![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Planting the pepper plants in the greenhouse bed was clearly the right thing to do as they seem to have pretty much doubled in size since! You can practically see them growing...
The runner beans also seem to have got their toes down nicely and have begun the annual race to see which plant can get to the top of its pole first. There are already a nice lot of pretty red and white flowers, so I'm hopeful of beans Real Soon Now.
The sweetcorn seems to be growing well too and today I picked the first salad leaves this year (yes, a bit late, but a lot of things are behind on the plot this year).
Meanwhile, here are some pictures of red things! :-)
Its surprising where you find things to take pictures of and the things you notice for the first time - I've lived here for more than five years but this is the first time I've spotted the cherry tree in the car park where the recycling bins live.
The rowan tree I'd seen before, but hadn't photographed previously.
The light caught the berries strangely in this one, but I rather like the way it makes them look vaguely alien.
Crocosmia "Lucifer" if I'm not much mistaken.
The runner beans also seem to have got their toes down nicely and have begun the annual race to see which plant can get to the top of its pole first. There are already a nice lot of pretty red and white flowers, so I'm hopeful of beans Real Soon Now.
The sweetcorn seems to be growing well too and today I picked the first salad leaves this year (yes, a bit late, but a lot of things are behind on the plot this year).
Meanwhile, here are some pictures of red things! :-)
Its surprising where you find things to take pictures of and the things you notice for the first time - I've lived here for more than five years but this is the first time I've spotted the cherry tree in the car park where the recycling bins live.
The rowan tree I'd seen before, but hadn't photographed previously.
The light caught the berries strangely in this one, but I rather like the way it makes them look vaguely alien.
Crocosmia "Lucifer" if I'm not much mistaken.
calm
hellfire: http://www.avondalenursery.co.uk/2011/Content/plant.asp?control_id=201101231015158545788
krakatoa: http://www.avondalenursery.co.uk/2011/Content/plant.asp?control_id=201101231326047763012
It's like cotoneaster horizontalis. it's a good plant, but just so omnipresent. I swear there must be a clause in planning permission laws requiring one of the two be planted in every garden.
The hairs and spiderwebs on the rowan berries stand out very crisply too, as do the stamens on the crocosmia flower. I'll have to practise some more macro shots in my back garden, and try to get them somewhere near as good as those.
I think most of those were taken in Super Macro mode which is for subjects less than an inch away and forces a really tight focus, which helps a lot. Now that I know the difference between that and Macro mode it's helped me quite a bit.
I'm not sure if the cherries were the human-edible sort, although they looked like it. The birds certainly seemed to be enjoying them though :-)
The wibbly wobbly web says that they're high in Vitamin C and you can make a jelly from them that's a good partner for game meats. And apparently they used to make alcamahol from them in Wales. But they don't taste very nice by themselves apparently.
I'm not sure if it's clear from the photo, but the berries are tiny - smaller than blackcurrants, even.
Mountain ash were used as ornamental trees in the past (50's ish sorta). The berries are very popular with birds, but I've never seen anyone try the berries. In Vermilion we had one in the front of the yard, and in the spring (cold, late spring), a flock of cedar waxwings would show up and just gobble down the remaining berries. A flock could strip a tree in about half an hour. They sound great in the spring. :)
The trees are supposed to ward off witchcraft, if I recall correctly.
Were you marooned there? [runs away]
That sounds rather nice!
Beautiful downtown Vermilion!
Marooned - argh, just got it. :)
http://www.vermilionag.ca/
If you want to go, you need to book your accommodations nearly a year in advance.
Girls get to drive chariots in the chariot races! It's so much fun to watch!
Re: Marooned - argh, just got it. :)
I thought perhaps it hadn't quite sunk in when I saw your previous reply :-)
Not many hotels in town, huh? :-) Sounds good, although I doubt I'll ever be persuaded on to a plane long enough to get to Canada...
Re: Marooned - argh, just got it. :)
Rowan berries are mildly toxic until cooked, so no, you shouldn't eat them straight off the tree..
My apologies - I was quoting a wibble page, which clearly isn't au fait with current practice :-)
Thank you - that's useful to know. I wasn't actually planning to eat any, but you never know whatmay happen! :-)