I covered the catmint with cloches. @GardenerSuze was wondering in one of the treats why and what for people buy these expensive cloches. I need them to protect plants like catmint before the little tigers discover them. I have sown so far most of the seeds, but will do another batch for March today. We have currently minus 1 degrees Celsius, and I wanted to wait. The forecast says no frost in the next 10 days. Let's hope so.
@Simone-in-Wiltshire They are plastic and I have just the three but they have been so useful. I grow Melianthus Major next to a South West wall it is alive thanks to these cloches. As I mentioned a gift long ago, I doubted I would use but they are good. I was suprised to find at a later date how expensive they were to buy. I agree fingers crossed for some gardening weather it is nearly spring!
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
I covered the catmint with cloches. @GardenerSuze was wondering in one of the treats why and what for people buy these expensive cloches. I need them to protect plants like catmint before the little tigers discover them. I have sown so far most of the seeds, but will do another batch for March today. We have currently minus 1 degrees Celsius, and I wanted to wait. The forecast says no frost in the next 10 days. Let's hope so.
I use upturned old wire hanging baskets pegged down securely to keep my lioness off the cat mint crowns. She loves to chew the fronds which grow through the wire and she also enjoys draping herself over the top of the basket to sunbathe on the foliage and flowers.
Sowed a few more tomato seeds (most of the already sown varieties are growing well), sowed some flower seeds, sowed some beetroot, carrots and leeks. Potted on nine (three different varieties) courgettes - others are slower off the mark so waiting patiently for them to emerge. Some peas are almost ready to pick and still have a small amount of calabrese and about eight celeriacs. More and more narcissi appearing (love Snowtip) along with flowers on bottlebrush, penstemon and a teucrium fruticans azureum (has flowered all winter). The bees are loving the flowers, especially the borage and I have allowed the calabrese to produce flowers. One of the best parts of being outside is the gorgeous smell of the freesias.
Martina Franca, Puglia, southern Italy Love living in Italy but a Loiner at heart
Almost all of my eryngium germinated and are doing very well, but can't say the same for the impatiens. Odd, because they're both in the same flat but the impatiens seem to have some damping off issues. I had to order some extra seeds to try again. The piece of ginger root I planted has produced a shoot. I checked on some pots in the garage and my lemongrass had a massive white fuzzy mold growing at the base; it looked like a tribble. I scraped as much off as I could and put it outside in the sun for a few hours, then brought it inside to the heat. I hope it does ok.
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Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury
Almost all of my eryngium germinated and are doing very well, but can't say the same for the impatiens. Odd, because they're both in the same flat but the impatiens seem to have some damping off issues. I had to order some extra seeds to try again. The piece of ginger root I planted has produced a shoot. I checked on some pots in the garage and my lemongrass had a massive white fuzzy mold growing at the base; it looked like a tribble. I scraped as much off as I could and put it outside in the sun for a few hours, then brought it inside to the heat. I hope it does ok.
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I have sown so far most of the seeds, but will do another batch for March today. We have currently minus 1 degrees Celsius, and I wanted to wait. The forecast says no frost in the next 10 days. Let's hope so.
I ♥ my garden.
I agree fingers crossed for some gardening weather it is nearly spring!
Love living in Italy but a Loiner at heart