3: Gardening Diaries ...

[Logan]

Morning all and Alp, thanks for the info, see what i can get.

Echinaceas are magnets for them. Both @Upsy Daisy and I have pics with bees on them. Also eryngiums, knautias and scabious. They are all very good for bees. I love

 

[Logan]

@alp i think that there's a insect repellent that you might be able to get.

 

[alp]

I have got them, but need to hunt them out.

Wish I had mossie's instinct and found them straight away, as quickly as they found me.

 

[alp]

Greece wildfires: State of emergency as at least 50 people are killed
Towns and villages have been evacuated because of forest fires near Athens, which have also closed highways and diverted flights.

Source : Sky news

https://news.sky.com/story/state-of...wildfires-force-people-to-flee-homes-11446677

People go there for the sunshine and heat and now there are too much .. RIP to those who died such terrible deaths!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Morning!!!!

We've just finished watering too....such a chore

Bracing ourselves for anther day of heat.

Will continue potting on the wallflowers, before it gets too hot. Also look out for any seeds to harvest too

Have a great day!

 

[alp]

Generally, how long does it take you to water the whole garden, @Upsy Daisy ? I just want to find out if I spend more as I have so many hellebores .. The dreaded hellebores are opening up new soil for me to water, as if saying, we were thirsty, please water here! Like my itches telling me where to scratch!

Someone near us is going to have rain, definitely not me! Call me a cynic or sceptic.. We here are allergic to rain!

 

[Logan]

I have got them, but need to hunt them out.

Wish I had mossie's instinct and found them straight away, as quickly as they found me

 

[Upsy Daisy]

......Ummmm....maybe 3/4 of an hour.....thats with both of us doing it together.

 

[Logan]

.. The dreaded hellebores are opening up new soil for me to water, as if saying, we were thirsty, please water here!

Yes our hellebores are suffering, hubby watered them last night and this morning. He put half a watering can on each.

 

[Leeski]

My super hot chillis and toms loving the sun .
Me not so much :-(

 

[alp]

View attachment 41461 View attachment 41462 My super hot chillis and toms loving the sun .
Me not so much :-(

Perhaps it's a good idea to remove the lower leaves and the stems coming from the lower leaves. Remove them manually to stop them exerting pressure on the more useful part of the plant i.e. top flowers and top few leaves.

Beechgrove Jim shows me how to do it and so does Monty, the illusive Monty - not seen in any RHS flower shows and now I have to put up with Joe Swift. The snobs must be speaking!

 

[Leeski]

Perhaps it's a good idea to remove the lower leaves and the stems coming from the lower leaves. Remove them manually to stop them exerting pressure on the more useful part of the plant i.e. top flowers and top few leaves.

Beechgrove Jim shows me how to do it and so does Monty, the illusive Monty - not seen in any RHS flower shows and now I have to put up with Joe Swift. The snobs must be speaking!

On my chillis ?

 

[alp]

Orchid

Love it. Must have killed a lot. As I remember buying a LOOOOOOOOOOt!

Reckon that would not happen to @Leeski !

 

[Leeski]

Lovely colour

 

[alp]

I think our butterflies are suffering from ADHD. They are always fidgety.

They forgot about these - butterfly weeds

Not a single visitor!

Crazy Love just love my garden

Love the velvet feel of this orchid