Could be the wildlife notices food when it suddenly appears (planted out 'fully prepared to eat') whereas when it is growing slowly from seed outside it possibly takes them longer to notice it.
Imagine: How long would it take you to notice a delicious Sunday dinner slowly growing on your front path over 2-3 weeks compared to if someone plonked it down fully cooked on Sunday morning? Just a thought.
Sowed yet more seeds - cactus dahlias and green zinnias that were 10p on Ebay from China - inc postage. Planted up a fern and an erythronium in a hollow log. The erythroniums are 3 for £7 in B&Q at the moment. Planted a clematis in a self-watering pot. Bought cheapo shelves from Poundstretcher as I've far too many trays of seedlings in my dining-room and it's too cold for them in the greenhouse. Tomorrow I'm doing a hugelkultur raised bed for my veg.
I feel your pain Tootles. Half of my back lawn is mainly patchy moss. Overshaded by mature Beech trees at the back fence. Doesn't annoy me too much, as the rest of the lawn is only grass. Plus, once the hedging takes off the soil the moss is on will dry out a lot and I *may* actually get some grass to grow on it!
Finished the front Blackthorn hedge yesterday and moved a few dwarf Acers away from the front of the house. Have a mystery delivery of plants arriving tomorrow, received a text telling me my delivery will arrive tomorrow but sine I am waiting for a few, I'm not sure what I will be getting.
Nice spot for something needing a bit of protection. The roots of a fig would also be nicely 'hemmed in' there. Fan-trained or espalier fruit tree, like a pear, peach apricot or nectarine? Orange Pippin site has some good advice on those:
Dug up the roots of an Escallonia that had a bad case of leaf spot, also removed a fuchsia and a chaenomeles neither were in a good spot and hadn't done very well (plus I wasn't keen on them).
Ready now for a delivery of clematis and pyracantha which should arrive on Wednesday. Also tidied up a few more perennials and move a bee balm to a sunnier spot to make way for Acer Katsura.
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Pigeons? Rabbits? Both?
Connection with starting off indoors?
Could be the wildlife notices food when it suddenly appears (planted out 'fully prepared to eat') whereas when it is growing slowly from seed outside it possibly takes them longer to notice it.
Imagine: How long would it take you to notice a delicious Sunday dinner slowly growing on your front path over 2-3 weeks compared to if someone plonked it down fully cooked on Sunday morning? Just a thought.
(Actually,I don't really know
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Birdy13, ok have decided to put a sign out - "coming soon - Sunday dinner" so that they become numb to it. Either that or a cloche really.
Today was Tomato sowing day. Going for 4 different varieties this year including some beefsteaks
also planted out a Hellebore/Wallflower and some Bellis Daises.
Topped up my pots with some fresh compost too
Sowed yet more seeds - cactus dahlias and green zinnias that were 10p on Ebay from China - inc postage. Planted up a fern and an erythronium in a hollow log. The erythroniums are 3 for £7 in B&Q at the moment. Planted a clematis in a self-watering pot. Bought cheapo shelves from Poundstretcher as I've far too many trays of seedlings in my dining-room and it's too cold for them in the greenhouse. Tomorrow I'm doing a hugelkultur raised bed for my veg.
We cut the lawn for the first time this year yesterday. Lots of bright green patches of moss to get busy on with the rake.
I feel your pain Tootles. Half of my back lawn is mainly patchy moss. Overshaded by mature Beech trees at the back fence. Doesn't annoy me too much, as the rest of the lawn is only grass. Plus, once the hedging takes off the soil the moss is on will dry out a lot and I *may* actually get some grass to grow on it!
Finished the front Blackthorn hedge yesterday and moved a few dwarf Acers away from the front of the house. Have a mystery delivery of plants arriving tomorrow, received a text telling me my delivery will arrive tomorrow but sine I am waiting for a few, I'm not sure what I will be getting.
Nice spot for something needing a bit of protection. The roots of a fig would also be nicely 'hemmed in' there. Fan-trained or espalier fruit tree, like a pear, peach apricot or nectarine? Orange Pippin site has some good advice on those:
http://www.orangepippintrees.co.uk/articles/fruit-tree-fans-and-espaliers
Dug up the roots of an Escallonia that had a bad case of leaf spot, also removed a fuchsia and a chaenomeles neither were in a good spot and hadn't done very well (plus I wasn't keen on them).
Ready now for a delivery of clematis and pyracantha which should arrive on Wednesday. Also tidied up a few more perennials and move a bee balm to a sunnier spot to make way for Acer Katsura.