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Good Morning.. Time to go out and pick.
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@BigC, my dad has 2 ponds one is huge, but in the corner of his smaller one he has a stunning clump of Arum Lillies....this also serves to hide a few bits too.
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I am going to get some trampoline mesh put aside for me when she dismantled her trampoline. It's just next to Aldi. Logan, thank you for the info.
It's just too hot and I am watch Fatal vows. How low can people get?
It's just too hot and I am watch Fatal vows. How low can people get?
It sunny again and forecast all week, the ground getting harder and harder to dig, But been really busy today in the Garden planting out like a mad man, watched the footy and a bit of tennis in between but other than that in the garden.
I've been trying to empty the GH of plants so finally planted out sweet peas - cosmos - annual rudbeckia - antirrhinums and others. Moved lythrum dropmore purple behind rose Lady of shallot, had a good plant out in the front hot border as well, got my iris supreme sultan planted along with lobelai QV - saliva amistad - coreopsis zagarb - dahlia A night. Got clematis walenburg plant in that border to grow up a buddleia.
Planted out the rest of the dahlias and erygrium nepture gold and other perennials, my colocasia black coral arrived the other day so potted that up for a summer display. Give the garden a good watering, the lawn looking terrible, not used to such long periods without rain. Potted up my cucamelon as well and feed and watered the tomatoes and cucumbers. I still seem to have to many plants in the greenhouse so I think I'll take them round to mum and plant some troughs up for her.
I've been trying to empty the GH of plants so finally planted out sweet peas - cosmos - annual rudbeckia - antirrhinums and others. Moved lythrum dropmore purple behind rose Lady of shallot, had a good plant out in the front hot border as well, got my iris supreme sultan planted along with lobelai QV - saliva amistad - coreopsis zagarb - dahlia A night. Got clematis walenburg plant in that border to grow up a buddleia.
Planted out the rest of the dahlias and erygrium nepture gold and other perennials, my colocasia black coral arrived the other day so potted that up for a summer display. Give the garden a good watering, the lawn looking terrible, not used to such long periods without rain. Potted up my cucamelon as well and feed and watered the tomatoes and cucumbers. I still seem to have to many plants in the greenhouse so I think I'll take them round to mum and plant some troughs up for her.
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Morning all
Good morning to all and good night to @DirtMechanic !
The sun is already going crazy. Got up late - first time I slept in the backbedroom and it was so nice to have a proper memory foam mattress to sleep on and some fresh air from the back garden. Did 30 minutes of watering. I don't even have a lawn to speak of! 1/3 in of cracks everywhere. I had to water the lawn again and as soon as I did that, the water evaporated and the soil turned yellow bone dry again. All the young plants have had a drink and I hope they all survive the crazy sunshine. Going to give all the ericaceous plants a proper dunking with a bit of a feed.
Have a nice day everyone!
The sun is already going crazy. Got up late - first time I slept in the backbedroom and it was so nice to have a proper memory foam mattress to sleep on and some fresh air from the back garden. Did 30 minutes of watering. I don't even have a lawn to speak of! 1/3 in of cracks everywhere. I had to water the lawn again and as soon as I did that, the water evaporated and the soil turned yellow bone dry again. All the young plants have had a drink and I hope they all survive the crazy sunshine. Going to give all the ericaceous plants a proper dunking with a bit of a feed.
Have a nice day everyone!
The mesh is to drape on the lean to roof to reduce the heat into the lean to. All the plants including the horrible yellow chrysanthemum Easter Star are in there and also some blueberries as the fruits were attacked by something (SS or birds). Hope it works.
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Morning all melting peeps!
Just jumped in the shower and I've come out as drippy as I went in
Just had a coffee in the garden and I must say the sky is a beautiful cloudless blue......ideally I would appreciate a rain cloud or two though
Plan this morning is to sort out and try and resuscitate some very sad looking plants in one of the borders whilst it's still in the shade.
Come the afternoon we have absolutely no shade in the garden, which is proving unbearable at the moment, so housework time then!!
Some manky looking ( but pretty) Poppies......I blame the weather, not the head gardener
Just jumped in the shower and I've come out as drippy as I went in
Just had a coffee in the garden and I must say the sky is a beautiful cloudless blue......ideally I would appreciate a rain cloud or two though
Plan this morning is to sort out and try and resuscitate some very sad looking plants in one of the borders whilst it's still in the shade.
Come the afternoon we have absolutely no shade in the garden, which is proving unbearable at the moment, so housework time then!!
Some manky looking ( but pretty) Poppies......I blame the weather, not the head gardener
Now you're making me feel guilty. I killed all my poppies - I just don't have room for them. They are so lovely. No wonder Monty allowed their invasion in his white corner. How can't you not love them?
Cry me a river for any rain or rain clouds! Even rain clouds would be better than sunshine. Son is grunting as he has been trying to put the mesh on the lean to ceiling whilst the sun is beating unrelentingly on him.
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As they say...every cloud has a silver lining
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Good Morning! Still beat up from yesterday when a sudden urge to perform a mid season weeding took control of my day. I discovered small flying insects attacking my squash roots and they had gotten so overgrown it was too humid and even wet under them to slow fungi down. It happens every year. Next year I am thinking I will trellis the squash in some way. So the garden got sprayed for bugs and today it will get some actinovate. I picked more squash and zukini and started getting some tender cucumbers. Becky picked blueberrys.
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