3: Gardening Diaries ...

[Mark56]

Happy birthday Berry boy! Barney was 2 on Friday, he got extra special liver treats Barney is of course my Border Terrier.. hehe

 

[Logan]

Happy birthday Berry boy! Barney was 2 on Friday, he got extra special liver treats Barney is of course my Border Terrier.. hehe

Thank you from Berry and happy birthday to Barney.

 

[alp]

Happy 2nd Birthday to you, Barney, and many, many happy returns!
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[Mark56]

 

[Logan]

Morning all

 

[alp]

Good morning to another grey day here in Essex. The ground is still wet, so it must have rained. Very mild, so it's a bonus. At weekend, the weather is going to turn cold again. So be careful of your plants.

This hellebore has the most dramatic pattern amongst all my flowers

Some very late flowering galanthus

This one has a big pedicel and it makes the flower tilt upward instead of down.

And this one, I don't even know the name.

Sorry for the muddy finger. Yesterday it was clayy and slippery

And this one.. I haven't got a clue of its name.

 

[Logan]

Good morning Alp, lovely pics. Yes thanks, we are going to have snow the weekend.

 

[alp]

Good morning Alp, lovely pics. Yes thanks, we are going to have snow the weekend.

Thank you so much for your kind comments.

Weather: I know. Just too optimistic and removed all the insulation materials to reveal a much brighter lean to. The whole kitchen seems to be so much happier and now 1c on Sunday! What a to-do! And Beast from the East is back.

All my begonias fireglow, the white one, the pink one and the red one have all BITTEN the DUST! How cheerful is that. Should have done @johnny canoe 's way! He's in Canada and his are so happy! I'm a real bad mother!

But the sun is out! Hurrah! although I'm out of my beloved begonias!

 

[Logan]

Yes i did with my lean to. Have to put it back the weekend. Sorry about your plants and seedlings.

 

[alp]

Same happened to me for being too optimistic with my planting out courgette seedlings too early. Think it would be warm, but suddenly, a cold snap swooped and had my seedlings for dinner!

 

[Logan]

Have you sown courgettes early before?
I wouldn't do them until may. But you live more south east than me.

 

[alp]

No, what seeds shall I sow today please? Lobelia perhaps as I am seriously thinking of making some hanging baskets.

 

[Logan]

You can sow lobelia now, give it plenty of light.

 

[alp]

Yes, add a bit of Tesco finest tomatoes and a bit of strawberries, just followed silentrunning's idea!

 

[alp]

Sown some echinacea purpureas, some true blue penstemon, some unknown seeds and petunia star mixed.