Shortly after dawn this morning the sun, rising in the east, began to light the tips of the garden trees.
These views from the back bedroom windows particularly highlight the sweet smelling cordyline Australis; the blossoming eucalyptus; the yellow bottle brush plant; the Wedding Day rose draped over the Agriframes Arch; and pink pelargoniums.
From the front we look down on two different pink climbing roses and more pelargoniums.
Aaron having broadened the bed bordering the lawn yesterday, Jackie spent the morning placing her mushrooms in their permanent home. First she took some plastic pot saucers and pierced them with holes; the trays were filled with gravel for drainage to protect the fabulous fungi from rot; all three were firmly embedded. The daisy-like erigerons will cover the gravel to provide a natural setting. Gnomes will not be welcome.
When I mentioned to Jackie that I was struggling to think of an apt title, she said: “Not much room for mushrooms”, which I would have been proud of myself.
Later I e-mailed these two pictures to https://www.facebook.com/blackstonechalk/ who had made the carvings from recycled ash.
This evening we dined on Jackie’s toothsome beef and mushroom pie; crisp roast potatoes, some of which were sweet; crunchy carrots and broccoli; and tender green beans, with tasty gravy. The Culinary Queen drank Becks while I quaffed more of the Fleurie.
The shrooms are much nicer than gnomes.
🙂 Agreed, Sherry. Thanks a lot.
Your post is early today. You must be eager to show off those mushrooms. I would not have thought about the drainage angle–or a possible gnome infestation. 😀
Your views of the garden are lovely.
🙂 Thanks very much, Merril.
Looking lovely Derrick.
Thanks very much, Cindy.
My timing is excellent if I do say so myself. I’ve been offline for a number of days but making a return to normality again now and really happy to see the mushrooms in place. They are just beautiful!. The maker is talented and knows how to let the wood speak and Jackie has placed them perfectly. Happy, happy!
A perfect place for the mushrooms. May you remain gnome free… 😉
Thanks very much, Maj.
I think the gnomes might just sneak into the garden when you are asleep and make the mushrooms their dwelling.
A distinct possibility, Geetha. Thank you very much
Welcome Derrick 🙂
I like them. You should have got 4. They look like the Beatles with their mop-tops!
🙂 Thanks a lot, Andrew
Ah, your roses!
I was wondering where the mushrooms would go, and this seems a perfect setting for them. But why discourage, gnomes?
Thanks a lot, Dolly. The Head Gardener doesn’t like them 🙂
She is the boss, of course. You are very welcome, Derrick.
🙂 Thanks very much, Dolly.
My pleasure, Derrick.
Is it appropriate to say I consider you a fungi to associate with? 🙂
Don’t they look great in situ?
Indeed. Thanks a lot, Sherry
Lovely colourful views out of your windows Derrick. So nice!
Thank you very much, Agnes
You are welcome Derrick 🙂
The mushrooms are terrific! I agree with Sherry.
Thank you very much, Leslie
The mushrooms are in the perfect spot.
Thanks very much, Peggy
I do like those mushrooms. Would go well with the gnomes.
Thanks a lot, Gary. I forgot about yours 🙂
I’m glad a place was found.
Thanks very much, Chrissy.
Love the mushrooms! Great title, Jackie!
Thanks very much from us both, Jill.
A head gardener and a wit, who could ask for anything more?
🙂 Thanks a lot, Tootlepedal.
The mushrooms look lovely in their new spot, Derrick and Jackie. What a beautiful place, especially in that angled morning light!
Are you still getting unseasonably warm weather?
Thanks very much, Lavinia. No, we are back to normal teen temperatures and mostly duller skies.
The mushrooms are intresting.
Thanks very much, Mrs W.
Your welcome.
You two are a wonderful team 😉
I would love to have such views from my windows 😉🌸
Thank you so much, Ribana
I was going to comment that your mushrooms are all ready for gnomes or fairy folk. Oops, that would have been a faux pas. 😉 Kudos to Jackie on the post title and rot-prevention measures.
Vert many thanks, Liz. Fairy folk might just be acceptable 🙂
But as I came to learn today, there was a gnomish interloper in the night.
🙂
Just as I was remembering the necessary spell to turn myself into a gnome for a fragrant siesta near the mushrooms in your garden, you dropped the bombshell. No room for gnomes, sir?
Sorry about that, Uma. I’m sure the Head Gardener would make an exception for you. Thanks very much.
Love the title. Well done, Jackie. 👏🏻 The mushrooms are fabulous. 😍
Thanks very much, Sylvia. 🙂
The mushrooms are fabulous. if gnomes wanted into your garden, I bet they’d already be there…
Ah, Lisa. perhaps they are 🙂 Thanks very much.
Well, you answered my question before I asked it. Do you have gnomes? I guess I’ll save my breath on that one. 😉
🙂 Thanks very much, Steve.
Lush, lush garden. Envious here 🙂
Thank you very much, Arlene. With your heat we would struggle
A gnome who intended to roam
around and on top of these domes
would find plans unraveled
by those dishes of gravel,
now recorded in Derrick’s fine tome!
Thank you for taking the time
to compose thi relevant rhyme, Linda.
Sometimes I sprout limericks like mushrooms!
I think 3 is the perfect number for mushrooms. Maybe some gentle fairies or toads will enjoy them. Great idea for the drainage engineering. I like the garden views from above, too.
Thanks very much, JoAnna.
The mushrooms are great. I share Jackie’s lack of enthusiasm for gnomes, however small. Two made an unwelcome appearance in my garden and now hide under the lavender bushes – is it my fault the lavender has grown so well?
Someone has to like gnomes – maybe the lavender does. Thanks very much, Anne.
I so love these pictures. Mashallah, God has blessed us with such beauty. Subhanallah
Thank you and God, Muntazir
“Gnomes will not be welcome” may not necessarily be your decision. As Eccles so wonderfully used to say, “Everybody has to be somewhere”.
Wonderful title and the views. Your garden is a blessing.
Thanks very much from us both, Rupali
Seems counterintuitive to have fungi that doesn’t rot… oh and gnomes should be punishable by death
🙂
Hello Derrick
It’s a nice find that Jackie made with these mushrooms, I find them fantastic.
But … why not accept that the dwarves come to them? Afraid they’d make houses out of them?
ps: in your menus, I often see beef pie.
Would Jackie be kind enough to send me the recipe? (via facebook it’s possible) Thank you very much
Thanks very much from us both, Yoshimi. Jackie doesn’t use recipes but I’ll ask her to send you the method. Tonight’s post may answer the dwarves question 🙂
Thank you very much Derrick
For the dwarves, I will go see, I am intrigued 😉
Oh, I love those mushrooms!
Thanks very much, Sue.
A fitting place indeed.
Thanks a lot, Lindsey.
The shrooms look right at home! 😀
Thanks a lot, Widders.
Love the mushrooms
Thanks very much, June
I enjoyed seeing how very thoughtfully Jackie’s new mushrooms have been ‘planted’. The makers will be delighted to get your pictures!
They were delighted, Susan. Thank you very much.
The mushrooms have found a wonderful home…it’s like they were meant to be there!
(((HUGS))) 🙂
PS…I was AWOL, but like The Terminator, ” I’ll be bach!” and now, I’m back. I explained in a blog I just now blogged. 🙂
We both noticed your absence, Carolyn. I’ll have a look at your blog later. Thanks very much X