Happy Easter to all who celebrate. I’m celebrating that it’s moon-shot week. I was 5 years old the last time people got anywhere near the moon. This time I have more than false memories. We’ve been geeking out with TV coverage in our house, but there has been a little time to hang out in the early spring garden. This week I have some wonder colour and some promising edibles to show you for #SixOnSaturday

I was very please I brought tomatoes back into the house last week. We have had a couple of firsts. I’ve been moving them out for a warm greenhouse treat on sunny days (at least those days when I’m in from work early enough to get them tucked back into the house). Tomatoes are doing well. Here’s one, still enjoying an indoor windowsill.

In pots in the garden, I’m now a fan of tulips like this one, with pointed and slightly twisted petals. They seem to bear wind and rain better than the goblet-shaped ones.

It is blossom time. I’m going to have a slow walk through the garden Saturday morning, as we have ‘named storm Dave’ bearing down on us overnight. I hope we’ll still ave blossom like this left after it has pushed us through into Easter Sunday.

There’s been action finally in the veg bed. I grew some red oak choi, and some mizuna, in little pots in the greenhouse. I hope there are plenty of hungry birds around now, because I just put this lot out into the garden. Those birds will be needed to take care of the slugs.

Forsythia, so old fashioned, almost gaudy, I’m never sure……on a cold sunny day though, the colour blends nicely with daffodils and lifts the spirits.

To end this week, what would be more fitting than magnolia stellata to represent humankind’s re-emergence into the universe beyond earth.

Spring really IS here now, and some of you will have a long weekend to enjoy it. Hope you don’t get blasted by storm Dave. I hope you enjoyed the colour and promise that has finally arrived in the garden, for my #SixOnSaturday. Thanks to those leaving comments on the blog. I do read them all, keep them coming. And do join in with #SixOnSaturday. All you need to do is find 6 things in your garden to show us. Then post on social, or add a link at Jim’s blog below. For regulars, our organiser is Jim at https://gardenruminations.co.uk/. And I’m on mastodon @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot