It's been therapeutic for many people @m.davey12, and certainly in the last couple of years with Covid etc. Glad it's doing that for you, and hope you're on the mend. Enjoy working on , and enjoying your garden What are you intending growing in your greenhouse?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thank you appreciated, the greenhouse, primarily it's a flower garden ( in the making) so have yet to choose for next year, but I am sure I will try my hand at tomatoes and some sweet peppers and chillies.
You'll get plenty of advice re those in late winter/early spring @m.davey12, so just keep an eye out for threads, or start one if you don't see any. Many folk on the forum grow them so you'll get plenty of ideas and help
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@Busy-Lizzie I started a 'jewel' border earlier this year. It is almost impossible to get a colour clash as these colours all work so well together. Lovely in the height of summer with a blue sky.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
@m.davey12 The good thing about gardening is you can do as much or as little as you want depending on your energy levels. If it is too much easy just to go inside. When the weather is warm I do the same and hurry out early. Everything else can simply wait.
You obviously have lots of things you plan to do, things are always changing and new ideas come to mind. My garden is somewhere I go and forget what else is going on around me, hours can pass but it seems like minutes. My neighbour told me recently that she wonders what I do out there all day. Sometimes I'm not entirely sure myself but I always feel better for it.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
We've already started replacing some plants in our sunny border and sunny corner and which suffered very badly on the hot days. We have put in some drought tolerant plants and have erected a small plastic greenhouse in a shady part of the garden, to put tubs /plants etc that don't like the searing heat.We've moved some Phlox to a slightly shadier spot so will see how they fare but they did suffer quite badly this year. We also have plans to get rid of half the lawn and put down gravel.
My box balls are out; box moth arrived for the first time this year and although I managed to avoid major damage, I don't like box balls enough to put up with an ongoing battle. I have taken my Irish Yew out of my beds, currently contemplating whether to keep them in pots or sell them. All gaps filled with divisions of Sesleria autumnalis. Unlike the box balls, it looks different in each season which means it's less boring to look at. I am reducing the number of larger perennials, so that the ones I keep have more space to breathe.
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
@Songbird-2 I think you are wise to do some rethinking, there is always the added problem of high rainfall over the winter. The drought tolerant plants will hate it but I have found that they seem to come throught in the spring.
@Loxley I was interested to read how you have used Sesleria autumnalis. It is a grass that I only came across this year, although I had heard of it. Is it fairly fast growing? I planted one small plant in September and I am not sure what to expect.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
I think you'll like your Sesleria autumnalis @GardenerSuze. I planted three recently after seeing them in some of @Loxley's photos, they are just the right green and shape! Grasses will replace most of my greedy perennials next year, so I'll be researching and ordering some more in the new year.
As much as I like them, dahlias won't be in my plans, too much watering and fear of slugs. I'll add a few more Euphorbias for structure and some trusty long flowering perennials that are more drought tolerant like Nepeta. I was thinking of removing my front lawn after it got baked this year but it has revived after the recent rains, so I'll give it another chance! Are you still planning the dry river bed you mentioned in one of your posts?
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Glad it's doing that for you, and hope you're on the mend. Enjoy working on , and enjoying your garden
What are you intending growing in your greenhouse?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You obviously have lots of things you plan to do, things are always changing and new ideas come to mind. My garden is somewhere I go and forget what else is going on around me, hours can pass but it seems like minutes. My neighbour told me recently that she wonders what I do out there all day. Sometimes I'm not entirely sure myself but I always feel better for it.
@Loxley I was interested to read how you have used Sesleria autumnalis. It is a grass that I only came across this year, although I had heard of it. Is it fairly fast growing? I planted one small plant in September and I am not sure what to expect.
As much as I like them, dahlias won't be in my plans, too much watering and fear of slugs. I'll add a few more Euphorbias for structure and some trusty long flowering perennials that are more drought tolerant like Nepeta. I was thinking of removing my front lawn after it got baked this year but it has revived after the recent rains, so I'll give it another chance! Are you still planning the dry river bed you mentioned in one of your posts?