#sweet-peas — Public Fediverse posts

I can’t claim full credit for this! The first sweet pea is flowering but it’s self-sown from a seed that dropped last year. Those I’ve sown are still only inches high.

Still, I’ll take it. Who cares how it arrived in the garden. It’s a taste of summer even though the weather has other ideas.
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#sweetpeas #cotswolds #flowers #plants #gardens #gardening

The Best Beginner-Friendly Plants and Vegetables to Start Planting in Early Spring for Great Results https://www.allforgardening.com/1768187/the-best-beginner-friendly-plants-and-vegetables-to-start-planting-in-early-spring-for-great-results/ #EarlySpring #garden #gardening #LeafyGreens #OvernightTemperatures #SummerHeat #SweetPeas

18 Plants That Were in Every Grandmother’s Garden, And Are Making a Huge Comeback in 2026 https://www.allforgardening.com/1731475/18-plants-that-were-in-every-grandmothers-garden-and-are-making-a-huge-comeback-in-2026/ #garden #GardenCentres #gardening #SeedSaversExchange #Shutterstock #SweetPeas #SweetWilliam

Monty Don explains job gardeners must do this month for summer flowers https://www.allforgardening.com/1712863/monty-don-explains-job-gardeners-must-do-this-month-for-summer-flowers/ #AprilGardening #deadheading #DeadheadingFlowers #flowers #garden #gardening #MontyDon #SweetPeas #Weather(section)

Monty Don’s crucial task for April to grow a beautiful fragrant garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1710109/monty-dons-crucial-task-for-april-to-grow-a-beautiful-fragrant-garden/ #AprilGarden #flowers #garden #Gardeners'WorldPodcast #gardening #GardeningTips #MontyDon #SweetPeas

#courgettes, #melons, #sunflowers, #sweetpeas, #lettuce, #valeriana, #rocket, and #beetroot all in.

Gardening jobs for April – Which? https://www.allforgardening.com/1690822/gardening-jobs-for-april-which/ #garden #gardener #gardening #grass #harvest #lawn #SweetPeas #TenderPlants #Weeding #weeds

Monty Don urges gardeners to plant his favourite flower with the ‘best scent’ before April https://www.allforgardening.com/1678525/monty-don-urges-gardeners-to-plant-his-favourite-flower-with-the-best-scent-before-april/ #flowers #garden #GardenersWorld #gardening #GardeningTips #MontyDon #SweetPeas

Home grown sweet peas! 🌸 Their sweet, delicious scent is a pure delight and a must-have for any vegetable garden. Growing these beauties adds both fragrance and flavor to our space. #GardenJoy #SweetPeas #HomeGrownHappiness #VeggieGarden

🌸 Sweet peas' vibrant colors and delicate petals are adding a beautiful touch to the garden. Loving this burst of natural beauty. Who else enjoys these lovely blooms? #GardenJoy #SweetPeas #NatureLovers

Community garden welcomes spring and is buzzing with activity https://www.allforgardening.com/1614268/community-garden-welcomes-spring-and-is-buzzing-with-activity/ #activity #CommunityGarden #DryingGreen #garden #Greenock #SowingSeeds #SweetPeas

Now is the time to start planning your sweet peas. They’re delightful on the allotment and can be planted in late winter or early spring indoors, giving them a head start. Transplant them outdoors when the risk of frost has passed. Happy gardening! 🌱 #GardeningTips #sweetpeas

Gardeners urged to plant 1 flower before the end of February https://www.allforgardening.com/1595880/gardeners-urged-to-plant-1-flower-before-the-end-of-february/ #FebruaryPlanting #FlowerEnthusiasts #flowers #garden #gardening #GardeningTips #SweetPeas

A Big Casita + Garden Update 🌿 Here’s Everything We’ve Been Building https://www.allforgardening.com/1528234/a-big-casita-garden-update-%f0%9f%8c%bf-heres-everything-weve-been-building/ #BackyardRenovation #CasitaBuild #CutFlowerGarden #DahliaGarden #GardenPlans #GardenRenovation #GardenUpdate #GardenWalkthrough #GreenhousePlanning #LandscapeDesignIdeas #PNWGardening #SmallGardenIdeas #SweetPeas

A sad thing is happening today. Somebody is cutting down a lot of glorious trees! There is nothing I can do about it, so I am planting sweet peas. This is a good thing to do when there is something upsetting in one's world.

I have a lot of sweet peas.

#gardening #SweetPeas

Need some sweet pea inspiration? I've been looking back at this year's sweet pea gardening trials and which were my favourite varieties. Read about it here: https://bit.ly/46V5SBZ

(Seed given. Not paid for post)
#gardens #gardening #SweetPeas #CutFlowers #photography #cotswolds #BlogPost

Food and plants from books

Gina from Babs Beloved Books shared recently (on Instagram) a book haul and specifically the book The Anne of Green Gables Treasure. I remembered making one of the recipes of this book. Spoiler alert: the shortbread is delicious. Around the same time, I also made the raspberry cordial, but it’s not in this book, I must have found the recipe elsewhere online.

