12 degrees already and set to get to 21 but we do have a yellow warning for thundery showers till midnight. However my local forecast has it dry till about 5 pm so will work on that and just take my umbrella up to the end of the garden where I will be working. The Malvern show looks like it has some beautiful displays this year according to pics posted by my facebook friends who went yesterday. The short coverage of it on GW last night could not do it justice. Time to extend it I feel and reduce the Chelsea coverage to get the wherewithal. Repeats of repeats are not very edifying in any walk of life.
I was wrong to ignore the yellow warning of rain. It is gentle but enough to stop me taking my first batch of pelargoniums out of the conservatory to be hardened off. Ah well lots of pricking out to do.
We have just had a downpour in Bristol and it is as dark as night. But I did a lot of pricking out and tidied up the kitchen patio a bit, now it is well washed by the rain!
I agree with you on the Malvern Show coverage. I get a bit fed up with Chelsea although I do watch it all just to get a gardening fix. I usually record it so that I can fast forward through repeated bits.
Did you get much rain in the end? We've just had a little shower and a rumble of thunder over this side of town.
Garden is very damp as we had some rain early on but the sun is trying to break through the clouds now. I did get five pots of pelargoniums out of the conservatory yesterday and put them in the cold frame for the night so will get them out again and do another five today, No frost forecast for next week. My seedlings i pricked out yesterday are all looking perky this morning. Sweet peas need to go in their final place now too so must gather big pots and bamboo canes to make tepees for them.
woken up to blue sky, it looks like it may of rained in the night but the sun is drying it up, at least the plants have been watered.
I planted my sweet peas out yesterday as there is no frost forecast now, also finally put my big metal ring around the Rhododendron so I can put compost and mulch in every year now, iTVs not flowered for the last two years, do I need to trim it ?, today my lawn need cutting again, I only did it two weeks ago but we had lots of rain afterwards.
ive got lovely yellow bruises all over my legs now after that accident at work, at least they are on the mend
You too flumpy. we have had some more rain but brighter and dry again. Some tlc seems to be needed by your rhododendron to persuade it to flower. Most of them prefer acid soil so an ericaceous feed might do the trick. If you make leaf mould in a plastic bag in the autumn that would be the best mulch. They are shrubs so need to be a little older than non woody plants before they flower so perhaps it isn't old enough yet.
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Hello , I trust you are keeping well , lovely pictures of your garden , weather great
Wonder what garden and allottment will be like when I get back ?
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Oh GWRS no doubt the garden will have burgeoned while you have been away. Superb weather for your holiday though. Another great weekend forecast.
12 degrees already and set to get to 21 but we do have a yellow warning for thundery showers till midnight. However my local forecast has it dry till about 5 pm so will work on that and just take my umbrella up to the end of the garden where I will be working. The Malvern show looks like it has some beautiful displays this year according to pics posted by my facebook friends who went yesterday. The short coverage of it on GW last night could not do it justice. Time to extend it I feel and reduce the Chelsea coverage to get the wherewithal. Repeats of repeats are not very edifying in any walk of life.
I was wrong to ignore the yellow warning of rain. It is gentle but enough to stop me taking my first batch of pelargoniums out of the conservatory to be hardened off. Ah well lots of pricking out to do.
We have just had a downpour in Bristol and it is as dark as night. But I did a lot of pricking out and tidied up the kitchen patio a bit, now it is well washed by the rain!
I agree with you on the Malvern Show coverage. I get a bit fed up with Chelsea although I do watch it all just to get a gardening fix. I usually record it so that I can fast forward through repeated bits.
Did you get much rain in the end? We've just had a little shower and a rumble of thunder over this side of town.
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d a duckpond form on the patio but has gone down now. Here is the wet scene from my kitchen doorway.
Garden is very damp as we had some rain early on but the sun is trying to break through the clouds now. I did get five pots of pelargoniums out of the conservatory yesterday and put them in the cold frame for the night so will get them out again and do another five today, No frost forecast for next week. My seedlings i pricked out yesterday are all looking perky this morning. Sweet peas need to go in their final place now too so must gather big pots and bamboo canes to make tepees for them.
Morning Marion, hope you are well
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woken up to blue sky, it looks like it may of rained in the night but the sun is drying it up, at least the plants have been watered.
I planted my sweet peas out yesterday as there is no frost forecast now, also finally put my big metal ring around the Rhododendron so I can put compost and mulch in every year now, iTVs not flowered for the last two years, do I need to trim it ?, today my lawn need cutting again, I only did it two weeks ago but we had lots of rain afterwards.
ive got lovely yellow bruises all over my legs now after that accident at work, at least they are on the mend
hope you have a lovely day today Marion
You too flumpy. we have had some more rain but brighter and dry again. Some tlc seems to be needed by your rhododendron to persuade it to flower. Most of them prefer acid soil so an ericaceous feed might do the trick. If you make leaf mould in a plastic bag in the autumn that would be the best mulch. They are shrubs so need to be a little older than non woody plants before they flower so perhaps it isn't old enough yet.