Humble Bungalow Garden...and a Humble Bungalow Pie

Gardener's are never truly satisfied with how their patch is looking
we always feel it is never quite finished...
when compliments flow on a walkabout with a guest
we bend over to pinch a weed or deadhead a bloom that has faded
and make apologies.

Many of us change and rearrange our beds on a seasonal basis.
There are perennials to be divided and new exciting plants that have garnered our attention that we absolutely must purchase, even though we have not one square inch of space left...
not to worry we dig up some more turf and widen the border until there's more bed than grass!

This is the new project I embarked on...
the front bed beside the gravel drive.

Slate pieces littered haphazardly throughout the bed

they allow me to kneel on a foam gardener's pad 

and weed without getting too dirty.

Euphorbia

Potted plants add height

and can be moved around

and easily changed with the seasons

the clump of darker green beside the potted plant is a giant rudbeckia 

which grows to about 7 feet and has sunny yellow blooms

Boxwood plants

which will grow slowly and form a hedge which I shall keep neatly trimmed

a little bit of formality has been invited into an otherwise rambling cottage garden.

Much of the garden will remain the same as last year

our season has been stalled by the cold and rainy weather

the past few days we have enjoyed some long desired for sunshine 

and happily the thermometer has been on the rise.

The bulk of the veggies will be planted this coming weekend...

Elephant garlic and Yukon Gold spuds were planted last weekend by Mr. HB

Look at this huge Rhubarb!

It is ripe for the picking

and there's a pie recipe that I would love to share...

I have collected recipes over the past 37 years...

some of them have had to be written over many times as they have been used so much

this is one such recipe...

from Joyce, a former bridge partner.

You can substitute Greek style plain yogurt 

for the whipped cream...

so delicious served warm from the oven!

I hope that you enjoy this pie if you decide to bake it.

As the garden changes

so does my repertoire of recipes...

this tested tried and true reliable winner is my favourite.