Yeah, the current plan is to let the strip of land down the gable end of the house run semi-wild. Thats where the access path is to the rear garden and its only a few metres wide and the same length as the house. The compost bins are down there and by the time if done the rest of the garden it's too much bother. So that's where the "wildlife" garden is going. Will get some Yellow Rattle plugs going in the new year and stick them in the turf. Also need to get a raised bed built for all the Lavender that arrived from T&M yesterday.
Yesterday saw some perennials being planted, lots of watering, a bit of overseeding on the front lawn where the dandelions are no more - hopefully some rain will help that along.
I also weeded the carrots and beetroot and summer-pruned the gooseberries (and picked half of them).
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good luck with the open garden Lizzie, let us know how it goes. I'm tackling weeds and overgrown areas today trying to make room for some of the plants in my 'nursery'.
Went out in the pouring rain to give Rose Munstead Wood some support. It's quite a lax grower and isn't appreciating the rain we've had over the last 18hours or so. That's about it.
It started with the wiegela that had grown too much since I was given it last year.
The the only place for it was by the bottom fence. The first place I tried was too narrow and crowded. So I looked to the right. Decided the poorly clematis had to give up its space. To make a bit more space the unused compost box needed to move as well which meant a few bits n bobs were discarded.
Now to rehouse said poorly clem. No suitable climbing space, so found the deepest pot I could. Oops that had a poorly black sambucus in it, out that came, in went the clem and the pot relocated against a fence.
Now to plant the sambucus in the ground, never did well in a pot anyway.
Gosh it seems like I did a lot more moving than that!
Before that, in went a canna, lilies, sweet peas from a farm (50p each) a bit of tying in.
And this is me that's leaving the garden to settle this year, just concentrating on bedding plants instead, have I done any bedders yet???
Planted the dahlias in the island bed, along with a few salvias( patens and african skies), eight delphiniums, and an odd penstemon red riding hood. I tied up the sweet peas again, and picked the first bunch for the house.
Sweet rocket, aquilegias, lupins and shrub rose flowers all looking rather sorry for themselves after the storm on Friday night followed by 12 hours of soft rain yesterday (the garden was parched though so I'm not complaining) - so spent today tidying up, cutting back and re-staking.
Have also planted out the last of the cosmos and ammi and picked just enough strawberries for dinner - yum!
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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Yeah, the current plan is to let the strip of land down the gable end of the house run semi-wild. Thats where the access path is to the rear garden and its only a few metres wide and the same length as the house. The compost bins are down there and by the time if done the rest of the garden it's too much bother. So that's where the "wildlife"
garden is going. Will get some Yellow Rattle plugs going in the new year and stick them in the turf. Also need to get a raised bed built for all the Lavender that arrived from T&M yesterday.
Yesterday saw some perennials being planted, lots of watering, a bit of overseeding on the front lawn where the dandelions are no more - hopefully some rain will help that along.
I also weeded the carrots and beetroot and summer-pruned the gooseberries (and picked half of them).
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good luck with the open garden Lizzie, let us know how it goes. I'm tackling weeds and overgrown areas today trying to make room for some of the plants in my 'nursery'.
Went out in the pouring rain to give Rose Munstead Wood some support. It's quite a lax grower and isn't appreciating the rain we've had over the last 18hours or so. That's about it.
Please send some rain to Sussex!
I've been out in the drizzle all afternoon!
It started with the wiegela that had grown too much since I was given it last year.
The the only place for it was by the bottom fence. The first place I tried was too narrow and crowded. So I looked to the right. Decided the poorly clematis had to give up its space. To make a bit more space the unused compost box needed to move as well which meant a few bits n bobs were discarded.
Now to rehouse said poorly clem. No suitable climbing space, so found the deepest pot I could. Oops that had a poorly black sambucus in it, out that came, in went the clem and the pot relocated against a fence.
Now to plant the sambucus in the ground, never did well in a pot anyway.
Gosh it seems like I did a lot more moving than that!
Before that, in went a canna, lilies, sweet peas from a farm (50p each) a bit of tying in.
And this is me that's leaving the garden to settle this year, just concentrating on bedding plants instead, have I done any bedders yet???
Planted the dahlias in the island bed, along with a few salvias( patens and african skies), eight delphiniums, and an odd penstemon red riding hood. I tied up the sweet peas again, and picked the first bunch for the house.
Then it started raining again.
Sweet rocket, aquilegias, lupins and shrub rose flowers all looking rather sorry for themselves after the storm on Friday night followed by 12 hours of soft rain yesterday (the garden was parched though so I'm not complaining) - so spent today tidying up, cutting back and re-staking.
Have also planted out the last of the cosmos and ammi and picked just enough strawberries for dinner - yum!