not raining at moment , supposed to start again this afternoon , good job as I am helping at creating a new memorial garden in the village this morning
I am preparing a powerpoint presentation about my Golden jubilee Year and this is the picture I took 30 years ago in Nairobi which i think illustrates what a wonderful year it has been gardenwise. It is a climber with flowers as big as dinner plates that had scrambled up four stories of our hotel to the roof. It was very golden indeed.
Got hollyhocks and echinacea pricked out yesterday in the conservatory and plan to prick out poppies today and perhaps aubrieta. That will just leave the aquilegia and the solitary lavender to do tomorrow. Our October parcel for the Nation of Gardeners Trial for Mr. Fothergill is in the post so may come today. One year since we started and it is still very interesting and useful. We all have different obstacles to tackle - mine is my great age, the teenager his lack of experience, the new mother where to put the now very active baby , northern climate, busy schedules workwise, accidents to body parts,lack of space for all the tasks, - the list goes on and the solutions too. Someone should write a book about it.
My parcel from Mr. Fothergill arrived at 1.30 and by 2.30 my ten Pea Meteor plants were watered and planted and staked. It was a glorious job. The bees were buzzing among my late sown annuals in the same bed; the smell from the Alyssum was delightful; my plants looked perfect and showed no sign of having been near a postvan. So I rewarded myself with a corncob straight of the plant - really sweet and juicy while i took photos and then ran for the kitchen as it suddenly got cold and dark and I saw the huge black raincloud approaching. Gardening certainly keeps you fit.
oh dear, not enough takers for the Garden Writing Course so it has been postponed till the spring! Looks like it will be taking more plants in out of the cold day on Saturday then.
A beautiful morning again in Bristol though a touch chilly but no rain forecast till late afternoon and the green wheelie bin gets emptied this morning. The conservatory is so lovely now even though only half the occupants are back from their summer hols in the garden. These two plant combinations caught my eye this morning. The purple angelonia is great value for money. It is on its second flowering after four months constant flowering outside and after cutting back again it will flower again indoors after Xmas for three months or so. The white salvia was the only white one in a pkt of "Seascapes" salvias I sowed last spring.
As the Garden Writing Course was cancelled due to lack of support I now have an extra day to get on with the very urgent jobs, like pricking out more perennials, planting some more of the hemerocallis my friend brought me from his garden, clearing weeds away from the snowdrops in the butterfly garden and sweeping fallen leaves from some of my miles of paths as well as bringing more tender plants in to the conservatory. Everything should be easier to do now the garden has had a good soaking but It will have to be tackled in my old raincoat as I would get very damp in anything else. Conservatory jobs are warm ones howerver so that is where I will retreat to to dry off.
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Hello , hope the writing course goes well
not raining at moment , supposed to start again this afternoon , good job as I am helping at creating a new memorial garden in the village this morning
happy gardening
GWRS. memorial garden sounds special - a lovely place for people to meet and remember. I am sure it will have a seat to sit and chat on.
Yes , it will have a bench , very heavy rain so work abandoned
when it is finished I'll put a picture on here
I am preparing a powerpoint presentation about my Golden jubilee Year and this is the picture I took 30 years ago in Nairobi which i think illustrates what a wonderful year it has been gardenwise. It is a climber with flowers as big as dinner plates that had scrambled up four stories of our hotel to the roof. It was very golden indeed.
I have just googled it and it is called Solandra maxima, common name Chalice Vine.
Got hollyhocks and echinacea pricked out yesterday in the conservatory and plan to prick out poppies today and perhaps aubrieta. That will just leave the aquilegia and the solitary lavender to do tomorrow. Our October parcel for the Nation of Gardeners Trial for Mr. Fothergill is in the post so may come today. One year since we started and it is still very interesting and useful. We all have different obstacles to tackle - mine is my great age, the teenager his lack of experience, the new mother where to put the now very active baby , northern climate, busy schedules workwise, accidents to body parts,lack of space for all the tasks, - the list goes on and the solutions too. Someone should write a book about it.
My parcel from Mr. Fothergill arrived at 1.30 and by 2.30 my ten Pea Meteor plants were watered and planted and staked. It was a glorious job. The bees were buzzing among my late sown annuals in the same bed; the smell from the Alyssum was delightful; my plants looked perfect and showed no sign of having been near a postvan. So I rewarded myself with a corncob straight of the plant - really sweet and juicy while i took photos and then ran for the kitchen as it suddenly got cold and dark and I saw the huge black raincloud approaching. Gardening certainly keeps you fit.
oh dear, not enough takers for the Garden Writing Course so it has been postponed till the spring! Looks like it will be taking more plants in out of the cold day on Saturday then.
A beautiful morning again in Bristol though a touch chilly but no rain forecast till late afternoon and the green wheelie bin gets emptied this morning. The conservatory is so lovely now even though only half the occupants are back from their summer hols in the garden. These two plant combinations caught my eye this morning. The purple angelonia is great value for money. It is on its second flowering after four months constant flowering outside and after cutting back again it will flower again indoors after Xmas for three months or so. The white salvia was the only white one in a pkt of "Seascapes" salvias I sowed last spring.
As the Garden Writing Course was cancelled due to lack of support I now have an extra day to get on with the very urgent jobs, like pricking out more perennials, planting some more of the hemerocallis my friend brought me from his garden, clearing weeds away from the snowdrops in the butterfly garden and sweeping fallen leaves from some of my miles of paths as well as bringing more tender plants in to the conservatory. Everything should be easier to do now the garden has had a good soaking but It will have to be tackled in my old raincoat as I would get very damp in anything else. Conservatory jobs are warm ones howerver so that is where I will retreat to to dry off.