Good morning. Cold here so have been lying in bed reading while OG drip fed me coffee and juice. I need to make a big red salad and a frittata for lunch and then I can play this afternoon. Citrus fruit re-potting for me and I can do it in the PT cos that nasty wind is still here.
Need to have a good clean and tidy in there ready for trays of seeds and seedlings. The chooks have "inspected" everything!
@Hostafan1 love your plans for lakeside planting. I've been thinking of putting my gunnera in on the far shelf of our pond but it's currently under water which I think is too wet so will have to think of a plan B that might involve a pierced plastic lined "bog" area all of its own at the other end. It definitely needs liberating from its pot this year.
@Obelixx , My gunnera down at the lake is actually IN the water. Been there before we got here so it's obviously more than happy . The 2 we have by the pond are often under water when the pond fills right up after heavy rain
@Obelixx I knew a valley campsite in Cornwall which was full of the most gorgeous gunnera ... it was underwater every winter (and sometimes in summer too) ........ the gunnera there were huge and wonderfully happy .... you almost didn't need tents.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Excellent. I was just worried about how to mulch the crown in winter to protect against frosts but I guess that under water it's not going to freeze anyway.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Morning all. cold and Grey again today with rain promised for later. Just been outside to fill the feeders and take some pictures of the Prunus and Peach blossoms both are very good this year, the peaches seem to do alternate years for a good crop. Does anyone grow Watercress? I bought a packet of seeds, I guess they need a fairly shaded spot and kept very moist while growing? A neighbour gave me some Zinnias last year so I have bought a packet of seeds to try this year, not grown them before and they gave a good display into late Autumn. Just wish the weather would warm up a bit!
Last year I grew watercress from seed in a pot by one of our waterbutts ... I stood the pot in a plastic ice cream tub so the MPC stayed sodden and it got regular doses of fresh rainwater and provided plenty of salad greens
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good day all. Cloudy here after a cold and frosty morning (minus figures again tonight). Just had a pancake brunch with some ‘blueberry and bacon’ tea to match. Might venture outside soon.
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Need to have a good clean and tidy in there ready for trays of seeds and seedlings. The chooks have "inspected" everything!
@Hostafan1 love your plans for lakeside planting. I've been thinking of putting my gunnera in on the far shelf of our pond but it's currently under water which I think is too wet so will have to think of a plan B that might involve a pierced plastic lined "bog" area all of its own at the other end. It definitely needs liberating from its pot this year.
We're expecting wet stuff on Thursday too @Busy-Lizzie and @D0rdogne_Damsel. It'll be welcome.
You must keep us posted with progress pictures!!
The 2 we have by the pond are often under water when the pond fills right up after heavy rain
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Does anyone grow Watercress? I bought a packet of seeds, I guess they need a fairly shaded spot and kept very moist while growing? A neighbour gave me some Zinnias last year so I have bought a packet of seeds to try this year, not grown them before and they gave a good display into late Autumn.
Just wish the weather would warm up a bit!
I grow watercress @floralies in my wildlife pond. It loves it there and I eat the tender tips too. Lovely in salads.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Cloudy here after a cold and frosty morning (minus figures again tonight). Just had a pancake brunch with some ‘blueberry and bacon’ tea to match. Might venture outside soon.
Have a good day!