Thanks, Tazman. The cannas in the photo look very much like mine; they are called African Sunset, and I've had them for years. They are well worth the trouble of overwintering. Each year I divide them and give some away.
Love that owl. Snails eating my clematis flowers, they are like mountaineers around here, climbed all the way through the white hydrangea to get to them.
inkadog.. lovely pictures and the garden is looking supberb.. coming on very well.. you should be very pleased with yourself.. all taht hard work is starting to pay off.
Still a ways to go--there is no soil to speak of in those beds-have to dig out rocks and gravel.Eventually there will be strawberries, but I probably won't be planting until the fall rains. Here is a better photo of the vertical garden in the pallet.I'm leaving it to settle before continuing up.
Must admit am getting very despondent with the lack of decent weather. The slugs have had a field day on the veg, but at least one courgette and some peas have started cropping. Climbing beans are pathetic as are the sweet peas. But the herbaceous stuff and the roses have been wonderful, the philadelphus has flowered magnificently as well, so I cut a few branches and popped them in a vase so I could enjoy them without getting drenched. Tomatoes are limping along, haven't planted any outside as it seems like prime blight weather. Managed to net the strawberries, maybe the slugs and blackbirds will leave me a few..
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Thanks, Tazman. The cannas in the photo look very much like mine; they are called African Sunset, and I've had them for years. They are well worth the trouble of overwintering. Each year I divide them and give some away.
Last evening I had a visitor
And the project is coming along. I am leaving the vertical garden as is for a couple of days before adding another layer.
OOPs--forgot the photo. Here it is--
inkadog.. lovely pictures and the garden is looking supberb.. coming on very well.. you should be very pleased with yourself.. all taht hard work is starting to pay off.
Still a ways to go--there is no soil to speak of in those beds-have to dig out rocks and gravel.Eventually there will be strawberries, but I probably won't be planting until the fall rains. Here is a better photo of the vertical garden in the pallet.I'm leaving it to settle before continuing up.