We have been working on tidying up the garden over the last couple of weeks and as it was a sunny day (at last) I took some garden photos including some shots of the dahlias grown from the saved seeds.

Montage of dahlias

The dahlias did not come true to the plants from which they were collected, but are a lovely mix of colours, so we will definitely repeat this exercise next year.  However, we’ll get the seeds going somewhat earlier so that we can get a feel for the likely colour before planting things out.

Given the tomato disaster at the allotment it is nice to have a back up at home and a variety that we haven’t grown before (Tamatina) is looking very good.  They have grown on nicely, look fairly productive and have quite a good flavour so this may be a variety that we use again.

Tamatinas in a bed

Tamatinas in a tub

The overview of the garden is also looking quite good – as long as you’re not close enough to see the weeds.

Back garden late August 2011