I'm not sure what this wildflower is. It has quite a distinctive flower and leaf (visible at the bottom of the picture), so I'm sure someone will recognise it!
[Postscript - it's American Vetch (Vicia americana).]
I found it as I was doing a tour of the vegetable garden this evening to assess progress. The Lincoln peas have finally started to appear:
and the broad (fava) beans have started to emerge, too:
In an area very over-run with weeds, I even managed to track down my carrot and parsnip seedlings:
The recent spell of very warm weather has really started to move things on. The only plants that are looking very sorry for themselves are the Ping Tung aubergines/eggplants, which the word 'pathetic' doesn't really begin to describe. It's just as well that this picture is out of focus, I think.
between the rains
1 week ago
1 comment:
The poor little eggplant. At least all your others are looking wonderful.
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