Barks that peel are my favourite too. My huge eucalyptus tree peels beautifully to reveal pink trunk underneath, lovely in the evening sunshine. It was chilly weeding today nut I did three hours. Another such session is needed in the Jubilee border as it is so long and wide. I like to get my plum trees pruned before September to avoid leave curl fungus. Only next week to get that job done.
Fine but chilly morning but the glaziers have booked in to arrive between 8 and 12 so i shall have to put off the weeding till the afternoon. Then I should finish the Jubilee garden ready to plant hundreds of bulbs in September. They are all saved from the pots last spring as next year Bristol will be the Green Capital of Europe and I am going to do my bit towards it by recycling, propagating from the plants I already have, and buying absolutely nothing new. This should save me enough money to get some hard landscaping done, nothing drastic just better paths and perhaps some more shelter from the storms.
Conservatory as good as new now. Marvelous job done and no mess at all. They even removed the wonky piece of concrete I was worried might fall. Here are some of the things that stopped me in my tracks on my safari round the garden .
Good crop of Cream Sausage tomatoes and my Snackbite peppers are turning overnight from green to black. i ate one and they are quite delicious so now have an alternative to snacking on cherry tomatoes and plums and my Golden delicious apples. You certainly do not have to worry about getting your five a day when you have a garden like mine.
Hi Marion so glad your conservatory is fixed, at least you can get on with things now and not worry about that piece of concrete falling on you, your pictures are lovely and the colours are so vivid, first sunny day today and I got migraine , it's rained for two whole weeks and ruined some of my flowers, my tomatoes and curly Kale are doing well, and my sedam (red flowers) as started flowers, I'm happy to say the bees have been very happy this year in our garden , glad your judging day went well, hope you enjoyed it too .
We have a yellow alert for heavy rain for Bristol all day tomorrow so it seems prudent to try and finish the weeding in my Jubilee border today. when the forecast is dry till late afternoon. I collected 33 broad bean seeds from my Mr. fothergills trials which were so successful in giving me a fine early crop of beans, so will collect the rest today before they get too wet. I should have enough to make an October and February sowing as I did this year. I am leaving the roots in to make use of the nitrogen from their nodules. A very economical crop is the broad bean one. The Autumn cropping one with the French name has flowers on too. I do hope your migraine has subsided, Flumpy1. Keep up the good work of feeding the bees. I did enjoy being a judge. I found a great deal to admire in all the hard work that had gone into the entries.
Good morning, the forecast here is for rain too so it will be a full day to finish light pruning and cutting up the bits for composting (always takes a while to do). Checking on pots to see if any plants need re-potting or topping up. Light rain last evening gave all the plants a boost, so refreshed.
What a pleasure your plants give Marion, vibrant clours and good growth.The Coleus has such pretty leaves, an overlooked plant I think.
Very pleased that the conservatory roof has been fixed. I recall you didn't think it would be done in time for your open garden day, 31st? Did you cancel it?
Yes, I just caught the August newsletter in time to cancel my Open Day. They can come next year and see the new Jubilee Border in all its glory. With all the hundred or so pots my sons had carried out of the conservatory for me cluttering the pathways , even without the scaffolding which may be up by then I felt it wisest. I am so glad you are enjoying my plants Bizzie B. Next year will be all about economy in the garden as I will be recycling for Bristol's Green Capital of Europe Year. Gardening should not be something you can only enjoy if you are well-heeled although good boots do help.
Yes, I saw the web site for Bristol's Green Capital of Europe Year, well deserved too! It's obvious that everone worked so hard to make it happen. An exciting time, will watch with interest and, ofcourse, visit to see for myself.
Well heeled boots made me laugh. I need well fingered gloves! I wonder if it's possible to get re-inforced fingered gloves that are frexible enough to let your fingers bend(?)
I find the best gardening gloves are my old black leather "dressed up" gloves that get a new role when i receive a new pair for Xmas. Sometimes I get a freebie with my shoes when i need a new pair as well.
