Hey,
In this one I will carry on introducing the rest of the outdoors plants.
The really bushy plant in the middle is my autumn raspberry. I had since spring 2016 and I haven't pruned any of the new growth this spring so it went a bit mental, but it should give us loads of delicious pink fruit later on, there are already quite a few flower clusters that have been pollinated.
On its left and right side there are 2 thorn less blackberry plants; they both have been bought earlier this year so they haven't yet grown as big as I'd like them to be, but one of them is producing flowers so that's a definite sign that we're going to have some fruit later on.
Here we've got the currant patch and the kumquat, which is my wife's favourite and I've been tasked with keeping it safe. I've got a few varieties of currants and gooseberries. I've had them since last spring but so far only one of them produced flowers and fruit. It seems that the aphids love them; I tried fighting them off using a water and soap spray and it worked on the one that set some fruit this year, but it's still not looking in a great condition. I won't prune them to the ground this autumn and I'm hoping the extra size of the plants will help in the fight against the aphids.
Now, the way I got this marjoram plant is pretty funny. I was walking home one night after socialising in one of the fine establishments that serve delicious grain and hops concoctions and let's say I was ...merry. As I walked past a nice house I could smell something very pleasant, I looked around and discovered the source was a plant right next to the border of their garden. In the state I was in, I didn't even think twice and nicked a few cuttings. I didn't even know at the time what the plant was. My wife told me it was marjoram in the morning and now, a few months later, it's doing great; it was a very welcomed addition in tomato based dishes and pizza.
At the front of the house I've got another small patch of green stuff. I've been planting mint cuttings for about a year now and it finally started taking over the weeds on one end. In the buckets I've got some potatoes I saved last year, one of them is a fancy variety called Mayan gold; it's delicious, the best potatoes I ever had when roasted, but unfortunately it's not very resistant to pests so the tatos only get to new potatoes stage by the time I have to get rid of the plant. I've also planted a little patch of marjoram there and it grew like crazy.
So that's about it with the introduction, there's a few other plants I haven't mentioned but there's time for that I suppose.
Cheers,
Cos.