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Newcomer ... just inherited a garden
Ferdinand2000
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I can’t spot a place to do introductions so I decided to do it here :-).
I have inherited a garden from a flower arranger (which means I don’t know what some things are), and I am trying gradually to get to grips with it. It wasn’t the main hobby of. A parent who passed away passed autumn, and I will be saying in the same house for the foreseeable.
So I have lots of questions.
I have inherited a garden from a flower arranger (which means I don’t know what some things are), and I am trying gradually to get to grips with it. It wasn’t the main hobby of. A parent who passed away passed autumn, and I will be saying in the same house for the foreseeable.
So I have lots of questions.
“Rivers know this ... we will get there in the end.”
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I did various bits .. such as the Himalayan Giant blackberry which will have its first 2020 picking tomorrow as the first wave of berries are now both juicy and sweet. But my overall knowledge is at best patchy.
Looking forward to engaging with you all, and bringing answers where I can.
Ferdinand
Lots of knowledgeable people here happy to help or point you in the right direction for info and advice.
When you want specific ID on a plant, post a photo of the whole plant and another of its flower and a decent shot of the leaf too. Use the postcard icon on the bar above the message box and limit the size of your picture or it won't load.
When you need advice on care and maintenance, it helps to know roughly where you are and what kind of soil you have as climate and soil make a big difference to the what and the when sometimes.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'll post a few pics.
One question though - I have started a sort of personal garden renovation blog recording questions I have been asking a couple of friends and similar throughout lockdown, and on Twitter.
Am I allowed to link to this ever, or would that just be allowable on my profile? Can someone point me to the rules?
Cheers.
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This is the slightly overwhelming wisteria / clematis in the back garden - that needs some discipline applying. And a nice hosta, holly and some ornamental grass.
This is the support where the Himalayan Giant Blackberry should have been trained for next year if I hadn't been utterly distracted by a horrible year this year. Instead I have a branch to recapture that has shot 12 feet up the apple tree going the other way. Doesn't seem to have stopped it fruiting - I have a huge harvest, but I will need a suit of armour to retrieve it and will still come back looking like a Saxon after Hastings. Tonight was half a kilo of BB in about 10 minutes.
This is the second round of my lockdown experiments with microveg (Dill, Watercress, Beetroot and something else). Round 3 involves realistic quantities of seed at abut 10g per tray and a bit of growlight for the lower shelves.
And this is the green wall where it is growing in the N-Facing conservatory. The challenge is one approx 75g portion of veg every day from 2 bays of iVAR. The one on the right is now full size. Also need to learn how not to kill cactususususes. These flower every year.
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It is an option to put in the full web address when you insert an image.
Those are from my (sort of) garden recovery blog.
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