Planted some more narcissi and some shrubs in the side border we are renovating. Cut down a small brown turkey fig tree that was in the wrong place (we prefer the green figs). Collected more leaves to make leaf mould. Still lots to do but slowly getting there. Pulled and took some mushrooms (they grow under the pine trees) to our neighbours.
Martina Franca, Puglia, southern Italy Love living in Italy but a Loiner at heart
Tried Monty Don's hardwood cuttings method for a forsythia and a cotinus ?? That bush that has the scarlet stems, anyway... we'll see what happens, if anything. Also put in some new varieties of bearded iris.
Hello , I took some hardwood cuttings of roses a few years ago on Monty’s suggestion and 4 out of six took , I was very pleased and roses 🌹 successful grew
Had our first frost yesterday and another this morning
Raking leaves here and pulling up the spent sweet pea plants. Delighted to see snowdrops starting to poke through. Not so pleased to see Narcissus Thalia coming through, far too early.
Split a festuca glauca into four pieces and re-planted them along with a photinia Red Robin. Planted some more bulbs. I have narcissi Trepolo and Stainless poking through and a flower bud on an anemone coronaria!
Martina Franca, Puglia, southern Italy Love living in Italy but a Loiner at heart
I also raked up leaves on the lawn from my magnolia stellata. I then crawled under the magnolia to clear more leaves away as there's small scilla bulbs underneath and found to my delight, snowdrops already coming through. Not so pleased to find ivy trying to get established under there.
I planted two pots of bright red cyclamen in my front door trough and found the T n T daffs starting to come up. Cheered me up no end. Planted a pale pink cyclamen in one of the front garden flower borders where I can see it from the sitting up window.
Our 2nd leaf bin with this year's leaves is now full up.
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(Well... raked up the leaves, then put them in the dumpy sack... just in case there are any pedants out there!)
Love living in Italy but a Loiner at heart
Had our first frost yesterday and another this morning
Love living in Italy but a Loiner at heart
I planted two pots of bright red cyclamen in my front door trough and found the T n T
daffs starting to come up. Cheered me up no end. Planted a pale pink cyclamen in one of the front garden flower borders where I can see it from the sitting up window.
Our 2nd leaf bin with this year's leaves is now full up.