3: Gardening Diaries ...

[alp]

BIG aquilegia! Chelsea is ON! Missed the recording.

 

[BigC]

Folks, enjoy the weather next week as the whole of UK is cloudless except a blue blob in Eire! will be the order of the day!

Ok @alp my wounds are open and your vastly running out of salt hahahaha

I've just seeded another couple of trays of mixed Aster and Cornflowers...so we'll get these up and potted on with a view to placing some in the borders...Question...If I pot on into those little Papier Mâché or fiber coir pots can I plant those straight into the ground once the plant is up a little??

Indoor Strawbs are doing quite nicely.

 

[alp]

Strawberries look promising! Raining in Ireland?

 

[BigC]

Strawberries look promising! Raining in Ireland?

OUCH!
"Thanks" and "Not at the minute" hahahahaha...If there's washing on the line its dry...do you think I'd be taking pictures in the rain lol

 

[Zenj]

Here’s a blackbird fledgling going for a first dip in the pond

 

[Logan]

...If I pot on into those little Papier Mâché or fiber coir pots can I plant those straight into the ground once the plant is up a little??

Yes you can, looking good.

 

[alp]

How did you manage to take a photo of a bird? it's not easy. They tend to fly away before I can point the camera. Once the sun has gone, it's cold. Took quite a bit of dahlia cuttings, not near the tubers though. Those tubers in the ground have come through with new shoots. Thank heavens the cold hasn't totally killed them.

 

[Zenj]

At the moment the garden as stacks of blackbirds digging for worms to feed there young
and just carry on even when you are working in the garden , You should here the racket they make when the resident magpie turns up .

 

[Logan]

Morning all

 

[DirtMechanic]

And its 11pm here.

 

[alp]

Howdy to @DirtMechanic and good morning/afternoon/evening to the Brits and non-Brits!

The employer must be snoring by now!

Now I'm getting a bit more cosmopolitan - knowing the US time, just a bit.

Going to be a scorcher. And I need to go out fast before being baked by the sun. A lot to tidy up before the evaluation man comes.

Going to catch up with Chelsea Flower Show as well. @marlingardener : If you can watch iplayer or the BBC, please try to watch it. One was on last night at 6pm here. Enjoy!

@Zenj It's so lovely to see birds close up. We have mostly crows or ravens. Neighbour suddenly has developed his liking for the birds and actually has been feeding them. Then his daughter took the cue and these big black birds are always hovering round here. Yesterday, I heard quite a few distressing calls - could be squirrels or bigger birds attacking eggs in amongst the giants trees at the back. Quite sad to hear them screaming alarms!

 

[BigC]

Morning all..
Well...there wont be any spontaneous rampant bush or gorse fires starting around here anytime soon I can tell you @alp will be pleased to know lol

 

[alp]

BigC You can go for penstemons which are easy to grow as well. Cuttings are easy to take.

Penstemon sour grapes



More common form of penstemons will be sold in GC. Keep an eye out for the reduction in posh gcs. You will be surprised.

 

[Logan]

BigC You can go for penstemons which are easy to grow as well. Cuttings are easy to take.

Penstemon sour grapes

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More common form of penstemons will be sold in GC. Keep an eye out for the reduction in posh gcs. You will be surprised.

They might not be as hardy in Ireland. They might need protection in winter.

 

[alp]

So do Salvias. Even here, they need protection. Chelsea is a bit of mis-match! Some square blocks remind me of James Basson's graveyard planting and some lego head .. Oh, dear!

BigC You will like it a big garden filled sporadically with LUPINS! Your resourceful grandad would have loved!