My clematis montana atropurpurea looks so beautiful in the twilight.
All plants planted and seeds sown for Mr. Fothergills so I celebrated by having a candlelit supper looking out at this, the view from my kitchen/diner door.
Much duller today and we seem to have had a bit more rain as the garden looks very wet. the house feels colder too and only 3 degrees forecast for through the night so will have to close the cold frame lid tonight. It was lovely while it lasted and only hope there is no frost to nip the fruit blossom.
Four hours hard graft this morning in the garden and I have a few inches of water in my new bog garden so another thing to add to the list - try to plant one of my bog plants in it each day till I have them all planted. I will start with the yellow iris this afternoon as it has increased from one spike to three since I bought it. Then i can remove my marsh marigold from sprawling over my alpine trough and plant it tomorrow. All systems go now.
Ho Marion your garden is looking very nice, looks like your going to have plenty fruit and veg, hope your was wrapped up warm, Its nice and sunny here but a very cold wind wich was getting to my back a bit .
Marion I'm just a little worried about my sweet peas they keep trying to tangle with one another, I have no cains and they are very tall
Ho and these are the bulbs I've been planting today
What a show you are going to have flumpy with all those bulbs! I like acidanthera and brodiae best of that lot. oh and the anemones. Your sweet peas need to be planted out as soon as possible and they need something to climb up - a fence perhaps or through a shrub if you have no canes to make a wigwam? You can unravel them gently and tie each plant to its support then it will attach itself with its own tendrils as it grows.
My Husband has made a trellis especially for them the soil is ready to put them in, will the cold weather harm them this week? It's meant to be cold and wet here ????
No but I could get some from the garden centre hopefully ???? this weather is so unpredictable, I've just watched the weather and it's going to drop to -1 in the night so I may keep the sweet peas inside for now and get some canes ????, what are you doing tomorrow Marion ????
If you have any old net curtains or can get some from the charity shop that is the cheapest way to defeat the frost, rather than going to the garden centre. Your sweet peas will climb very well up your trellis your husband has built. I usually make a wigwam from three canes and plant it in a big pot of compost and grow six or seven plants in it. Tomorrow I will be taking the last of my 20 bags of compost up to my potager, planting out more of my broad beans, sowing some annuals and clearing more of my paths. Weather permitting.
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My clematis montana atropurpurea looks so beautiful in the twilight.
All plants planted and seeds sown for Mr. Fothergills so I celebrated by having a candlelit supper looking out at this, the view from my kitchen/diner door.
ul in the twilight.
Much duller today and we seem to have had a bit more rain as the garden looks very wet. the house feels colder too and only 3 degrees forecast for through the night so will have to close the cold frame lid tonight. It was lovely while it lasted and only hope there is no frost to nip the fruit blossom.
Four hours hard graft this morning in the garden and I have a few inches of water in my new bog garden so another thing to add to the list - try to plant one of my bog plants in it each day till I have them all planted. I will start with the yellow iris this afternoon as it has increased from one spike to three since I bought it. Then i can remove my marsh marigold from sprawling over my alpine trough and plant it tomorrow. All systems go now.
Ho Marion your garden is looking very nice, looks like your going to have plenty fruit and veg, hope your was wrapped up warm, Its nice and sunny here but a very cold wind wich was getting to my back a bit .
Marion I'm just a little worried about my sweet peas they keep trying to tangle with one another, I have no cains and they are very tall
Ho and these are the bulbs I've been planting today
What a show you are going to have flumpy with all those bulbs! I like acidanthera and brodiae best of that lot. oh and the anemones. Your sweet peas need to be planted out as soon as possible and they need something to climb up - a fence perhaps or through a shrub if you have no canes to make a wigwam? You can unravel them gently and tie each plant to its support then it will attach itself with its own tendrils as it grows.
Do you have any horticultural fleece you could throw over them if frost is forecast? They will not mind the wet.
If you have any old net curtains or can get some from the charity shop that is the cheapest way to defeat the frost, rather than going to the garden centre. Your sweet peas will climb very well up your trellis your husband has built. I usually make a wigwam from three canes and plant it in a big pot of compost and grow six or seven plants in it. Tomorrow I will be taking the last of my 20 bags of compost up to my potager, planting out more of my broad beans, sowing some annuals and clearing more of my paths. Weather permitting.