3: Gardening Diaries ...

[alp]

Lovely photos and SPRING is here bar another cold snap. I love the 2nd one. Such tiny flowers, but full of exquisite details.

AND your wall flowers seem to be OK!

 

[Logan]

Yes thanks, hopefully it won't be as bad as the last one.

 

[Zenj]

Morning all sunny and a high of 10 c today

 

[alp]

Same here! Bliss and I wish I hadn't used my tumble dryer! Just don't have much faith in the weather report!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Morning one and all!!

What a gorgeous start to the day......even the horses in the field have a spring in their galloping!

Please to report that most of the seeds I sowed last week have germinated.....just a few lazy ones to catch up now

Today I want to add extra fleece and bubble wrap to the inner insulated compartment inside the greenhouse. There are quite a few new seedlings in there now and I would be very ...if the weekends cold spell caused their demise!

On a much sadder note.......the passing of the truly great Prof.Stephen Hawking......you changed our view on the world. Restful peace be yours now

 

[Logan]

On a much sadder note.......the passing of the truly great Prof.Stephen Hawking......you changed our view on the world. Restful peace be yours now [/QUOTE]
Yes it's very sad, but he did well with his motor neurone desease.

Glad that your seedlings are coming up well.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Oh definitely @Logan....our dear friend who helped hubs to draw up the plans for our house, sadly only lived a year after diagnosis

 

[Logan]

Couldn't get lavender from GC, hubby found a website called Lavender Farm. It sells 2lt pots for £6.99 first class postage for £3.99. Ordered 2 to plant together.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

This was in my mag. that the postie has just delivered.....@Logan
It's a lavender I've not seen before.....excuse the wonky pics, I'm on my tablet......I'll get the hang of it one day!!

 

[Logan]

This was in my mag. that the postie has just delivered.....@Logan
It's a lavender I've not seen before.....excuse the wonky pics, I'm on my tablet......I'll get the hang of it one day!!

Yes it's cotton lavender, not what i want, thanks.

Love
Somebody else has died,
Jim Bowen used to do bullseye.
That's three now.

Hubby said that it was my fault because i said they die in three's.

 

[Mark56]

Weeded the beds and tickled in the Fish, Blood & Bone organic fertiliser today. These are my Spring pots waiting for a new home but attracting lots of pollinators in the meantime.

 

[alp]

Crocuses are so nice, Mark56, not forgetting your electric blue irises. Lovely spring flowers. I almost forgot my thread. Don't even know the thread's gone. Will give it a miss.

With splendid sunshine, even my red camellias came out in splendour. Normally, every time I photographed something red, it's just a patch of red colour and yet today, I caught something more than a patch of blurred red.

Sorry for my indulgence ! Hard to capture this red petals separately in my dodgy camera!

Some spring bulbs to join in the fun with Mark and Logan

Some late flowering galanthus Polar Bear

It has a split inner marking and an unusual upward tilt.

Beluga

Finally, I also bought a bug hotel at Home Bargains. Well chuffed.

@johnny canoe We can compare our visitors.

Here is one to my hellebore this morning

 

[Logan]

@alp they're all lovely, why don't you make a new thread.

 

[alp]

People might think I am attention seeking! LOL!

 

[alp]

Couldn't get lavender from GC, hubby found a website called Lavender Farm. It sells 2lt pots for £6.99 first class postage for £3.99. Ordered 2 to plant together.

That's a bargain. 2L pots give them a fighting chance.

My white lavender seeds have germinated.

Don't remember the lower part in lilac though. It was still covered with seed pods. Delectable!