Cold again today in Bristol but dry and bright after a wet night again by the looks of the garden plants and furniture. I do have room in the green wheeliebin so shall try to fill it up with prunings. My osteospermums in the conservatory are beginning to flower so add a lovely splash of lighter colours to the dark reds of my pelargoniums now. Those and my aoniums are all ideas pinched from the Warm temperate greenhouse at the Bot. garden which always delights visitors in the depths of winter when they come in from the cold of the garden. Which reminds me i must bring in more of my cactus and succulents which line one side of Warm Temperate. I learned so much in my six year stint at the Bot, garden. I bet their acers are a picture now so need a good day to go taking pictures there.
Five pelargoniums, rescued from the frost, and replaced by nine of my Cool Wave winter flowering trailing pansies,
from the zinc baby bath which I used to bathe my two eldest girls in when we lived in a cottage in Gloucestershire which had no bathroom. They are now 57 and 56! I am hoping the pansies will trail over the sides in the spring and look very pretty. I will plant some bulbs in between to follow on.
Loads of bangs going off all round the bungalow so should get quite a haul of spent rocket sticks for plant supports up the garden tomorrow. Pays dividends to live in the middle of a council estate on Nov. 5th.
Marian your pansies are beautiful, I think I might get some of them as my planters are looking a bit sad now, kissing the colour in my garden , I can see all the fire work displays going off on the tops of the hills from our bedroom window , very cold here and it's a big full moon lighting up the sky
Rain forecast for Bristol in the afternoon so must get up the garden to pick up the spent fireworks in the morning . It seems a little warmer this morning and no sign of blackening on the dahlia leaves so we have not had frost yet. I will prick out some more aubrieta plants this afternoon to put in the space vacated in the conservatory by the trailing winter pansies. Will also see if I can find more room in my raised beds for some more broad beans as I do appreciate having fresh beans early in the spring . The late sown salad crops I sowed for Mr. Fothergills trials are doing splendidly even though i am raiding the cut and come again leaves every day and the radishes are being thinned and the thinnings eaten. The rocket is still growing well. i think I will pot on a few of the lettucs to get nice big lettuces for Xmas.
Such a lovely day. I discovered I had won 2x £25 from my Premium bonds so I splurged £38 on a year's subscription to the GW mag. and got two free RHS books as a gift too. My eldest son emailed me with news of his promotion. It did not rain till I had filled up the green wheeliebin with prunings for the emptying tomorrow. The buns I made turned out scrumptious and warmed the kitchen up while they were baking. And I correctly guessed the winner in the Design Challenge programme tonight! Oh and one of my fb friends won Best Front Garden Award in the Bury In Bloom Competition.
Getting colder in Bristol from 9am according to the detailed forecast. Temp. going down from then on from 11 degrees. My garden is very wet indeed so we must have had heavy rain in the night. It is quite breezy already too. Any gardening will be done in the conservatory methinks. I have decided it cannot take the biggest pots of pelargoniums this year so will clean the window in the back of the garage and clear the floor of my gardening tools and sweep it and put them in there below the window for light but frost free. If I keep them fairly dry they should be all right. I may do that in my boots and old gardening raincoat f I can pluck up the courage. Taking part in Bristol's Green Capital of Europe's year means not losing any plants over the winter, especially such large specimens.
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Cold again today in Bristol but dry and bright after a wet night again by the looks of the garden plants and furniture. I do have room in the green wheeliebin so shall try to fill it up with prunings. My osteospermums in the conservatory are beginning to flower so add a lovely splash of lighter colours to the dark reds of my pelargoniums now. Those and my aoniums are all ideas pinched from the Warm temperate greenhouse at the Bot. garden which always delights visitors in the depths of winter when they come in from the cold of the garden. Which reminds me i must bring in more of my cactus and succulents which line one side of Warm Temperate. I learned so much in my six year stint at the Bot, garden. I bet their acers are a picture now so need a good day to go taking pictures there.
My South African daisies
Five pelargoniums, rescued from the frost, and replaced by nine of my Cool Wave winter flowering trailing pansies,
from the zinc baby bath which I used to bathe my two eldest girls in when we lived in a cottage in Gloucestershire which had no bathroom. They are now 57 and 56! I am hoping the pansies will trail over the sides in the spring and look very pretty. I will plant some bulbs in between to follow on.
Loads of bangs going off all round the bungalow so should get quite a haul of spent rocket sticks for plant supports up the garden tomorrow. Pays dividends to live in the middle of a council estate on Nov. 5th.
Marian your pansies are beautiful, I think I might get some of them as my planters are looking a bit sad now, kissing the colour in my garden
, I can see all the fire work displays going off on the tops of the hills from our bedroom window 
, very cold here and it's a big full moon lighting up the sky 
Sorry I meant to write "missing the colour in my garden"
i collect rocket sticks as well marion
Rain forecast for Bristol in the afternoon so must get up the garden to pick up the spent fireworks in the morning . It seems a little warmer this morning and no sign of blackening on the dahlia leaves so we have not had frost yet. I will prick out some more aubrieta plants this afternoon to put in the space vacated in the conservatory by the trailing winter pansies. Will also see if I can find more room in my raised beds for some more broad beans as I do appreciate having fresh beans early in the spring . The late sown salad crops I sowed for Mr. Fothergills trials are doing splendidly even though i am raiding the cut and come again leaves every day and the radishes are being thinned and the thinnings eaten. The rocket is still growing well. i think I will pot on a few of the lettucs to get nice big lettuces for Xmas.
Such a lovely day. I discovered I had won 2x £25 from my Premium bonds so I splurged £38 on a year's subscription to the GW mag. and got two free RHS books as a gift too. My eldest son emailed me with news of his promotion. It did not rain till I had filled up the green wheeliebin with prunings for the emptying tomorrow. The buns I made turned out scrumptious and warmed the kitchen up while they were baking. And I correctly guessed the winner in the Design Challenge programme tonight! Oh and one of my fb friends won Best Front Garden Award in the Bury In Bloom Competition.
Getting colder in Bristol from 9am according to the detailed forecast. Temp. going down from then on from 11 degrees. My garden is very wet indeed so we must have had heavy rain in the night. It is quite breezy already too. Any gardening will be done in the conservatory methinks. I have decided it cannot take the biggest pots of pelargoniums this year so will clean the window in the back of the garage and clear the floor of my gardening tools and sweep it and put them in there below the window for light but frost free. If I keep them fairly dry they should be all right. I may do that in my boots and old gardening raincoat f I can pluck up the courage. Taking part in Bristol's Green Capital of Europe's year means not losing any plants over the winter, especially such large specimens.