Does anyone come across a similar situation? how do you dispose the pallets please? Many thanks
I use mine to make bays for my compost, leaf mould, and for wood clippings. If blue isn't your colour you could always paint them black before using for compost bays.
@PeterAberdeen Coming along nicely... I like your lawn edge, and wavy shape.. I do like to see a good edging.. when we had a lawn my husband got a strimmer and used to do a decent edging as he knew it irritated me if it wasn't done properly.. we don't have lawn now, but it's something I used to fuss about I have to admit..
Thanks, I just used a hose pipe some wood clippings to mark and then went round with a spade!
@WhereAreMySecateurs Interesting roses, I've not grown any of them but the Sun and the Heart has the most unusual breeding that appeals to me personally.. being out of the late Len Scrivens' excellent little yellow rose 'Baby Love'.. He was from Kidderminster and a friend of DA's.. this was his crowning glory so to speak, and much used in breeding..
'Kathleen Harrop' has the most foliage on any of mine at the moment.. despite being in the coldest, shadiest part of the garden.. ..electric red shoot on 'Wild Rover'..
I notice there's a thread on cleaning gardening tools... anybody here do this? I've never cleaned a tool in 40 years so unlikely I'm going to start now.. secateurs I often change annually as I buy cheap ones..
I do oil my pruning saw, or it rusts up. No point buying fancy Felco secateurs as I lose the things constantly. Perhaps if they came installed with locator beacons lol
Just ordered those three roses above using the permanent HARKNESS10 10% off code, which also applies to potted roses. I think I need help.🙈 Thanks for interesting info about Len Scrivens, @Marlorena. All of these appeal to me (obvs) but esp Well Being's scent sounds delicious--
"The perfume hits you hard, strong, sweet and unmistakably rose" (Harkness) "Strong, citrus, clove, licorice fragrance" (helpmefind)
Perhaps @cooldoc has it as he is a bit of a scenthound?
I was pondering tool cleaning as all I'm really doing is waiting. Dying to get on with fertilising even. But no, not ever winter tool cleaned before. I occasionally hand a sticky Felco mechanism to my husband and receive it back pristine..that'll do. Oh we did have a bonfire of all the rose prunings this morning, made a pretty large mound.
Nothing much hides the fence yet but this clematis Winter Beauty was only planted last year (Thorncroft's). Shrubs will become large too, not a spot for roses as it's in deep shade when the overhead Ash leafs up.
I notice there's a thread on cleaning gardening tools... anybody here do this? I've never cleaned a tool in 40 years so unlikely I'm going to start now.. secateurs I often change annually as I buy cheap ones..
Not me but today I wiped a pencil mark off a door from when it was hung 5 years ago so who knows what is around the corner
I'm genuinely sorry to hear of your troubles @pitter-patter, I would be desperately sad if it was me. Along with other people here I sincerely hope it all works out for you
You are making great progress @PeterAberdeen, It is nice to see all your pictures.
I have enjoyed looking at everyone's plant purchases. I have two plant orders still to come, that I ordered some time ago. Some bare root astrantias from Farmer Gracy (I'm going to try growing the reds again. Pinks/whites are much stronger growers here for me) and Elizabeth MacGregor (edited to Scots spelling ), a mix of things but including echinops, some fancy geums and I'm going to try a Swan anemone again (Regal Swan) but this time plant it somewhere warm and dry as the last one seemed to melt away with some kind of rot. I have to go away with work in a few months so I'm wary to order anything else in case it turns up when I'm away.
I cut many of my roses back harder than usual so only shoots showing here for the most part so far. Here's one I hacked back two years ago in the hope of promoting lower growth, the Moss, William Lobb. It didn't work but never mind It just does its own thing and flops around on the globe thistles for support.
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YAY - I did a good thing!
Does anyone have any thoughts on the following three Harkness roses?
- the Sun and the Heart ( https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.61026 )
- Virginia McKenna ( https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.71227 )
- Well Being ( https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.39755.2 )
Interesting roses, I've not grown any of them but the Sun and the Heart has the most unusual breeding that appeals to me personally.. being out of the late Len Scrivens' excellent little yellow rose 'Baby Love'.. He was from Kidderminster and a friend of DA's.. this was his crowning glory so to speak, and much used in breeding..
'Kathleen Harrop' has the most foliage on any of mine at the moment.. despite being in the coldest, shadiest part of the garden..
..electric red shoot on 'Wild Rover'..
Just ordered those three roses above using the permanent HARKNESS10 10% off code, which also applies to potted roses. I think I need help.🙈
Thanks for interesting info about Len Scrivens, @Marlorena. All of these appeal to me (obvs) but esp Well Being's scent sounds delicious--
"The perfume hits you hard, strong, sweet and unmistakably rose" (Harkness)
"Strong, citrus, clove, licorice fragrance" (helpmefind)
Perhaps @cooldoc has it as he is a bit of a scenthound?
I'm genuinely sorry to hear of your troubles @pitter-patter, I would be desperately sad if it was me. Along with other people here I sincerely hope it all works out for you
You are making great progress @PeterAberdeen, It is nice to see all your pictures.
I have enjoyed looking at everyone's plant purchases. I have two plant orders still to come, that I ordered some time ago. Some bare root astrantias from Farmer Gracy (I'm going to try growing the reds again. Pinks/whites are much stronger growers here for me) and Elizabeth MacGregor (edited to Scots spelling
I cut many of my roses back harder than usual so only shoots showing here for the most part so far. Here's one I hacked back two years ago in the hope of promoting lower growth, the Moss, William Lobb. It didn't work but never mind