Oh Joyce, you sweetheart - you have posted me an astilbe! - that is so kind and I will let you know when it arrives. I am so excited and I will nurture it like I would a baby - (what an old fool I am).
Vandals in the garden - you can keep them. Where the Belfast sink is now situated is robin territory although we do have the odd pigeon there too. The pigeons make a mess, but the robins are no trouble - a delight to have around with their lovely song.
I have just finished reading this thread, and wonder if Orchid Lily and other contributors are still using this forum, or anyone else who can share pictures of their planted up Belfast sinks.
I am planning to plant mine up with Saxifrage and House Leeks this week. Any tips, advice or pictures will be helpful, thanks.
Orchid lady was a Lovely regular I miss she got busy with a new business and I do hope it is a huge success and that's why we don't hear from her anymore.
joyce my notifications are working again today so hope yours are too
Oh that's a pity Beaus Mum, although I realize that people have lives apart from gardening. She was so enthusiastic about her Belfast sink, I wonder if she still tends it now.
Yes, my notifications came on yesterday too, there was a whole page of them, which I went through last night.
Lantana I think that is a great idea, and as you say at least the mint is contained. We had mint in our veg patch, but most of it came up outside the veg patch boundary - it was a devil to remove the plant - runners or are they suckers kept popping up in our lawn for years after we thought we had removed it all.
So is Orchid Ladies new business anything to do with gardening star gaze lily? I would have loved to have run a business to do with growing - getting too old for that now, but I do sell plants (among other things) on our roadside honesty box, but it is hard work for small returns.
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Oh Joyce, you sweetheart - you have posted me an astilbe! - that is so kind and I will let you know when it arrives. I am so excited and I will nurture it like I would a baby - (what an old fool I am).
Vandals in the garden - you can keep them. Where the Belfast sink is now situated is robin territory although we do have the odd pigeon there too. The pigeons make a mess, but the robins are no trouble - a delight to have around with their lovely song.
GD. . . .Sorry. It was too wet and windy to dig up the astilbe for posting tomorrow
Hope to do it this week.
No worries, no good digging up when wet and windy, do it in your time, when you are ready.
Orchid lady was a Lovely regular I miss
she got busy with a new business and I do hope it is a huge success and that's why we don't hear from her anymore.
joyce my notifications are working again today so hope yours are too
Oh that's a pity Beaus Mum, although I realize that people have lives apart from gardening. She was so enthusiastic about her Belfast sink, I wonder if she still tends it now.
Yes, my notifications came on yesterday too, there was a whole page of them, which I went through last night.
Orchid Lady is doing very well and having great success with her new business Beaus.
But it keeps her very busy. Which in some ways is a good thing!
Good to see you too tho Beaus
Lantana I think that is a great idea, and as you say at least the mint is contained. We had mint in our veg patch, but most of it came up outside the veg patch boundary - it was a devil to remove the plant - runners or are they suckers kept popping up in our lawn for years after we thought we had removed it all.
So is Orchid Ladies new business anything to do with gardening star gaze lily? I would have loved to have run a business to do with growing - getting too old for that now, but I do sell plants (among other things) on our roadside honesty box, but it is hard work for small returns.
Hi GD2,
No not garden orientated, but doing very well