Our gardening diaries - from latest toys, flowers to wildlife .. Please upload pics

[Logan]

Morning all.
@Upsy Daisy yes hope to plant some cosmos and do more fruit picking.
I thought i got all the grass out of the border, but it's back again.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

2nd Good Morning to you all!

A bit late this morning as I've been catching up on the Autistic Gardener prog.

Hope everyone is well today.

Off the restock on MPC , then back to seed sow!

Have a, Sensational Sunday!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Weeds are the bane of our lives here, as we are surrounded by farmland!
When we first moved here the grazing cattle kept it in order but over the years they have been replaced by horses , and being less in numbers the fields do tend to get overgrown. This of course leads to us getting showered in seeds that catch the breeze.....and all seem to land in our garden!!!!

Hey ho.....small price to pay for our beautiful outlook

 

[BigC]

Weeds are the bane of our lives here, as we are surrounded by farmland!
When we first moved here the grazing cattle kept it in order but over the years they have been replaced by horses , and being less in numbers the fields do tend to get overgrown. This of course leads to us getting showered in seeds that catch the breeze.....and all seem to land in our garden!!!!

Hey ho.....small price to pay for our beautiful outlook

Dont mention Weeds New revitalized lawn area and still I get weeds.....the war goes on hahaha)
Afternoon peeps (UK clockwatchers)...Just finished up watering the Hot House with all the new aquisitions and seedlings its getting a bit crowded in there, even moreso in a months time I'd expect..
Anyhow There's only so much Lettuce I can eat at the moment and I do wish the Toms were here as I'm sick of buying them hahahaha......Here's a little view from this mornings cramped conditions...Have a great day everyone

 

[alp]

Hi, everybody! Hope you're all on your best behaviour. @BigC Such a fantastic seedling corner .. I'm so green with envy..

@Upsy Daisy which channel is this autistic gardener programme? Not on iplayer?

My first day away..

Upton House - a massive mansion with lots of lakes and a steep garden

When you look down, you can see the garden on a steep slope and a big pond at the bottom.

It has loads of salvia - yellow ones, pale pink, vibrant pink and blue . and hotlips

Would love to know the name of this blue ones

Exotic abutilon grown on the slope

Lovely delphinium and plenty of peonies and lupins as well.

 

[alp]

Wonderful garden in Packwood House ..

Just outside, I saw this lovely wild teasel

I am growing this, I think .. (sorry for being so vague .. I'm just so hopeless!)

Any kind person can name the above for me? Thank you in advance.

Oh, how I love this eryngium. I bought the seeds, eryngium alpinum, thinking it was this one...
!
No, I wonder if this is superbum.. Cry me a river!

How can you not love salvia ... ??

Any kind person knows the names of the one below and the two above please?

 

[BigC]

Awesome...Alp....some real beauties in there

 

[Logan]

@alp that's a great mansion and gardens.
Lovely salvias, the blue one especially.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Hi @alp , how's your holiday ? Upton House looks beautiful !

No , it's on channel 4, I had to download the app this morning to watch it.....very good. My dad told me it was on last night, but as it was halfway through I thought that I would wait and watch the whole programme.

Sowed a couple of biennials-Campanula and Bellis Perennis. Went out to buy some more MPC.....so all set now to carry on sowing......love it!

 

[Logan]

Morning all.

 

[alp]

Good morning to a cool Essex. with the sun trying to break through.

@Upsy Daisy I had to google this posh Bellis Perennis... I'm out of my depth.. So nice to hear that you're feeling happy.

Going to mow my lawns at 7.30 and it's going to be a busy morning. Some snaps from my own garden yesterday

One of the first cosmos sulphureus

Echinacea Pallida from last year.

A lovely yellow Tanz echinacea - now I have found there are orange ones as well. They are truly stunning

Double lilies - white and pink ones and the fragrance is just incredible ..

They are both inside my lean to. One is an Isabelle and the other??

Another big and bold double petunia

My spider flower

My latest additions to dahlia collection

Apologies to this dahlia as the photo can't do it justice. A distinctive orange...

And I love this one most - a subtle collarette .. Reminds me of an Indian girl ..

Enjoy your memory making moments ..

 

[BigC]

Morning all..my oh my some of you folks are up early

 

[Logan]

@alp Did you have a good holiday? Flowers are amazing.
@BigC lovely pansy I'm always up early, to walk the boys. Well at the moment hubby does.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Morning all !

Stunning pics @alp. Are you feeling refreshed after your hols?

I've sowed the Pomponette Mixed Bellis, in shades of pink/ rose.. should be good in the shady areas on our east patio......well that's the plan anyway!

@Logan.... you're getting earlier and earlier....what time do you go to bed?

Pretty @BigC....very delicate shade.

Hubs and eldest are off to Southampton so have the house to myself for an hour...will hoover right through....so much easier without wandering humans getting in the way.


Looks like it's going to be a Mundane Monday for me......hope it's not for you!

 

[Logan]

@Upsy Daisy We fall asleep on settee about 9.30pm then boys go for a wee at 11pm. Then go to bed at 11.30pm. Wake up at 4.30am. Hubby takes the boys for their walks and i get the breakfast ready.
I've been doing some digging and planted some of the cosmos.