Morning all. I looked in here around 7am but couldn't think of anything to say. Cloudy, seems the sunny spell is over. I had better weed and edge the long border before it rains, expected on Tuesday.
Hosta's hostas are looking wonderful.
This is something I'll watch when it rains, the NGS virtual visits. ngs.org.uk/alan-titchmarsh-shares-his-garden/ There are a lot of other gardens doing virtual tours too. I think it's a great idea.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
No pyjamas here @chicky but I understand the need for the amble and the dreaming and planning. Gorgeous fuchsia pink Moroccan kaftan for me.
Yesterday I wrestled with the seep hose in the PT. Long enough for 3 loops along each side and a few metres left over which I wound round in loops just outside the PT and have persuaded OH he needs to dig me a big hole there so I can transplant the rhubarb which is unhappy under the mimosa where it is just too dry.
'course that means I'll need to give it some shade so a trellis panel and posts and a lovely rose or clem coming up. he doesn't know that bit yet.
Love all your hosta plantings @Hostafan1 but how do you keep off all the slimesters. Mine here are all in pots now which is safer than the border I made for them but even so the slugs and snails seem to ignore the ferrous pellets.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Up early for the NHS shop, delivered to MIL, breakfast outside, few garden jobs done and potted-up some Marguerites (from SM) so just flopping on deck chair now. I may snooze...
Afternoon folks, Have been in the garden all morning just pottering about really punctuated with the occasional sitting on the bench enjoying the sunshine. Planted a few Indian Prince Calendula, not sure if I'm going to like them but it was only a packet of seeds. Got rid of all the dead crocus foilage and some weeds. Might start planting up a couple of containers, they can always go in the greenhouse if a frost is forecast. Mind you I think I have some fleece lurking in the shed if the mice haven't eaten it. Also put stakes around some of the plants that I know will flop once they get really going. It's beautiful again today but the weather is forecast to change tomorrow. Facetimed Merri to check if her birthday card had arrived yet. She looked through the post and said 'is it this one' I said no. She held it up and said 'why are they telling me not to bend' when I stopped laughing I pointed out that it was telling her not to bend the envelope, not herself'.
The long border is now tidy and I've weeded the drive. Also found that the basil sprigs from Morrisons have rooted. I put them in a vase of water and they looked really unhappy for several days, gradually they perked up, had a look and there are roots so I've put them in a pot of compost.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
That's cute @Yviestevie Today has been much nicer - nowhere near as hot thankfully. Got lots of seeds sown, and I sieved soil and compost to get it fine enough. Quite therapeutic. I can't believe how stupid people are when you're out though. Another family who have no idea what 2 metres looks like, and just walked straight towards me. I'd stopped at the junction of the farm lane and farm road, as I couldn't cross because of them. All of them were walking on the wrong side of the road too. I don't know where all these folk have suddenly come from either. I see more people on that farm road in the first five minutes I'm out than I usually do in the entire time I'm out, which is about 5 or 6 miles. I can't wait for the weather to change. Maybe they'll all stay inside then.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Cant find the reasons to be cheerful, I have some pittosporum, not the Tobira, that hasnt flowered yet, we put some different ones in pots, they have just flowered for the first time after 3 years of patiently waiting, dainty little deep reddy/mauve flowers.
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I looked in here around 7am but couldn't think of anything to say.
Cloudy, seems the sunny spell is over. I had better weed and edge the long border before it rains, expected on Tuesday.
Hosta's hostas are looking wonderful.
This is something I'll watch when it rains, the NGS virtual visits. ngs.org.uk/alan-titchmarsh-shares-his-garden/ There are a lot of other gardens doing virtual tours too. I think it's a great idea.
What a difference 2 weeks makes @Hostafan1 ......its looking soooo beautiful now 😍
Cloudy here today too - but a good day for gardening, as opposed to sitting, which was all I achieved in the garden yesterday.
Yesterday I wrestled with the seep hose in the PT. Long enough for 3 loops along each side and a few metres left over which I wound round in loops just outside the PT and have persuaded OH he needs to dig me a big hole there so I can transplant the rhubarb which is unhappy under the mimosa where it is just too dry.
'course that means I'll need to give it some shade so a trellis panel and posts and a lovely rose or clem coming up. he doesn't know that bit yet.
Love all your hosta plantings @Hostafan1 but how do you keep off all the slimesters. Mine here are all in pots now which is safer than the border I made for them but even so the slugs and snails seem to ignore the ferrous pellets.
Lots of thrushes, blackbirds, frogs, toads and wee Spikeys.
By the end of summer there will be some damage, but not enough to get worked up about.
Also found that the basil sprigs from Morrisons have rooted. I put them in a vase of water and they looked really unhappy for several days, gradually they perked up, had a look and there are roots so I've put them in a pot of compost.
Today has been much nicer - nowhere near as hot thankfully. Got lots of seeds sown, and I sieved soil and compost to get it fine enough. Quite therapeutic.
I can't believe how stupid people are when you're out though. Another family who have no idea what 2 metres looks like, and just walked straight towards me. I'd stopped at the junction of the farm lane and farm road, as I couldn't cross because of them. All of them were walking on the wrong side of the road too.
I don't know where all these folk have suddenly come from either. I see more people on that farm road in the first five minutes I'm out than I usually do in the entire time I'm out, which is about 5 or 6 miles. I can't wait for the weather to change. Maybe they'll all stay inside then.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...