Very particular about my toast/toaster and my tea flavoured drinks!
Love a Hebe-great for structure and Buxifolia is useful if you want an alternative to Box (hence the name!) and I've used it in pots as it looks like i've spent ages clipping it in to balls and it survives a lot of neglect! I just snip the flowers off
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I love this word 'furtle' sounds like a cross between furtive and turtle; I too sowed seeds on 29/3 and the broccoli and leeks have come up, but I always write on the label the expected germination time so that I don't suffer from 'seedling angst'.
I just try to be patient but I'm the same as everyone else-looking at them constantly! I don't usually do tomatoes from seed so I'm delighted with the ones I've sown. Like you Artjak, some have come on quicker than others but they'll mostly be fine. I don't have anywhere to put them outside yet so I didn't want to sow too much anyway.
Just off to furtle up some dinner now..
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
And my haphazard spelling and words were a result of blind typing under the desk at work trying not to be caught! Sorry and glad you understood, even if I did cause amusement.
V - thanks for telling me. I have always looked at skimmias and wanted one. I planted both at the front of the house, both are on the open boarders lining the drive. Wondering if that's not the right place!! The plants were ??3 each and stand about a foot tall excluding the pot. The hebes are called blue star and red edge. Both meant to be dwarf types! All 4 plants are light sandy type soil where I dug out 2 ft deep of clay and replaced with sandy top soil. Have I got them in the wrong place. The front garden faces east and because its more open it catches the wind a tad more than the back. My OH said the front garden is 75deg east!!!!!
I have said before I know nothing of gardening other than the tiny bits I know!!!!!!!!
V - may leave the one closer to the house and move the one on the edge of the drive. Just need to think of some other cheapish evergreen shrubs to replace. I'm a compact girl don't like messy stuff.
I'm absolutely in love with a hellebore I bought from b&q about 2 weeks ago. Neat, smart, striking and will provide interest all yeAr. It's in the back boarders in a shaded more damp position.
Holy H - I have a 4 ft x 6ft I think plastic greenhouse but have not had chance to get it up. Hence the conservatory doing the hard work!
My soil conditioner is going to improve the back when I can scrape out clay from round my perennials, dig wider boarders then replace with soil conditioner and chicken pellets I think. Feel free to tell me I'm wrong.
I've grown Red Edge and it got quite big-about 3' x 3' (is that a bit bigger than dwarf?)so maybe watch how close they are to your drive RedD. Again I suppose it depends on the conditions you have.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Very particular about my toast/toaster and my tea flavoured drinks!
Love a Hebe-great for structure and Buxifolia is useful if you want an alternative to Box (hence the name!) and I've used it in pots as it looks like i've spent ages clipping it in to balls and it survives a lot of neglect! I just snip the flowers off
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I love this word 'furtle' sounds like a cross between furtive and turtle; I too sowed seeds on 29/3 and the broccoli and leeks have come up, but I always write on the label the expected germination time so that I don't suffer from 'seedling angst'.
I just try to be patient but I'm the same as everyone else-looking at them constantly! I don't usually do tomatoes from seed so I'm delighted with the ones I've sown. Like you Artjak, some have come on quicker than others but they'll mostly be fine. I don't have anywhere to put them outside yet so I didn't want to sow too much anyway.
Just off to furtle up some dinner now..
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
And my haphazard spelling and words were a result of blind typing under the desk at work trying not to be caught! Sorry and glad you understood, even if I did cause amusement.
V - thanks for telling me. I have always looked at skimmias and wanted one. I planted both at the front of the house, both are on the open boarders lining the drive. Wondering if that's not the right place!! The plants were ??3 each and stand about a foot tall excluding the pot. The hebes are called blue star and red edge. Both meant to be dwarf types! All 4 plants are light sandy type soil where I dug out 2 ft deep of clay and replaced with sandy top soil. Have I got them in the wrong place. The front garden faces east and because its more open it catches the wind a tad more than the back. My OH said the front garden is 75deg east!!!!!
I have said before I know nothing of gardening other than the tiny bits I know!!!!!!!!
I'm absolutely in love with a hellebore I bought from b&q about 2 weeks ago. Neat, smart, striking and will provide interest all yeAr. It's in the back boarders in a shaded more damp position.
Holy H - I have a 4 ft x 6ft I think plastic greenhouse but have not had chance to get it up. Hence the conservatory doing the hard work!
My soil conditioner is going to improve the back when I can scrape out clay from round my perennials, dig wider boarders then replace with soil conditioner and chicken pellets I think. Feel free to tell me I'm wrong.
Don't know if lidl uk has the same offer but next thursday there are dahlia's on offer at €2.99 in Lidl Ireland. (just in case).
Love to hear about bargains!!
RD...sorry
I've grown Red Edge and it got quite big-about 3' x 3' (is that a bit bigger than dwarf?)so maybe watch how close they are to your drive RedD. Again I suppose it depends on the conditions you have.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...