{"id":3234,"date":"2026-05-02T02:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T02:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2026-05-02T06:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T06:37:09","slug":"six-on-saturday-2-5-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/six-on-saturday-2-5-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Six on Saturday 2-5-26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-db49572e-232d-49a3-bc3b-b980764c0eaa\">Spring continues, it seems such a gallop into May, everything is growing, including the weeds. I have lots of little plants to pull out of the greenhouse and into the veg beds, what a whirl of activity.   Its starting to get hard to choose now, but here are some lovely colours and some edibles for the new month. Here is #SixOnSaturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is wild garlic time around here.  This year I&#8217;m trying a new recipe to ferment wild garlic as a spicy healthy condiment. 2 kg went into a pair of 600 ml pots with 2% salt&#8230;.and we shall see how it does after a week or two. Here is some of it before it got harvested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2353\" height=\"2467\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/garlic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3239\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some lovely wild violet have popped up in the lawn this year, many more than usual, making a wonderful purple carpet amidst our untidy moss-n-grass lawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2203\" height=\"1496\" data-id=\"3241\" src=\"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/violet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3241\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A white favourite of mine to end the narcissus season. I have tried pheasant eye all over the garden, but it comes back year after year in just one shady spot, soon to be covered by hosts leaves. Dry shade must be it&#8217;s favourite summer habitat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1789\" height=\"1785\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pheasant-eye.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3240\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of my blueberry bushes look a little tired, but others are now bursting with tiny perfect flowers, giving us lots of promise for July and August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2161\" height=\"1407\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/blueberry.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3238\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are a good few weeks behind most of the Uk for this one&#8230;&#8230;bluebells have just started to flower. Sadly, my garden does not host the native type. Instead I have a garden full of Spanish bluebells. Not so delicate but bursting with wonderful blue colour that we rarely see at other times of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2871\" height=\"2893\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bluebell.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3237\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And finally, here we go with the apple orchard. It&#8217;s apple blossom time. I always love this time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2424\" height=\"1687\" src=\"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/apple-blossom.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3236\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I hoped you enjoyed sharing my spring #SixOnSaturday. Do join in with your own 6 things from a garden. 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&#8217;s blog below. For regulars, our organiser is Jim at https:\/\/gardenruminations.co.uk\/. And I&#8217;m on mastodon @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring continues, it seems such a gallop into May, everything is growing, including the weeds. I have lots of little plants to pull out of the greenhouse and into the veg beds, what a whirl of activity. 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