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Is there something about rain?

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I often plant stuff and don't even need to water it in. Sky does it for me, and the soil is often plenty moist enough.
    I know what you mean - it can become a chore if you have too much and don't have the time or the desire to keep maintaining it. Much better to have less, and have it in good shape  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,960
    Lyn said:
    No probs,  we can have it again,  me and OH have the same conversations most days of the week. 
    😁😁😁

    This is my married life, too.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited May 2022
    I read somewhere that the Sahara dust fertilises land in other countries. I'm almost convinced it changed the colour of my bearded irises which went from pale blue to purple this year😏
    Found it !
    NASA satellite has quantified in three dimensions how much dust makes the trans-Atlantic journey from the Sahara Desert the Amazon rain forest. Among this dust is phosphorus, an essential nutrient that acts like a fertilizer, which the Amazon depends on in order to flourish.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,960
    I met a passer-by while tidying my front garden today. She's going to divide her irises and leave me some on my doorstep. I have trays full of things I have no home for but I was still like, FREE PLANTS.🤩🤩🤩

    Today has been the first properly rainy day in months (Bedfordshire). The dog and I got properly soaked on our walk. And now everything in the garden looks as though it's breathing again. Glorious.

    I did install a hose with the help of this forum a few weeks ago. It's been a godsend as I have about 20 roses now, hydrangea, thalictrums, astrantia, clematis... all stuff that is going to get well fed up if I leave it to frazzle too long.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Someone offered me African marigolds last year. I didn't find them hard to resist😒
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    we had another 5 mins of rain.
    Not enough to fill up the bird bath never mind water butts. 
    SO pleased I'm NOT on a water meter.

    Devon.
  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,960
    B3 said:
    Someone offered me African marigolds last year. I didn't find them hard to resist😒
    What's wrong with them?😁 One of my neighbours is on at me to grow some for her, but I don't have any seed (gave her a huge envelope of it last year, but don't know what she did with it. Witchcraft, my kid reckons).
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    They're too orange or too yellow and too pompommy for me. And then there's that muddy green one.
    I'm sure they look good in the right place. I haven't got the right place😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I think that's true of a lot of plants @B3 - right plant right place is the same principle for any plant, whether it's a shrub for damp shade, or a perennial for full sun and sandy soil.
    I don't do bedding plants as such, but it's often because of how I see them being grown. All those multi coloured plants together in one pot plays havoc  with my damaged senses.  
    Not for me   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I never water a plant in,  I give them a good soak in a trough the day before I know it’s going to rain (or hope it will). Then bed it it really firmly and walk away.   It will start to put roots downwards straightaway. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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