Punk doc , cut Hawthorn hedges today , because me and my next door have been doing this for a long time , believe it or not the birds are not bothered , infact bottom hedge is like a bird hotel
Infact my brother in law is always worried about the bird and rarely cuts his hegdes but I get 10 times the number and a great varity , got a woodpecker at moment , not seen him but heared him
Cut lawns as well
Really like to have done proper gardening , hopefully Thursday
Finally managed to remove the hellebore flowers and some old yellow leaves. They occupy more than a quarter of the garden. I have also discovered about 200 snails in the process. I was looking at them in the transparent box and they were looking back at me - I don't even know with how many eyes. I couldn't get myself to harm them. I ended up taking them for a ride and leaving them in a nature reserve. Even so I felt strangely sad after that and started thinking about the meaning of home and competing for space and alienation. Yes, I'm a total wuss. I've also found this new hellebore with two buds.
They are great. Unfortunately, the new growth has been attacked by aphids. There's even a fat one in the picture. Hmmm. Roses are suffering as well. The birds are eating the aphids, but they are also damaging the buds. And I think they have decapitated a poppy - and I was so much looking forward for it to open.
Few bits.... Planted out my 'spare' cornus alba aurea, a potted rhubarb (must be the day for it Logan), more geum totally tangerine, hebe frozen flame (going to go great with the alliums), gillenia trifoliata.
Oh, threw in some more beetroot seeds and finally weeded out some small imposters pretending to be verbena.
Now waiting impatiently for delivery of echinacea, heleniums and kniphofia so I can finish planting for a bit!
spent a few hours putting a 5tray metal rack for my plants to harden off this morning got 50 lavatier ?plants. sweet peas.3 different shades/night scented stock/sweet Williams 4 marmande toms/put courgetes/ went through a big flask of coffee good day
Yesterday I weeded the strawberry bed, planted 6 new plants, fed and mulched them. There is a bindweed problem.
Have planted some rudbeckia Denver Daisy and Lavatera Silver Cup in cutting garden. Planted Curly Kale in veg garden. Planted up 1 trough and 3 pots with summer bedding. Plants used, pink pelargoniums with blue ageratum, Salvia Farinacea with Didiscus, pink Diascia and trailing Lobelia, Salvia Farinacea with pink and dark pink eye pelargoniums, crimson million bells, Night Sky petunias and trailing Lobelia.
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Punk doc , cut Hawthorn hedges today , because me and my next door have been doing this for a long time , believe it or not the birds are not bothered , infact bottom hedge is like a bird hotel
Infact my brother in law is always worried about the bird and rarely cuts his hegdes but I get 10 times the number and a great varity , got a woodpecker at moment , not seen him but heared him
Cut lawns as well
Really like to have done proper gardening , hopefully Thursday
Finally managed to remove the hellebore flowers and some old yellow leaves. They occupy more than a quarter of the garden. I have also discovered about 200 snails in the process. I was looking at them in the transparent box and they were looking back at me - I don't even know with how many eyes. I couldn't get myself to harm them. I ended up taking them for a ride and leaving them in a nature reserve. Even so I felt strangely sad after that and started thinking about the meaning of home and competing for space and alienation. Yes, I'm a total wuss. I've also found this new hellebore with two buds.
Don't ya just love hellebores?
Last edited: 17 May 2016 20:02:56
Yes , hellebores are a nice plant
They are great. Unfortunately, the new growth has been attacked by aphids. There's even a fat one in the picture. Hmmm. Roses are suffering as well. The birds are eating the aphids, but they are also damaging the buds. And I think they have decapitated a poppy - and I was so much looking forward for it to open.
Few bits.... Planted out my 'spare' cornus alba aurea, a potted rhubarb (must be the day for it Logan), more geum totally tangerine, hebe frozen flame (going to go great with the alliums), gillenia trifoliata.
Oh, threw in some more beetroot seeds and finally weeded out some small imposters pretending to be verbena.
Now waiting impatiently for delivery of echinacea, heleniums and kniphofia so I can finish planting for a bit!
Definately no gardening today as it had rained all day
Hopefully sort out g/h tomorrow and lots of little bits , weather forecast at moment dry , so fingers crossed
spent a few hours putting a 5tray metal rack for my plants to harden off this morning got 50 lavatier ?plants. sweet peas.3 different shades/night scented stock/sweet Williams 4 marmande toms/put courgetes/ went through a big flask of coffee good day
Yesterday I weeded the strawberry bed, planted 6 new plants, fed and mulched them. There is a bindweed problem.
Have planted some rudbeckia Denver Daisy and Lavatera Silver Cup in cutting garden. Planted Curly Kale in veg garden. Planted up 1 trough and 3 pots with summer bedding. Plants used, pink pelargoniums with blue ageratum, Salvia Farinacea with Didiscus, pink Diascia and trailing Lobelia, Salvia Farinacea with pink and dark pink eye pelargoniums, crimson million bells, Night Sky petunias and trailing Lobelia.