old wheelbarrow for the birds and insects is now a haven for them. She has planted pond flowers, plants and a frog which is a fun addition.
Phyllis has worked hard in the front garden to provide the birds with quiet areas to feed and nest safely. There have been loads of bumble bees seen getting the nectar from the flowers.
In the greenhouse there are loads of seeds growing well. Phyllis has taken lots of cuttings from different plants in her garden to make more for free! Everything will need to be planted out soon.
This is Tracie’s favourite picture of Phyllis’ garden. Everything is lush and growing well and it’s all proof Spring is definitely here.
Two years ago we decided to grow an avocado stone. The Little Seedlings tried the Avocado fruit. Only one out of five Seedlings liked it!
We had another go last year. This time we placed the stone into water using a special ‘Avoseedo’ tool. We waited for it to grow and after about nine weeks the stone started splitting.
Avocado
About six weeks later, a small sprout appeared at the tip and roots began to form at the bottom. Two months went by… then the roots and shoots began to get stronger. In June, we planted the small tree into a pot with soil.
Avocado
Avocado stone
We were given another stone by our neighbour and decided to try growing that too. We now have two thriving trees.
Tracie's Treasures 