"Charlotte" potatoes are up in the potato planter Mr. Fothergill supplied us with so will soon be earthing them up. Have been invited out to one of my son's for Mothers Day lunch so will plant the others in a raised bed outside the day before. Not yet four 0'clock but quite whacked now as i have cleaned patio no.2, the one outside my potting shed(back of the garage really). I shall decorate it with pots of bulbs tomorrow and have my coffee there when it is fine as it is a different view from that picnic table to the one outside the kitchen door - just as beautiful but has more birds visiting for crumbs being further from the road. It is like going deeper and deeper into the countryside as you travel up my garden. Bit windy for the butterflies today.
I have to say Marion this one of the best threads on here, it is so interesting and full of information. Your photos as always are just lovely. Thank you so much for sharing them with us.
Squally showers today and a biting wind. Having said that took advantage of breaks in the clouds to sprinkle and fork in a general fertiliser, finished cleaning pots and tidied up my potting shed - two shelves in the shed which stores the cycles, lawnmower etc etc.
Pleased to see that the wallflowers have bushed out with tulips, anemone, aquilegia all coming through nicely. Cleaned the bench on the patio which overlooks that bed and gives a good view of the pond. Even in the cold I enjoyed a coffee admiring the view.
Not familiar with Brodiaea so looked them up. Neat plant and low growing. Something new to try. I'm sure I have a pot just right for them.
We have a forecast for mainly dry today but it is already raining. I watched GW which I missed on Friday being out at the AGS meeting. Quite eclectic but I have seen Carole help a young couple with children do their garden before and Monty clean out his pond. Well gardening can be repetitive. I shall be sowing the three outdoor tomatoes for Mr. F. trial today- "Sungold F1", "SakuraF1" and "FerlineF1", someGem Squash seeds a FB friend sent me,lobelia and Rudbeckia, Rustic Dwarfs mixed, planting some of my summer bulbs in pots and starting my Mothers Day display off. Thank you for the kind appreciation, donutmrs. BizzieB I have some brodiaea in the garden already,increasing nicely and it is a lovely cut flower. You seem to be as busy as your name suggests. May get some picyures in the afternoon. The spring flowering shrubs are glorious this year.
Marion - if you are sowing rudbeckias, why don't you give Indian Summer a try - they are my favourite variety - pure gold - and would suit this year's theme very well
Oh, thank you. Chicky. That does look a good one. 60 allium moly and 60 brodiaea now planted, but it kept getting overcast and threatening to rain. I have come in for lunch now but it is so dark out there I fear it may plummet down again soon. I do not want a hard frost as the Conference pear tree is in blossom so perhaps i should be encouraging the clouds. There is plenty I can be getting on with indoors.
Wow! Buds on your peonies! Mine are still little red shoots and I am so much further south than you. Shows how England is protected by the Gulf Stream.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
My peonies in the front are about 5" tall now, and the new one that I planted a week ago yesterday, has gone from about 6" to nearly a foot tall and has put out 2 extra shoots. It's quite amazing the rate of growth. Not so grim up north!!!
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"Charlotte" potatoes are up in the potato planter Mr. Fothergill supplied us with so will soon be earthing them up. Have been invited out to one of my son's for Mothers Day lunch so will plant the others in a raised bed outside the day before. Not yet four 0'clock but quite whacked now as i have cleaned patio no.2, the one outside my potting shed(back of the garage really). I shall decorate it with pots of bulbs tomorrow and have my coffee there when it is fine as it is a different view from that picnic table to the one outside the kitchen door - just as beautiful but has more birds visiting for crumbs being further from the road. It is like going deeper and deeper into the countryside as you travel up my garden. Bit windy for the butterflies today.
I have to say Marion this one of the best threads on here, it is so interesting and full of information. Your photos as always are just lovely. Thank you so much for sharing them with us.
Squally showers today and a biting wind. Having said that took advantage of breaks in the clouds to sprinkle and fork in a general fertiliser, finished cleaning pots and tidied up my potting shed - two shelves in the shed which stores the cycles, lawnmower etc etc.
Pleased to see that the wallflowers have bushed out with tulips, anemone, aquilegia all coming through nicely. Cleaned the bench on the patio which overlooks that bed and gives a good view of the pond. Even in the cold I enjoyed a coffee admiring the view.
Not familiar with Brodiaea so looked them up. Neat plant and low growing. Something new to try. I'm sure I have a pot just right for them.
We have a forecast for mainly dry today but it is already raining. I watched GW which I missed on Friday being out at the AGS meeting. Quite eclectic but I have seen Carole help a young couple with children do their garden before and Monty clean out his pond. Well gardening can be repetitive. I shall be sowing the three outdoor tomatoes for Mr. F. trial today- "Sungold F1", "SakuraF1" and "FerlineF1", someGem Squash seeds a FB friend sent me,lobelia and Rudbeckia, Rustic Dwarfs mixed, planting some of my summer bulbs in pots and starting my Mothers Day display off. Thank you for the kind appreciation, donutmrs. BizzieB I have some brodiaea in the garden already,increasing nicely and it is a lovely cut flower. You seem to be as busy as your name suggests. May get some picyures in the afternoon. The spring flowering shrubs are glorious this year.
Marion - if you are sowing rudbeckias, why don't you give Indian Summer a try - they are my favourite variety - pure gold - and would suit this year's theme very well
Oh, thank you. Chicky. That does look a good one. 60 allium moly and 60 brodiaea now planted, but it kept getting overcast and threatening to rain. I have come in for lunch now but it is so dark out there I fear it may plummet down again soon. I do not want a hard frost as the Conference pear tree is in blossom so perhaps i should be encouraging the clouds. There is plenty I can be getting on with indoors.
I took a stroll up the garden to en
joy the colour but my it was chilly. Astonished to see buds on my peonies so early.
Wow! Buds on your peonies! Mine are still little red shoots and I am so much further south than you. Shows how England is protected by the Gulf Stream.
Mine are little red shoots too Lizzie - and they have only appeared in the last week! Think the gulf stream must give my corner of surrey a miss
My peonies in the front are about 5" tall now, and the new one that I planted a week ago yesterday, has gone from about 6" to nearly a foot tall and has put out 2 extra shoots. It's quite amazing the rate of growth. Not so grim up north!!!