Outside view*

Yesterday morning we watered the Weeds HQ garden at just gone 8am in preparation for the 27° heatwave. The poppies we enjoy sowing randomly, just throwing seed here and there have done very well (above and below). There’s no rhyme or reason to our flower sowing sometimes but yet we’re OCD as they come when it comes to straight as a die vegetable seed rows. What’s all that about?

We’ve stuck the cacti and succulents outside now (below) as the weather’s on the up and loaded up the south suburban box found in the skip with night scented stock which are both on the top of an old belfast sink just outside the back door.

And the bonkers as anything Egyptian onions (below) are now starting to “top set”. More pictures to come of these strange onions.

And last night this tune was on rewind on the estate behind us at their summer party last night, Koffee with the tune Toast. Tune!

Which, if you’ve had a drink has a similar chord structure to the below. Well sort of, but we ain’t complaining as they are both two very good tunes and there are only so many musical notes, ain’t there? Please tell us the producers, Major Lazer’s Walshy Fire, and Izy Beats have been tuning in to the late great Holger Czukay.

*And finally as we were checking that the name of the blog post was the correct name of the song from the punk band Eater, we came across an interview (here) with Dee Generate (at the time their 14 year old drummer) from about 2002. Well what do you know, another ex-punk into gardening: “I have a sloping garden which I have designed myself, with a deck area and terraces. I have put in Fatsia Japonica, Yuccas, Cordyline, Ferns and other big plants. I plan to make some big sculptures when I get time.” As they say in the Punk circles of today: Gardening’s not dead!

A walking onion and a mid-week tune

This odd looking thing above is the strange Egyptian or walking onion and nearly ready to do its stuff. In a couple of weeks they’ll be bulblets growing at the top of the plant and possibly where that strange light green junction is on the stalk. We’ll keep you updated. More on the Egyptian onion here and here.

Big shout to Scotch Bonnet Records for letting us know about the latest release from Mungo’s Hi Fi  featuring the great vocals of Eva Lazarus called Live my life. Look out for Amsterdam as well from the same project. Both big tunes here at weeds! Available here and here.

Another onion in a different kitchen

Eau de cologne_1It didn’t half get cold later on last night but I did manage to enjoy a bit of “tipping around” in the back garden in the sunshine after I got in from work yesterday.

Up near the house in a interesting concrete pot  that I found when I cleaned out the then neglected garden pond years ago, I have some Eau de Cologne Mint and an Egyptian Walking Onion aka Tree, Top or Walking Onion. I noticed that a bulb is starting to form on it’s stem (close up below.) It’s a very strange plant indeed and If you like “odd” like I do, there’s some great pics of mad walking onions here.Eau de close up