I'm wondering what to grow. Hardy perennials are what I do best. I'm a dead loss at veg, they need too much looking after (maybe that translates as 'I'm totally ignorant re veg'). But someone will have lost a garden full of perennials won't they?
I'm in total agreement with the positive bits here. It will take a least a few weeks for areas to return to normal. It takes a few weeks for cuttings to take and seeds to sprout. Was it Nutcutlet who mentioned that before there were sewage systems, nightsoil was put onto gardens.
Yes, the earth will need to be worked with care, but any help we can give, even just to add a little cheer,must be worth it.
Suburb, that got me thinking again. Something that looks nice and can stay in its pot all summer if required, but can go in the garden when it's ready. I'll do a few things like that.
Sounds good Nut, just one pot with something cheerful in can make a huge difference . Just looked around my garden, lots of pots with sad and bedraggled plants in, but shouldn't take long to tidy them up.
And just a small gift of a plant or two from a fellow gardener may lift someone's spirits and give them the energy and interest to work in their garden again
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sorry, have been inundated with paperwork so could not reply to all these wonderful responses.
Verdun, Nut, Panda, and everyone else who has been so positive; yes of course it will be probably 3 months before anyone can plant in the worst hit areas.
Dove; I am thinking of Horticultural Societies/Gardening Clubs in the affected areas.
Brumbull; thank you for your input, but bear in mind that all veg produced as recently as the late19th early 20th century was manured with 'night soil'. As long as veg are VERY well washed, they should be ok.
Next week I will try to contact relevant organisations in the flooded areas; if anyone knows people in these places, please let me know.
We can all only grow the plants that we know and would normally grow; for me that is veg seedlings and some annual flowers. Though could do Pelagonium cuttings.
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I'm wondering what to grow. Hardy perennials are what I do best. I'm a dead loss at veg, they need too much looking after (maybe that translates as 'I'm totally ignorant re veg'). But someone will have lost a garden full of perennials won't they?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Very likely Nut
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm in total agreement with the positive bits here. It will take a least a few weeks for areas to return to normal. It takes a few weeks for cuttings to take and seeds to sprout. Was it Nutcutlet who mentioned that before there were sewage systems, nightsoil was put onto gardens.
Yes, the earth will need to be worked with care, but any help we can give, even just to add a little cheer,must be worth it.
Suburb, that got me thinking again. Something that looks nice and can stay in its pot all summer if required, but can go in the garden when it's ready. I'll do a few things like that.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Sounds good Nut, just one pot with something cheerful in can make a huge difference
. Just looked around my garden, lots of pots with sad and bedraggled plants in, but shouldn't take long to tidy them up.
And just a small gift of a plant or two from a fellow gardener may lift someone's spirits and give them the energy and interest to work in their garden again
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I could send seeds to any of you near the floods for you to grow and pass on the plants to the flood victims. Just message me with your address.
I'm sure I will have some spares when the time comes, I always grow too much! Plenty of time to work out the logistics later.
Sorry, have been inundated with paperwork so could not reply to all these wonderful responses.
Verdun, Nut, Panda, and everyone else who has been so positive; yes of course it will be probably 3 months before anyone can plant in the worst hit areas.
Dove; I am thinking of Horticultural Societies/Gardening Clubs in the affected areas.
Brumbull; thank you for your input, but bear in mind that all veg produced as recently as the late19th early 20th century was manured with 'night soil'. As long as veg are VERY well washed, they should be ok.
Next week I will try to contact relevant organisations in the flooded areas; if anyone knows people in these places, please let me know.
We can all only grow the plants that we know and would normally grow; for me that is veg seedlings and some annual flowers. Though could do Pelagonium cuttings.
Let's get on with it