I’d never had shortbread or raspberry cordial before and at the time it was not something you could buy at the store in Portugal. This also made me think that sometimes I make recipes because I want to know how they taste.

That was the case of orange marmalade. The first time I read about it there was no mention of orange, but a character in A pocket full of rye by Agatha Christie takes a spoon of marmalade from a jar and spreads it on a toast. And this was strange for me, because here we slice the marmalade, it’s not easily spreadable. And we don’t make marmalade from oranges, but from quinces. And of course, Paddington also loves orange marmalade. Are there other literary references?

So I decided to give it a go and see how it would taste. I found several recipes online, but after making it some times I changed it a little bit. I use less sugar, but I sterilise the jars before and boiled them until vacuum after filling them. I also make it at the beginning of the year when oranges are not sweet. I shared the recipe on this blog before, if you want to take a look, but in Portuguese.

Another recipe is Madeira cake. I can’t recall a literary reference, but I read many United Kingdom authors, and this is a cake that was much used in 19th century in the UK. The fact is that it got my attention: Madeira is a Portuguese island and indeed has a tradicional cake, but nothing like this one. Searching a little more, I found that the cake is called Madeira because it used to be served with a glass of Madeira wine (which is indeed from Madeira island). I also shared the recipe before here (also in Portuguese), I can’t tell where I got it (maybe BBC Good Food?). I usually take recipes, make them a few times, and if they’re good than share them, but by that time, I really can’t tell where I got them and most of the times I’ve change them anyway (recipes do not have copyright, phew!).

Then there were sweet peas. I have heard about them and their strong scent, but never saw any. Mrs. Dalloway had them in bowls “tinged violet, snow white, pale—as if it were the evening and girls in muslin frocks came out to pick sweet peas and roses after the superb summer’s day”. So when I saw seeds in a store I decided to give them a grow, some came out and they do have a lovely scent.

Now, tell me: do you also make recipes or sow plants that you read about to know how they taste, look, or for their scent? If you shared them before, put the link in the comments so I can read them, or share the recipe in the comments.

#BookLook #books #fiction #MadeiraCake #OrangeMarmalade #readings #Recipes #RecipesFromBooks #SweetPeas #VirginiaWoolf

This week's Cheering Up Mondays flower is from my sweet peas Gardening Trials. Isn't it a beauty! More on the blog: https://bit.ly/4oB7Mji
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#gardening #gardens #plants #flowers #CheeringUpMondays #MondayMotivation #photography #cotswolds #SweetPeas #LathyrusOdoratus

Vibrant sweet peas. Misty mountains. Appalachian peace in full bloom.
https://shelia-hunt.pixels.com/featured/flowering-sweet-peas-in-the-appalachian-mountains-shelia-hunt.html

#AppalachianBeauty #Wildflowers #SweetPeas #MountainSerenity #SheliaHuntPhotography #BuyIntoArt

Vibrant sweet peas. Misty mountains in the Appalachians. Peace in full bloom.
https://shelia-hunt.pixels.com/featured/flowering-sweet-peas-in-the-appalachian-mountains-shelia-hunt.html

#AppalachianBeauty #Wildflowers #SweetPeas #MountainSerenity #SheliaHuntPhotography #BuyIntoArt

From the garden, so sweet and fragrant
#sweetpeas #bloomscrolling #gardening

Picking sweet peas in case the forecast rain arrives 🤞
#sweetPeas #gardens #gardening #plants #flowers #cotswolds #BloomScrolling

Key task gardeners must do now to keep sweet peas in bloom https://www.allforgardening.com/1338954/key-task-gardeners-must-do-now-to-keep-sweet-peas-in-bloom/ #deadheading #EnglishGarden #flowers #garden #gardener #gardening #GardeningTips #MontyDon #plants #summer #SweetPeas #UKGardening

Today's #CheeringUpMondays flower marks the start of the sweet pea season in my garden. More on my blog: https://bit.ly/43biRz0

#gardening #gardens #plants #flowers #photography #MondayMotivation #SweetPeas

5 plants to grow now for ‘instant’ colour that bloom all summer long https://www.allforgardening.com/1309449/5-plants-to-grow-now-for-instant-colour-that-bloom-all-summer-long/ #AnnualPlants #erigeron #flowers #garden #gardening #HardyGeraniums #PerennialPlant #plants #SweetPeas #VerbenaBonariensis

Gardens will burst with colour if 1 climbing flower is planted now https://www.allforgardening.com/1290172/gardens-will-burst-with-colour-if-1-climbing-flower-is-planted-now/ #ClimbingFlowers #flowers #FlowersGardening #garden #GardenDecoration #gardening #SummerGardening #SweetPeas

Anyone else adore sweet peas? They're one of my favourites and I grow masses. I've been learning more with a new book (given copy, not paid for review). 'A World of Sweet Peas' is an in depth look at 'The Queen of Annuals'. Reviewed on my blog: https://bit.ly/3E3AIhg

#books #SweetPeas #flowers #BloomScrolling #BlogPost #gardens #gardening #plants