Well, I think that is what she said. L is a biology teacher and we were describing to her how we had positioned our winter squash in large containers under our bay window. The front of our house faces south and west and the sun's heat soaks into the brickwork, to the benefit of our plants. It seems to be working; our winter squash are courgette sized and very tasty. If we can refrain from harvesting all of them now some may mature to the full size we knew in the south.
Another plant benefitting from the rays is our jasmine. This is about to flower for the first time. A 'rescue' plant, this time from my sister, it came down to the south east, spent some time on the allotment and moved up here to our shed where it wasn't doing very much. We repotted it again and put it outside at the back. Lots of leaves but no flowers. We relocated it to the front by the porch and now for the first time it is about to flower.
Our final 'convalescent' group in need of sunshine were potted up this afternoon. We bought six large geraniums on 'yellow sticker' to complement our tubs of summer bedding. I hope there is enough of our northern summer left for them to pull back.
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