Tuesday, 21 August 2012

The Vegetable Garden

I thought we could pop outside
and look around the garden..


You may gasp in admiration
at my geranium display.


Must cut back the lavender.
A gardener's work is never done.


Cloches?
We have cloches...


And here is the tomato house,
the vinery is behind us and
the mushroom house is second on the left.


These flowerpots are installation art...
I like to mix in a few visual metaphors
some people are so serious about vegetables.


Fan trained cherries...
doesn't everyone grow their own cherries?


And here are the apples.
I divide them by alphabetically, by county.


and finally the potting shed.
I'm all about sheds.
I'm thinking of painting it grey.


Errr...time to 'fess up
...it's not my garden
...it's at Audley End

17 comments:

blackbird said...

I am smirking.
We've had four, FOUR, tomatoes.
Oh, the joys.

dragonfly said...

*swoon* the stuff of dreams.

Any particular shade of grey for your shed?

Sue said...

Audley End is one of the places I'd love to see; I'm a big fan of vegetable gardens. Was there a quince tree?

the veg artist said...

My idea of heaven!

menopausalmusing said...

If I had a potting shed like that I would think I had died and gone to heaven..........

Ali said...

You botanical tease.

pushkasmarbles said...

You made me smile. I recognized the apple sign. Oh to be so organised with a garden. Just been attacking mine and nettles seem to be winning!

Paola said...

What a gorgeous heavenly place.

dottycookie said...

I *thought* I recognised it. We were there not three weeks ago pretending to be WWII recruits. As you do.

readersguide said...

Ha.

Pomona said...

That was so beautiful to see - it reminds me of a garden very dear to my heart and took me right back down memory lane ... Shades of Thomas Hood indeed!

Pomona x

Jan said...

Just for a moment there ... If only.

Toffeeapple said...

I am lusting now!

Anonymous said...

where is Mellors ?

quinn said...

How lovely! Dream gardens are wonder-full.

(p.s. Sometimes in a long, wet Spring, I have a mushroom house... but not on purpose.)

Lucille said...

Isn't it lovely to see things done properly? Do you love West Dean too?

genevieve said...

you had me totally foooled. And jealous!! fun post though.