I planted some 'love lies bleeding' seeds in our seaside garden. I must have been about 11 because that's how old I was when we moved from our 2 up 2 down cottage to a terraced house with it's small front garden. I have recently retired and got my own garden for the first time. Thank you for reminding me about my first gardening efforts..must add love lies bleeding to my list of seeds for next year.
my first garden was when I lived at home I was 10 years old and we had moved from a 2 up 2 down with a back yard to a semi with garden front, back and side I had a little peice right on the front corner of the house to the side of the drive. It was edged with rocks which I kept very white by white washing them regualy, it had white rock plant and different sedums in it.I loved it and I've never looked back I've been very fortunate in haveing a garden for all my life but 8 months when I moved to a town house and their I had some pots, as for forgetting names of plants I have a stack of books that I regualy trawl through. the worst thing is when I'm blogin and can't see the f or the p or what ever on the keyboard.
The first thing I planted in my mum's garden in Co Antrim was a pink saxifrage, but when I started my own garden in Fermanagh, I kicked off with pots of thyme, rosemary and lavender in the sunny spot outside the French window. Hard workers!
When I got my first garden I had to have new turf laid as the previous occupants bred dogs and obviously exercised them on the lawn. When the landscaper came to lay the grass he asked how large I wanted my borders and I said I didn't want any. That's how much I wanted to garden - changed days now when I can't get enough of it!!!
I have begun gardening this year and I have all my plants in containers. Frankly, I haven't got the faintest of how to bring them through the winter. In Edinburgh where I live we are having 2 degrees Celsius already. I have two hydrangeas vannille fraise, a eucalyptus gunnii, two acers, a kaffir lily and a crocosmia. All of them are still Ok, as far as I can see, but I don't know if or what I should bring indoors. I mulched the top of every container - is it enough?
i planted snowberry 20 years ago not knowing that it was invasive. it was at one side of a deep stone path, but at the other side is a path of grass. it has been trying to take over, so when i cut the grass it just gets beheaded. the roots advance every year and if the shoots are not lopped off will take over. it is a good wind bread, but if i had known its habit would not have planted it..gh.
Acer grisenum - I have received differing advice on when I can prune my Acer which is 7 years old. I need to lift the canopy by pruning 4 branches - shall I do it when the leaves have dropped or in the summer (when in full leaf)?
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it should be wind break.