#sweetpeas — Public Fediverse posts

10 beautiful garden flowers blooming in July – and how to keep them flowering for longer https://www.allforgardening.com/1896143/10-beautiful-garden-flowers-blooming-in-july-and-how-to-keep-them-flowering-for-longer/ #BeautifulGarden #borders #BritishGardenCentres #CottageGardens #DobbiesGardenCentres #FloweringPlants #garden #GettyImages #SweetPeas

Sweet peas at their best! 🌸 Their vibrant colors and delicate petals are adding a beautiful touch to the garden. Loving this burst of natural beauty. Who else is enjoying these lovely blooms? #GardenJoy #SweetPeas #NatureLovers

Grow guide here : https://vegplotter.com/grow-guides/sweet-pea

Sweet peas at their best! 🌸 Their vibrant colors and delicate petals are adding a beautiful touch to the garden. Loving this burst of natural beauty. Who else is enjoying these lovely blooms? #GardenJoy #SweetPeas #NatureLovers

Grow guide here : https://vegplotter.com/grow-guides/sweet-pea

#SweetPeas
#Dahlia
Lacecap #hydrangeas
#Clematis

#Summer #perennials #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #flowers #botanical #plants #garden #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #PollinatorGardens #FlowersIdentification #WhatsInMyGarden #WhatsBlooming #Florals

#SweetPeas
#Dahlia
Lacecap #hydrangeas
#Clematis

#Summer #perennials #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #flowers #botanical #plants #garden #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #PollinatorGardens #FlowersIdentification #WhatsInMyGarden #WhatsBlooming #Florals

These 6 Popular Bouquet Flowers Cost Less to Grow at Home Than to Buy at the Store, Experts Say https://www.allforgardening.com/1845829/these-6-popular-bouquet-flowers-cost-less-to-grow-at-home-than-to-buy-at-the-store-experts-say/ #EmilyLucas #FlowerGrower #garden #gardening #GettyImages #NicoleBurke #RebeccaSears #SunflowerSeeds #SweetPeas

Get ‘scent of summer’ in your garden with ‘brilliant’ plant https://www.allforgardening.com/1831900/get-scent-of-summer-in-your-garden-with-brilliant-plant/ #garden #gardening #GardeningIreland #honeysuckle #Jasmine #lavender #SweetPeas

From our yard recently, “sending” these blooms from our heart to @Kleen and @Weather_Rock_Wx, in gratitude for their June 2 and June 5 donations! How to donate, plus FAQs: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations.

About those blooms: Learn what we frequently do with lavender, and why we bought special thread at Slow Fiber, Monterey—better still, see a Salinas bike commuter we met when she was en route there June 5, to help her friend / the owner in that shop. https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-17th-anniversary-edition.html

#ActOnClimate #cycling #biking #transportation #ActiveTransportation #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #OrganicGardening #flowers #dianthus #SweetWilliam #lavender #SweetPeas #gardening

From our yard recently, “sending” these blooms from our heart to @Kleen and @Weather_Rock_Wx, in gratitude for their June 2 and June 5 donations! How to donate, plus FAQs: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations.

About those blooms: Learn what we frequently do with lavender, and why we bought special thread at Slow Fiber, Monterey—better still, see a Salinas bike commuter we met when she was en route there June 5, to help her friend / the owner in that shop. https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-17th-anniversary-edition.html

#ActOnClimate #cycling #biking #transportation #ActiveTransportation #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #OrganicGardening #flowers #dianthus #SweetWilliam #lavender #SweetPeas #gardening

I shell peas
And nibble some
And think of springs past

#haiku
#dailyhaikuprompt - #sweetpeas

I shell peas
And nibble some
And think of springs past

#haiku
#dailyhaikuprompt - #sweetpeas

North: SWEET PEAS

those delicate plants
pick those #sweetpeas carefully
a tasty salad

South: WEASEL

cunning in shadow
#weasel his way into love
broken hearts endure

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

North: SWEET PEAS

those delicate plants
pick those #sweetpeas carefully
a tasty salad

South: WEASEL

cunning in shadow
#weasel his way into love
broken hearts endure

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

Glad I picked these before the rain. Summer hasn’t started until the sweet peas bloom.
#sweetpeas #flowers #gardens #gardening #BloomScrolling

Glad I picked these before the rain. Summer hasn’t started until the sweet peas bloom.
#sweetpeas #flowers #gardens #gardening #BloomScrolling

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

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.

#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

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

🌸 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

So nice to see blue sky and sunshine back today. Apologies but here is another photo of the sweet peas looking like jewels in the sunlight.
#BloomScrolling #SweetPeas

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