Not sure it counts as gardening but went to Lidl today and bought a couple of dahlia tubers, a pack of gladioli, a cream Passion flower and a clematis. All priced £2.99 per item. I have a feeling the passion flower is not as hardy as the blue one.
Less than a week ago I planted a dozen climbing strawberries in pots in the shed, I had my reservations as the bare roots looked terminal. I couldn't have been more wrong. All bar 2 (so far) have got green shoots. This for me is the fascination/miracle of gardening.
Well I've now started sowing, Sweet Million and Honeycomb Tomato seeds, 2 types of marigold, Dahlia, Larkspur, Frilly Pansy seeds for now, and just two seeds of Black Eyed Susan I found in the bottom of an old seed packet. I'm trying a new medium this time, coir and pearlite mix. I'll not have to dally pricking them out when they are big enough as I understand there're no nutrients in coir nor pearlite.
Seed trays are on a couple of heat mats with a spray bottle of water to hand to keep the medium moist. No doubt next week the great 'seed tray / plant shuffle' will begin on window sills!
Outside the garlic bulbs got planted, and not before time!
A few hours in garden today , lots of little jobs done including - replaced a pot with mint in it that the frost had cracked , fed camellias & azalea Started edging the lawns Windy & cold but dry
O/H went shopping & also bought some violas from Lidl
I have to start my Marigolds again, but have to keep them longer in the pots. I grew them successfully 4 weeks ago, and planted them in prepared flower boxes. But I had taken my own compost and one by one was eaten by whatever is in the soil. I now understand why Carol Klein said in Life in a Cottage Garden that we don't take our own compost for growing from seeds.
Gave the back lawn a going over with the push mower, sewed seeds for nicotiana, cornflowers, tomatoes, mixed wildflowers, and orietntal poppies as the weather's going milder. Hope they're successful.🤞
Moved round some waterbutts for greater convenience with OH's help. Put bark mulch on the shed path. Weeded the wall bed, dug up & chucked some alliums which are rather too enthusiastic in our soil. Tied up a kind of rope swag to help support some roses. Got rained off!
We had lovely sunshine from noon time, and around 15 degrees C. I planted out some of the wildflowers, and sowed Marigolds, sunflowers, Zinna "early wonders", and some veggies.
I finally got around to emptying and washing down the inside of the greenhouse and staging ready for this years seedlings. I took up the paving slabs and weed membrane to shake outside and wash. It mizzled nearly all day. I thiught I would be dry in the greenhouse but ended up with a very wet back from toing and froing.
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I have a feeling the passion flower is not as hardy as the blue one.
Well I've now started sowing, Sweet Million and Honeycomb Tomato seeds, 2 types of marigold, Dahlia, Larkspur, Frilly Pansy seeds for now, and just two seeds of Black Eyed Susan I found in the bottom of an old seed packet. I'm trying a new medium this time, coir and pearlite mix. I'll not have to dally pricking them out when they are big enough as I understand there're no nutrients in coir nor pearlite.
Seed trays are on a couple of heat mats with a spray bottle of water to hand to keep the medium moist. No doubt next week the great 'seed tray / plant shuffle' will begin on window sills!
Outside the garlic bulbs got planted, and not before time!
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
Started edging the lawns
Windy & cold but dry
O/H went shopping & also bought some violas from Lidl
I now understand why Carol Klein said in Life in a Cottage Garden that we don't take our own compost for growing from seeds.
I ♥ my garden.
Got rained off!
I ♥ my garden.
I took up the paving slabs and weed membrane to shake outside and wash.
It mizzled nearly all day. I thiught I would be dry in the greenhouse but ended up with a very wet back from toing and froing.