Fine weather so have done all the watering of pots, now need to bake a cake as my eldest son has started his annual leave and has emailed he is visiting. I will get him to carry the weed baskets o the green wheeliebin as i overstuffed them yesterday.Sometimes my enthusiasm is bigger than my strength. Bin Day tomorrow. I have flowers coming on the new honeysuckles i bought which is lovely as i thought I would have to wait till next year. I will post their picture when in full flower.
Yes, GWRS, honeysuckle covers some of the ground in my spinney very nicely. After a full morning's work in the garden and lunch I was sitting on my patio reading about the life of Marianne North - she of paintings of flowers exhibition fame at Kew_ when I caught sight of my Great Dixter type collection of pots and felt really thankful that I just had to go get my camera to record them and not go through all the trials and tribulations that Marianne North did .
Lovely collection Marion. I find that growing things in pots takes me a lot more effort than in the ground where they can sort of look after themselves. I suppose it's because we don't get rain often enough and I'm forever dragging a hose around to keep them alive (let alone flourishing). I envy you all over there with your kinder climate.
My pots go into the conservatory for the winter Pat so I have colour all the year round and can carry on gardening when it is too cold to venture out. Things like pelargoniums and tibouchina would not survive here outside the whole year but i empty the conservatory of flowers in the summer months and grow my tomatoes n it . They are safe from tomato blight there.
We have some rain in Bristol today and it feels cool at 14 degrees. Set to rain all day so should be able to save some.
Still bucketing down so looks like no gardening outside today. Might sow some salad leaves. I am awaiting my replacement terra cotta pot from the Love your Garden team today or tomorrow. Today I plan on reading the life of David Douglas of Douglas fir fame, a fellow Scot. i have seen the original tree he brought back from his travels.Nothing like a good read to stop you getting itchy fingers on days like this with all my weed baskets empty thanks to my son tamping down the green wheeliebin yesterday and it having been emptied this morning ready for me to fill it up again.
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Been to the dentist and bought myself a cuphea and pink platycodon as a reward.
My first Sunlem tomato for Mr. Fothergills trials is ready to
test for taste at suppertime.
As ever nice pictures
been raining today , not bother as I have been in meeting all day
Marion - Forsythia branches as discussed a few weeks ago.
Repeat again Pat. Must be like TV!
Fine weather so have done all the watering of pots, now need to bake a cake as my eldest son has started his annual leave and has emailed he is visiting. I will get him to carry the weed baskets o the green wheeliebin as i overstuffed them yesterday.Sometimes my enthusiasm is bigger than my strength. Bin Day tomorrow. I have flowers coming on the new honeysuckles i bought which is lovely as i thought I would have to wait till next year. I will post their picture when in full flower.
Just got home and noticed hanging baskets could do with a drink , just done greenhouse , still amazed at number of male cucumber flowers
Chilies starting to form
I have a ground covering honeysuckle , very nice plant
Yes, GWRS, honeysuckle covers some of the ground in my spinney very nicely. After a full morning's work in the garden and lunch I was sitting on my patio reading about the life of Marianne North - she of paintings of flowers exhibition fame at Kew_ when I caught sight of my Great Dixter type collection of pots and felt really thankful that I just had to go get my camera to record them and not go through all the trials and tribulations that Marianne North did .
Lovely collection Marion. I find that growing things in pots takes me a lot more effort than in the ground where they can sort of look after themselves. I suppose it's because we don't get rain often enough and I'm forever dragging a hose around to keep them alive (let alone flourishing). I envy you all over there with your kinder climate.
My pots go into the conservatory for the winter Pat so I have colour all the year round and can carry on gardening when it is too cold to venture out. Things like pelargoniums and tibouchina would not survive here outside the whole year but i empty the conservatory of flowers in the summer months and grow my tomatoes n it . They are safe from tomato blight there.
We have some rain in Bristol today and it feels cool at 14 degrees. Set to rain all day so should be able to save some.
Still bucketing down so looks like no gardening outside today. Might sow some salad leaves. I am awaiting my replacement terra cotta pot from the Love your Garden team today or tomorrow. Today I plan on reading the life of David Douglas of Douglas fir fame, a fellow Scot. i have seen the original tree he brought back from his travels.Nothing like a good read to stop you getting itchy fingers on days like this with all my weed baskets empty thanks to my son tamping down the green wheeliebin yesterday and it having been emptied this morning ready for me to fill it up again.