We asked our readers to send in their pictures on the theme of “homegrown” amid the coronavirus pandemic. Here are some of the pictures sent to us from around the world.
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Usha Venkat
Usha Venkat: “The ornamental pineapple plant in this picture was a gift from my friend for taking care of her child. To my delight, both the plant as well the child have done well. The homegrown tall plant in this picture is three decades old, bringing back fond memories.”
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Katherine Zilm
Katherine Zilm: “A colourful basket of homegrown peppers harvested in mid-July 2020 from my sister’s greenhouse, located south of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.”
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Liz Henry
Liz Henry: “My homegrown strawberries, they have been so sweet this year.”
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Heidi Coppock Beard
Heidi Coppock Beard sent in one of a series of photographs she took during lockdown that explored her home and garden.
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Nichola Watts
Nichola Watts: “How beautiful are roses. A rare treat for me.”
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Victoria Nowson
Victoria Nowson: “My first ever broccoli bud, growing with the help of my eight-year-old.”
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Mimi Nguyen
Mimi Nguyen: “From seeds to plate – homegrown basil loves my sunny balcony in Singapore and is delicious for homemade pesto or with tomato burrata and pasta. I planted those seeds during the circuit breaker [lockdown] and they’ve happily survived the heat, the storms, the heavy rain since then. I’ll collect seeds from the plant and share them with my friends. Growing is caring.”
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Jenny Joshi
Jenny Joshi: “Our youngest son, Sandy, six, grew rainbow carrots all by himself. They were his first ever homegrown vegetables. He was delighted to pull out these sweet, little yellow-and-orange carrots, which were entwined. He thought they were cuddling.”
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Jenny Downing
Jenny Downing: “Gardening gloves after a hard day’s graft in the veggie plot.”
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Nazim Ali Khan
Nazim Ali Khan: “Pollinators arrive at [the] homegrown maize crop in my garden at Jammu and Kashmir, India.”
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Sam White
Sam White: “Some homegrown beetroot I started growing at the beginning of lockdown.”
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Kimberley Pearson
Kimberley Pearson: “Homegrown lavender used to decorate a semi-naked cake – using things to hand to jazz it up a bit.”
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Marian Chirianu
Marian Chirianu: “Apples from a local orchard near London next to three small wild apples freshly picked up from the tree in front of the house.”
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Claire Allan
Claire Allan: “This is a photo of my lovely grandad’s garden, a keen gardener who has found comfort in the homegrown during lockdown.”
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Tim Boardman
Tim Boardman: “My garden cherry tree produced a good crop this year. I always find the appearance of the fruit almost as enticing as the flavour, so I decided to arrange some of them in a small glass to preserve the shine and subtle reds.”
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Julian Sebag-Montefiore
Julian Sebag-Montefiore: “Using an indoor growing kit to grow peri-peri chillies in our London flat.”
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Kerrie Burke-Avery
Kerrie Burke-Avery caught this slug on her allotment in Bristol.
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Nigel Taylor
Nigel Taylor: “A home-designed and homemade greenhouse with a geodesic-domed roof.”
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Ama
And finally, Ama sent in this picture of carrots grown in reused milk containers in her dad’s garden.
The next theme is “open spaces” and the deadline for entries is 4 August 2020.
Send pictures to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or follow the link to “Upload your pictures here”, below.
Further details and terms can be found by following the link to “We set the theme, you take the picture”, at the bottom of the page.
All photographs subject to copyright.
