3: Gardening Diaries ...

[alp]

Glorious day today

Probably the last day of Indian summer. Woken up by heat again before 5am. Set the alarm by 7am but couldn't sleep.
So Netflix must be boring
as @DirtMechanic is snoring! .

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Morning all!

Very misty out there at the moment, but once cleared we are said to have a fairly good day

Know what you mean about self seeders @alp
Yesterday I planted out a couple of our raised patio beds , managing to fill them with loads of self seeded Primroses and Violas adding clumps of poppies as well. Then added the Wallflowers ( never had self seeded ones) and the others that were also started from seed. I find it hard to get rid of certain self seeders.... keep poking them into any gaps I find

 

[alp]

Then added the Wallflowers ( never had self seeded ones)

Wish I lived next to you and I would throw them to you. Mind you, I could also chuck you some beautifully red snapdragons! I will plant the cerinthes in the front garden now as the bees need them! Ah, how can I forget the bees? .

I will move the dwarf hypericums to the front. I don't mind leaving them here!

Self seeders are a nuisance! Fancy how I soaked the big cerinthe seeds for weeks next to my window seal 4 years ago. Now that I have them, they have become a weed self seeding at the most inconvenient of places. Adding to the list of invaders - eryngiums, acanthus, Leucanthemum and garlic mustard.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

....there's no pleasing us gardeners is there!!!

Would be nice having you as a neighbour

 

[alp]

The garden invaders - cerinthes! Cerinthes everywhere and I have already moved 6 to the front and they died because of the heat and dryness in the soil. And I removed some 5 big ones which I forgot to replant

Not so bad as ox-eye daisies!

Rose Standard thinks it's summer. It had never flowers until a month ago

Salvia amistad with stems collapsing everywhere and an aster enjoying the time of the year!

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The heat and drought agreed with my rubber plant and spider plants. The pot has white juicy roots sticking out. Another struggle to rehouse the lot and more pots. I have repotted 10 stems of spider plants

So next year, I need to find out an important main stem of every single dahlia and properly label their heights and stake them. The Art Nouveau likes to bury their flowers in amongst the foliage!

 

[DirtMechanic]

Glorious day today

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Probably the last day of Indian summer. Woken up by heat again before 5am. Set the alarm by 7am but couldn't sleep.
So Netflix must be boring
as @DirtMechanic is snoring! .

It is nice to wake up to poetry. Good Morning all!

 

[Zenj]

Didn’t take this photo but it was taken when the red arrows fly over the great north run ,
river Tyne and the sage great pic.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

My Dad use to know all the Red Arrow team, back in days gone by. He did get a great 90th birthday card from them a few years ago, which was really lovely

 

[alp]

It is nice to wake up to poetry. Good Morning all!

One rhyming couplet hardly a poem makes!

LOL!

 

[alp]

View attachment 46283 Didn’t take this photo but it was taken when the red arrows fly over the great north run ,
river Tyne and the sage great pic.

Lovely view, especially over the lovely bridge. Must go there and walk on it before my legs give up the ghost! Nice weather for the event!

 

[alp]

What is that lump of silver please, @Zenj ?

Been working very hard. From 10 to 11.45 and 3 to 5.20 and got rid of a lot of dead bamboos. Very sad year because of the heat.

 

[Zenj]

What is that lump of silver please, @Zenj ?

Been working very hard. From 10 to 11.45 and 3 to 5.20 and got rid of a lot of dead bamboos. Very sad year because of the heat.

It’s called the sage ,music mostly venue brilliant acoustics We’ve seen Kathrine Jenkins ,Kate Rusby ,And Julie Fowler there,Jake Bugg And Joanna Lumleys on soon so a mix bag of entertainment .

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Evening all !

...Who remembers this......

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...83745590A8BFB762D9A183745590A8BF&&FORM=VRDGAR

They don't make them like they use too


Haven't done much in the garden today as my Dad has a bad cold so have been over to see him and stock him up with paracetamol and tissues

Did manage to store away some more bulbs that had dried off. And pulled up a couple of ' past it' Cosmos. Surprisingly there is still a lot of belated summer colour out there.

 

[Zenj]

Ah Evening all sure do along with billy cotton band show and Black and white minstrels also remember the dot going when you turned the tele off .

 

[Upsy Daisy]