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  • KoalagirlKoalagirl Posts: 225

    Yellow is my favourite colour so I may be biased but I liked it.image

    I have one more wedding at the weekend (my niece) and will then be heading home.  I have warned my nephew and his wife (who are coming home with me) to bring lots of warm weather clothes.  This is the nephew who got married last October, not the one who was married last week.  Too many weddings!

    I was so hoping that they would see my garden in its full glory but everything was so far behind when I left it a couple of weeks ago due to the weather.  My nephew is a big strong lad and is going to help me lay my spare paving slabs down the side of the potting shed.

  • WintersongWintersong Posts: 2,436

    @Dean Lovett, your pots look lovely and I am jealous of the gorgeous stone wall behind them too!

    @figrat, good job. Those plants will thank you for it.

    @Inkadog, wow. Your new path and trellis looked like a lot of hard work, but incredibly well executed.image What I mean is, mine would have ended up wonkyimage

    @Debbie Mckenzie, welcome! Your garden looks just like mine did 17yrs ago but with more stuff in it and no fencing image Enjoy the gardening journey!

    If I missed anybody, sorryimage and enjoy your gardens.

  • Lion SLion S Posts: 263

    Goodmorning all, woke up with some glorious sunshine and even though it's still quite windy I will be in the garden all day long. So a quick update.

    @ Woo2, thanks for crossing your fingers too  image  

    My job interview went very well and with a bit of luck I have the job!!!!!! I'll here something defenite today.

    Yesterday I went to a GC that only sells annual bedding plants and I'm afraid I couldn't resist..... so along came Brachycome, Lobelia, Pelargonium, Helichrysum, Lofos, Agyranthemum, Nemesia, Felicia and of course trailing Verbena. I'm not sure these will be the last I buy  image  I'm afraid this is a "disease" that runs in the family 'cos my Mum bought even more than I did.  

  • LottiebeansLottiebeans Posts: 715

    Flowerchild we all suffer from that disease from time to time!! Got my fingers crossed for your job offer.

    A bit grey here, will have to see if its dry enough at lunchtime to get anything constructive done at the plot. Yesterday all I did was weeding - between the onions and the beetroot seedlings. I'm hoping to get more done today. A shame that work gets in the way.

  • kate1123kate1123 Posts: 2,815

    Well I had to go and get some more compost this morning (I do not know where it all goes) so I thought I would pop into the GC, cannot believe how expensive everything is and how poorly the plants look. I know that it has been a tough year for gardeners but I was not overly impressed. I want to be inspired before I spend. I did rescue an Arabis in the reduced section so I need to investigate that now.

    FC - let us know when we can uncross our fingersimage

    Lottie- how are your nasturtiums??

  • LilylouiseLilylouise Posts: 1,013

    I hope you get your job Flowerchild imageI rescued a grafted Plum Tomato plant the other day for 20p reduced from £3.99image image The lower leaves look rubbish but the new growth is fine image I am growing grafted Aubergines and Peppers this year for the first time so I will be interested to see how the tomato doesimage

    The bedding plants are now out of the greenhouses image

  • LottiebeansLottiebeans Posts: 715

    Lilylouise, looking forward to seeing it all!! Am sure it will be spectacular. Tomatoes are tough little things aren't they? Will be interested to hear how the grafted plants compare to non grafted ones - is there much advantage?

    Kate, the nastertiums are doing ok - I never did get beyond 75% germination but that's plenty! Some healthy growth but of course no flowers yet....how are yours?

  • LilylouiseLilylouise Posts: 1,013

    It will be interesting to compare the grafted ones to the ones I have grown from seed,Lottie ! The Aubergine plants arrived a couple of weeks ago and were potted up- they are growing really well and have just been potted up again!The peppers are due to arrive sometime this week image

  • kate1123kate1123 Posts: 2,815

    Lottie my nasturtiums are looking very sorry for themselves, Geoff will be so smug if his are gloriousimage

    Pam this sounds like a military operationimage

  • figratfigrat Posts: 1,619
    Bloke's just been round and done Manly Stuff zapping the valerian on the top of my 15' wall. The roots do get enormous, don't they? Baby blackbird is getting more adventurous. Off to pull up chard just running to seed, and planting out kohl rabi. Black and red Russian kale germinating in the gh.
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