@hyppybyker.. wehre did you get those plant supports form i woul dlove some of them for mine..
here ar the pics i took hae managed to get them uploaded at last.
those are the sunny borders.
Those are the woodland borders.. this autumn have got to remove the grass as it goes to just moss and lay the bark.
And this little fella has flowered wellt his year.. tried to show in second picture that nearly every branch as got a bud on it ready to open. I was daring last year and gave ti a good cut back as was so woody and badly shaped.. and this is my reward. stunning.. was grown frm seed by hubby's Dad who bought it back from Australia with him many many years ago. it is about 20 years old now.
Gardeningfanatic - your garden is beautiful I love your Bottle Brush - mine is still recovering from the 2 bad winters we had - I am hoping for flowers again next year
@hyppybyker.. wehre did you get those plant supports form i woul dlove some of them for mine..
I followed Monty's instructions on GW last June - 6mm round steel rods from the steel merchants, they come in 6m lengths, then the other half cut them to length, bent them round various sized tubs and buckets, bent up the ends and hey presto!
I'm really pleased with how they've turned out - they're really easy to get in the ground, no faffing with twine and they look nice. Downside is they're rusty so messy esp when wet and I've got to sort out where to store them over winter. Worth it tho.
I've got quite a few rods left over so I'm getting him to make a corkscew support for some soneysuckle this weekend
Seems to me that all you gardeners South of the Border are doing better with your plants and veg. than we are here in Central Scotland. It's fun and games in my garden and weather forecaster said today that in the whole of July we'd had an hour and a half of sun.
This little lavender patch is being propped up from constant flooding at it's bottom.
My beetroot is going the same way as the cabbage I had to pull up which had white mould.
But there's a little beet at the bottom and I don't know whether I should just pull them all up now or whether they have to be binned.
The rain and humid spells are going for most things. So I decided to cut down dense foliage, part of a tree and a privet hedge which was wild. I'm merrily sawing away the privet when in the middle I find it's produced flowers for the first time.
My young hydrangea has had infected (or something) leaves for 2 months and now it's worse.
BUT - everything 'yellow' seems to be loving this continual rain - especially the tubs which have Nonstop Mocca begonias. They just keep blooming and blooming.
'Wargraves Pink' and other geraniums seem to be in their element.
And - my little Hebe 'Caledonia' has flower buds for the very first time which I'm really chuffed about. Makes splashing about in puddles all worthwhile.
And we've had a day today where it didn't rain. Hurrah! Celebration time.
Well done Yarrow. It's comforting to know that other people are finding things difficult. I noticed an article on Google News saying that some Midlands apple growers have only 10% of their normal crop.
On a brighter note.... the photo below is NOT my garden, and might not have been taken this year. On the Fork Handles thread, Pam posted an invite to her Open Garden next weekend. Being curious as to where this garden is, I put the address into Google Maps. Google produced an image of the road, and by clicking 'enlarge', this is what you see (you can click on the image to enlarge it further)...
I don't know when Mr Google took that photo, I'm guessing that it might have been this time last year. I assume this is the correct house. It looks very fitting!
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A lovely wildlife haven you have there, HyppyByker. My kind of garden!!
@hyppybyker.. wehre did you get those plant supports form i woul dlove some of them for mine..
here ar the pics i took hae managed to get them uploaded at last.
those are the sunny borders.
Those are the woodland borders.. this autumn have got to remove the grass as it goes to just moss and lay the bark.
And this little fella has flowered wellt his year.. tried to show in second picture that nearly every branch as got a bud on it ready to open. I was daring last year and gave ti a good cut back as was so woody and badly shaped.. and this is my reward. stunning.. was grown frm seed by hubby's Dad who bought it back from Australia with him many many years ago. it is about 20 years old now.
Gardeningfanatic - your garden is beautiful
I love your Bottle Brush - mine is still recovering from the 2 bad winters we had - I am hoping for flowers again next year 
Pam x
Thanx Gracie - really trying hard to make it so
I followed Monty's instructions on GW last June - 6mm round steel rods from the steel merchants, they come in 6m lengths, then the other half cut them to length, bent them round various sized tubs and buckets, bent up the ends and hey presto!
I'm really pleased with how they've turned out - they're really easy to get in the ground, no faffing with twine and they look nice. Downside is they're rusty so messy esp when wet and I've got to sort out where to store them over winter. Worth it tho.
I've got quite a few rods left over so I'm getting him to make a corkscew support for some soneysuckle this weekend
Certainly helps to have a man who can
I missed the pics of your garden Hyppybyker - you have a lovely garden
Pam x
Thanx
Been really rewarding this year despite the rotten weather
Seems to me that all you gardeners South of the Border are doing better with your plants and veg. than we are here in Central Scotland. It's fun and games in my garden and weather forecaster said today that in the whole of July we'd had an hour and a half of sun.
This little lavender patch is being propped up from constant flooding at it's bottom.
My beetroot is going the same way as the cabbage I had to pull up which had white mould.
But there's a little beet at the bottom and I don't know whether I should just pull them all up now or whether they have to be binned.
The rain and humid spells are going for most things. So I decided to cut down dense foliage, part of a tree and a privet hedge which was wild. I'm merrily sawing away the privet when in the middle I find it's produced flowers for the first time.
My young hydrangea has had infected (or something) leaves for 2 months and now it's worse.
BUT - everything 'yellow' seems to be loving this continual rain - especially the tubs which have Nonstop Mocca begonias. They just keep blooming and blooming.
'Wargraves Pink' and other geraniums seem to be in their element.
And - my little Hebe 'Caledonia' has flower buds for the very first time which I'm really chuffed about. Makes splashing about in puddles all worthwhile.
And we've had a day today where it didn't rain. Hurrah! Celebration time.
Well done Yarrow. It's comforting to know that other people are finding things difficult. I noticed an article on Google News saying that some Midlands apple growers have only 10% of their normal crop.
On a brighter note.... the photo below is NOT my garden, and might not have been taken this year. On the Fork Handles thread, Pam posted an invite to her Open Garden next weekend. Being curious as to where this garden is, I put the address into Google Maps. Google produced an image of the road, and by clicking 'enlarge', this is what you see (you can click on the image to enlarge it further)...
I don't know when Mr Google took that photo, I'm guessing that it might have been this time last year. I assume this is the correct house. It looks very fitting!
that looks like lillylouise's front garden.. waiting for video of it this year.. such a delight to see.
Oh wow! Now that is a pleasure to look at! Very nice Lilylouise!