A dry day forecast and sunny later so expecting to get a lot of work done in the garden. I still have buds on my gazanias that may open in the afternoof it is still sunny then. I am going to try to keep some through the winter and split them in the spring to get more. It is the first time I have grown them and, despite the fact they close up in dull weather find the cheerful variety of their flowers very appealing. I am not buying any heated greenhouse plugs next year that have to use the post as it is Bristol's Green capital of Europe year and i am going to be environmentally friendly. I feel pretty sure there are some nurseries using solar or wind power but no couriers using hydrogen cars.
The spindle bush can grow into a tree but takes a long time to do it, Beau's Mum. I just clip the top of mine to the height i want it and pruning it means I get more flowers and berries. The green wheeliebin was emptied this morning but you would not know it now I have been out working. My gazanias are loving the sun. May take the camera out later. sun too bright now, but lovely colours on the Ceratostigma plumboides (blue flowers and pink leaves).
I am sure you will love a spindle tree as much as I do, Beau's Mum. By the time I went in the hot air balloon over Sussex gardens with Christine Walkden It was dark but it is going to be a good day weatherwise again tomorrow here so may get the camera out. Splendid program again - all about how gardens change and the how the people who work in them change too today. A strong streak of philosophy through this series. Love it.
A little misty in bristol this morning but sun breaking through and a dry sunny day forecast. It seems a little cooler at least indoors too. I have a feeling I may need to put on some heating today, perhaps the gas fire in my study. No sign of frost but i shall continue to bring in tender plants. Yesterday I brought in my white pelargoniums still with buds to open on them which will look good in the winter. White flowers always look good with all the green and red of Xmas decorating.
Hi Marion, just had two days off work, sorting xmas presses and out fits for Xmas doos
as I have two to go to this year .
I too have seen the Yorkshire glorious gardens, I would love to work in a lovely big garden, that lad has landed lucky, the one who started at 14 just helping out in school holidays then gets a job there .
we had a very windy day on Thursday, so bad it blow my greenhouse onto its side There's potting soil everywhere, it's meant to be dry weather today so going to hanker it down again with some rocks
Yes, flumpy1, many of my fb friends had to put bricks in the bottom of there plastic greenhouses last winter and had the polythene ripped by the wind. I thought my double glazed toughened glass aluminium conservatory was immune to the weather till the lightening struck! Still I have great hopes of structural marerials to be invented that beat all this climate change can bring to us from the data being collected from the comet. Comets withstand so much way out there, there must be many lessons we can learn.
Count your seeds and if you think you have enough you could take a gamble on having am erly crop by sowing half now. i find it helpful to soak the seeds in lukewarm water for a couple of hours before sowing. I swed some on November last year and out them in the cold frame but the winter was so warm they were lanky and leggy and outgrew the cold frame before the frost had gone, but chances are very slim it will be that warm again this winter.
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A dry day forecast and sunny later so expecting to get a lot of work done in the garden. I still have buds on my gazanias that may open in the afternoof it is still sunny then. I am going to try to keep some through the winter and split them in the spring to get more. It is the first time I have grown them and, despite the fact they close up in dull weather find the cheerful variety of their flowers very appealing. I am not buying any heated greenhouse plugs next year that have to use the post as it is Bristol's Green capital of Europe year and i am going to be environmentally friendly. I feel pretty sure there are some nurseries using solar or wind power but no couriers using hydrogen cars.
Good morning Marion, glad you have lovely day, we have torrential rain here!
Thank you so much for your reply re the spindle bush, it really is lovely
I thought they were trees and was hoping to get one
The spindle bush can grow into a tree but takes a long time to do it, Beau's Mum. I just clip the top of mine to the height i want it and pruning it means I get more flowers and berries. The green wheeliebin was emptied this morning but you would not know it now I have been out working. My gazanias are loving the sun. May take the camera out later. sun too bright now, but lovely colours on the Ceratostigma plumboides (blue flowers and pink leaves).
You are truely a wonder woman Marion
Think I'm gonna put the spindle tree or bush on my wish list thank you x
I am sure you will love a spindle tree as much as I do, Beau's Mum. By the time I went in the hot air balloon over Sussex gardens with Christine Walkden It was dark but it is going to be a good day weatherwise again tomorrow here so may get the camera out. Splendid program again - all about how gardens change and the how the people who work in them change too today. A strong streak of philosophy through this series. Love it.
A little misty in bristol this morning but sun breaking through and a dry sunny day forecast. It seems a little cooler at least indoors too. I have a feeling I may need to put on some heating today, perhaps the gas fire in my study. No sign of frost but i shall continue to bring in tender plants. Yesterday I brought in my white pelargoniums still with buds to open on them which will look good in the winter. White flowers always look good with all the green and red of Xmas decorating.
Hi Marion, just had two days off work, sorting xmas presses and out fits for Xmas doos
as I have two to go to this year
.
I too have seen the Yorkshire glorious gardens, I would love to work in a lovely big garden, that lad has landed lucky, the one who started at 14 just helping out in school holidays then gets a job there
.
we had a very windy day on Thursday, so bad it blow my greenhouse onto its side
There's potting soil everywhere, it's meant to be dry weather today so going to hanker it down again with some rocks 
Yes, flumpy1, many of my fb friends had to put bricks in the bottom of there plastic greenhouses last winter and had the polythene ripped by the wind. I thought my double glazed toughened glass aluminium conservatory was immune to the weather till the lightening struck! Still I have great hopes of structural marerials to be invented that beat all this climate change can bring to us from the data being collected from the comet. Comets withstand so much way out there, there must be many lessons we can learn.
Hey! My sweet pea seeds have just come through the post
Count your seeds and if you think you have enough you could take a gamble on having am erly crop by sowing half now. i find it helpful to soak the seeds in lukewarm water for a couple of hours before sowing. I swed some on November last year and out them in the cold frame but the winter was so warm they were lanky and leggy and outgrew the cold frame before the frost had gone, but chances are very slim it will be that warm again this winter.