I sat down to write about ninety minutes ago, read some blogs, tinkered with a sonnet, polished a couple of poems for submission, checked my emails, looked at the website of a magazine for submission details and then, as usual, wandered off on a voyage of discovery as one link lead to another.
Unfortunately, I forgot that I had a post to write so instead of the heavyweight intellectual article I was planning, you will have to make do with some lightweight drivel Again. Sorry, I would like to deliver hard-hitting articles full of facts, but the truth is that although I have aspirations of greatness, I have the brains of Winnie the Pooh.
This weekend we have been eating Cape Gooseberries and tomatoes from the garden. I love the taste of Cape Gooseberries, though the tiny seeds are a bit of a pain. If we had growong space under cover I would always have a few plants as they are prolific, delicious and last about three years before they need replacing (the fruits seem to get smaller each year).
I have managed a few pictures of bees and our new teasel plant. I wasn’t expecting any teasels this year as they are biennial and the seeding was a one-off accident, so this is a bonus. IF these are left to seed undisturbed we should find ourselves with teasel every year. They seem to like out front garden as they are self-seeding prolifically in the gaps between paving slabs.
Buff-tailed Bumblebee on Red Valerian
I may look for some honesty next, as they have a similar habit and it would be nice to get some established.
Time to post now.
The bees are good and the red valerian looks most colourful. I definitely think that honesty would be the best policy for your garden.
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I don’t think I have ever eaten gooseberries. The bee on valerian photo is very beautiful.
Thank you. Gooseberries are nice, though Cape Gooseberries are, as Laurie points out, known as ground cherries in the US, or Inca berries or Physalis – a confusingly named plant.
The old misleading common name problem! Ground cherries I have grown here, a variety called “Cossack Pineapple”. They are very good.
We have to grow ours under cover but they are well worth the space.
An interesting post after all. I like the bee pics and the teasels – we have them for the first time in our front garden this year – we didn’t plant them
We thought they probably arrived via some that Julia cut in the Mencap gardens and brought home to use in a craft project. The seedlings were all around the place where she put the cut heads as she unlocked the door. The latest one is a bit of a mystery. We also have a borage this year – it has either blown in or been dropped by birds.
I love Cape Gooseberries. Here, we call them ground cherries. By any name they are sweet.
🙂 I have never known a fruit with so many names . . .
All in one delicious bundle!
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