My dad grew the veg and the interesting thing about nostalgia in my case is that I don't remember him every seeming worried about anything going wrong in the garden. I don't recall him fussing about manures, composts, feed - he just always seemed to plant, grow and harvest every year and everything seemed to come good. His time in the garden was after work or at weekends if not working and the veg just seemed to grow and provide. I don't remember him using fertilisers at all but was a very thorough digger and when it rained he just used to say 'well it's a good drink for the garden'. He favoured the same flowers every year and grew wonderful dahlias and chrysanthemums which always seemed to grow strong with little trouble. As you remember the plums and pears - I remember the tastiest potatoes, cabbage and carrots and particularly sitting out with him eating raw peas which always seemed to be enormous. Roses always seemed to be perfumed, the grass grew with no trouble every year and we loved the daises and buttercups. Birds everywhere. Or so it all seemed and it's wonderful to keep it with me in my memories.
Hi Christopher2. Thanks for the comment. I've chopped back the 'Mrs Kendall Clark' and was wondering about the 'Wargraves Pink' and 'Kashmirs'. They're beginning to flop with less flowers and look wildly untidy - not that tidyness matters much to me. Was interesting to see Carol Klein's spot on last night's programme was on geraniums. As ever not enough time for her to really go round the huge variety at the location. Was good to see though.
Can I ask what you feed them with - is there anything that best suits them from your experience?
christopher2: Thanks for the very informative response re the feeding and particularly for the description of the various geraniums. Will look up some of these names and plan for next year. Really interesting. You ought to post some photos - would be good to see some of your range of plants.
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Frank: Really enjoyed your reply above.
My dad grew the veg and the interesting thing about nostalgia in my case is that I don't remember him every seeming worried about anything going wrong in the garden. I don't recall him fussing about manures, composts, feed - he just always seemed to plant, grow and harvest every year and everything seemed to come good. His time in the garden was after work or at weekends if not working and the veg just seemed to grow and provide. I don't remember him using fertilisers at all but was a very thorough digger and when it rained he just used to say 'well it's a good drink for the garden'. He favoured the same flowers every year and grew wonderful dahlias and chrysanthemums which always seemed to grow strong with little trouble. As you remember the plums and pears - I remember the tastiest potatoes, cabbage and carrots and particularly sitting out with him eating raw peas which always seemed to be enormous. Roses always seemed to be perfumed, the grass grew with no trouble every year and we loved the daises and buttercups. Birds everywhere. Or so it all seemed and it's wonderful to keep it with me in my memories.
Hi Christopher2. Thanks for the comment. I've chopped back the 'Mrs Kendall Clark' and was wondering about the 'Wargraves Pink' and 'Kashmirs'. They're beginning to flop with less flowers and look wildly untidy - not that tidyness matters much to me. Was interesting to see Carol Klein's spot on last night's programme was on geraniums. As ever not enough time for her to really go round the huge variety at the location. Was good to see though.
Can I ask what you feed them with - is there anything that best suits them from your experience?
christopher2: Thanks for the very informative response re the feeding and particularly for the description of the various geraniums. Will look up some of these names and plan for next year. Really interesting. You ought to post some photos - would be good to see some of your range of plants.
Many thanks.