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Barks that peel are my favourite too. My huge eucalyptus tree peels beautifully to reveal pink trunk underneath, lovely in the evening sunshine. It was chilly weeding today nut I did three hours. Another such session is needed in the Jubilee border as it is so long and wide. I like to get my plum trees pruned before September to avoid leave curl fungus. Only next week to get that job done.
Fine but chilly morning but the glaziers have booked in to arrive between 8 and 12 so i shall have to put off the weeding till the afternoon. Then I should finish the Jubilee garden ready to plant hundreds of bulbs in September. They are all saved from the pots last spring as next year Bristol will be the Green Capital of Europe and I am going to do my bit towards it by recycling, propagating from the plants I already have, and buying absolutely nothing new. This should save me enough money to get some hard landscaping done, nothing drastic just better paths and perhaps some more shelter from the storms.
Glaziers arrived at nine. All systems go now.
Conservatory as good as new now. Marvelous job done and no mess at all. They even removed the wonky piece of concrete I was worried might fall. Here are some of the things that stopped me in my tracks on my safari round the garden .
Good crop of Cream Sausage tomatoes and my Snackbite peppers are turning overnight from green to black. i ate one and they are quite delicious so now have an alternative to snacking on cherry tomatoes and plums and my Golden delicious apples. You certainly do not have to worry about getting your five a day when you have a garden like mine.
Hi Marion so glad your conservatory is fixed, at least you can get on with things now and not worry about that piece of concrete falling on you, your pictures are lovely and the colours are so vivid, first sunny day today and I got migraine
, it's rained for two whole weeks and ruined some of my flowers, my tomatoes and curly Kale are doing well, and my sedam (red flowers) as started flowers, I'm happy to say the bees have been very happy this year in our garden 
, glad your judging day went well, hope you enjoyed it too 
.
We have a yellow alert for heavy rain for Bristol all day tomorrow so it seems prudent to try and finish the weeding in my Jubilee border today. when the forecast is dry till late afternoon. I collected 33 broad bean seeds from my Mr. fothergills trials which were so successful in giving me a fine early crop of beans, so will collect the rest today before they get too wet. I should have enough to make an October and February sowing as I did this year. I am leaving the roots in to make use of the nitrogen from their nodules. A very economical crop is the broad bean one. The Autumn cropping one with the French name has flowers on too. I do hope your migraine has subsided, Flumpy1. Keep up the good work of feeding the bees. I did enjoy being a judge. I found a great deal to admire in all the hard work that had gone into the entries.
Good morning,
the forecast here is for rain too so it will be a full day to finish light pruning and cutting up the bits for composting (always takes a while to do). Checking on pots to see if any plants need re-potting or topping up. Light rain last evening gave all the plants a boost, so refreshed.
What a pleasure your plants give Marion, vibrant clours and good growth.The Coleus has such pretty leaves, an overlooked plant I think.
Very pleased that the conservatory roof has been fixed. I recall you didn't think it would be done in time for your open garden day, 31st? Did you cancel it?
Yes, I just caught the August newsletter in time to cancel my Open Day. They can come next year and see the new Jubilee Border in all its glory. With all the hundred or so pots my sons had carried out of the conservatory for me cluttering the pathways , even without the scaffolding which may be up by then I felt it wisest. I am so glad you are enjoying my plants Bizzie B. Next year will be all about economy in the garden as I will be recycling for Bristol's Green Capital of Europe Year. Gardening should not be something you can only enjoy if you are well-heeled although good boots do help.
Yes, I saw the web site for Bristol's Green Capital of Europe Year, well deserved too! It's obvious that everone worked so hard to make it happen. An exciting time, will watch with interest and, ofcourse, visit to see for myself.
Well heeled boots
made me laugh. I need well fingered gloves! I wonder if it's possible to get re-inforced fingered gloves that are frexible enough to let your fingers bend(?)
I find the best gardening gloves are my old black leather "dressed up" gloves that get a new role when i receive a new pair for Xmas. Sometimes I get a freebie with my shoes when i need a new pair as well.