The sun is shining and forecast is for another lovely day and 27C. Perfect for lazing on a sunbed on the beach, so that's what we're up to for the day.
We've had our turn of warm sunshine, so enjoy it whilst you can Hosta. We have had more sun than rain today, virtually no wind, unlike last night which was pretty rough, although not as bad as Angus a few nights ago.
Gales last night, blew patio table and chairs across the lawn. Took two big pots off their feet and on to their sides, how they did not break i do not know.....
the sun shone all day, the wind blew all day until about 4.30pm when it eased up....a lovely day to be in the garden.....hope nobody has any damage and everyone is safe ...
The wind is dropping now a bit - just as it went dark, so I didn't get out there.
I'm thinking of planting the seeds that need to be stratified - at least that is something important that can be done indoors.
I still find it difficult to sort out what to do to protect the trays from wind and rain, and have often kept them in the fridge up till now, but I've lost a few batches to drying out in there, so if anyone knows how to keep them from being washed and blown out by rain and wind I'd love to know methods. I tried plastic bags, but slugs got in as the tape dissolved
hi dinah, the seed business sounds very tricky, i have planted seeds for broadbeans and i have several packets of cornflower, nigella and sweet pea to try this/next year, be my first time growing seeds
Hi Loana, Cornflower and Nigella are very well behaved and sensible things to grow. Great for Bees too. Sweet peas are lovely. Are you growing the scented annuals or the perennials? They can be put in now, since once they have grown a few inches they will sit and wait patiently on a cool window sill until spring and then leap into an early start. Watch for slugs though, even on a window sill in winter. I have no idea how the slugs get in the house, but once in they can run riot.
Your air-born garden furniture sounded very alarming. You will have to watch where you put pots and seed trays too. I remember putting some seeds in vermiculite to stratify, and the plastic trays took off, with the vermiculite flying everywhere in the wind. It was actually very funny, but I think that was when I started putting things in the fridge instead.
I didn't mean to put anyone off stratifying! It's just that nature seems to be so, so much better at it than me. I look at the way the blueberries and blackberries and raspberries, and various species roses, have populated the mountain, and not just tough bushes, the marsh orchids do fine left to themselves, finding out the sheltered pockets, and they all need a period of cold to start them growing. I manage two or three lableless "some-things" coming up, somewhere other than the tray where I put them. Maybe I'm too busy looking at my failures to count blessings. The wind has produced quite a lot of nice trees, shrubs and perennials that wouldn't be there if I hadn't planted them, even if they did come up on the other side of the garden.
Hi dinah, you sound like a passionate gardener, spreading your seeds far and wide even by accident i'm not sure which sweet peas they are, i chose them for the pretty colours on the packet ? i will look tomorrow as they too are in the she-shed....can i plant them in pots now and keep them in cold GH ( does have bubblewrap lining now though ) i can't startvanything in the house, let alone the fridge....my OCD couldn't cope with that ? The nigella and cornflower are lovely, but according to packet i read today i can't start them til spring?
What are your favourite plants in your garden dinah?
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The sun is shining and forecast is for another lovely day and 27C. Perfect for lazing on a sunbed on the beach, so that's what we're up to for the day.
Keep warm and dry back home .
You can go off people, Hosta.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
We've had our turn of warm sunshine, so enjoy it whilst you can Hosta. We have had more sun than rain today, virtually no wind, unlike last night which was pretty rough, although not as bad as Angus a few nights ago.
Gales last night, blew patio table and chairs across the lawn. Took two big pots off their feet and on to their sides, how they did not break i do not know.....
the sun shone all day, the wind blew all day until about 4.30pm when it eased up....a lovely day to be in the garden.....hope nobody has any damage and everyone is safe ...
The wind is dropping now a bit - just as it went dark, so I didn't get out there.
I'm thinking of planting the seeds that need to be stratified - at least that is something important that can be done indoors.
I still find it difficult to sort out what to do to protect the trays from wind and rain, and have often kept them in the fridge up till now, but I've lost a few batches to drying out in there, so if anyone knows how to keep them from being washed and blown out by rain and wind I'd love to know methods. I tried plastic bags, but slugs got in as the tape dissolved
hi dinah, the seed business sounds very tricky, i have planted seeds for broadbeans and i have several packets of cornflower, nigella and sweet pea to try this/next year, be my first time growing seeds
Dinah , what about a cold frame ?
Hi Loana, Cornflower and Nigella are very well behaved and sensible things to grow. Great for Bees too. Sweet peas are lovely. Are you growing the scented annuals or the perennials? They can be put in now, since once they have grown a few inches they will sit and wait patiently on a cool window sill until spring and then leap into an early start. Watch for slugs though, even on a window sill in winter. I have no idea how the slugs get in the house, but once in they can run riot.
Your air-born garden furniture sounded very alarming. You will have to watch where you put pots and seed trays too. I remember putting some seeds in vermiculite to stratify, and the plastic trays took off, with the vermiculite flying everywhere in the wind. It was actually very funny, but I think that was when I started putting things in the fridge instead.
I didn't mean to put anyone off stratifying! It's just that nature seems to be so, so much better at it than me.
I look at the way the blueberries and blackberries and raspberries, and various species roses, have populated the mountain, and not just tough bushes, the marsh orchids do fine left to themselves, finding out the sheltered pockets, and they all need a period of cold to start them growing. I manage two or three lableless "some-things" coming up, somewhere other than the tray where I put them. Maybe I'm too busy looking at my failures to count blessings. The wind has produced quite a lot of nice trees, shrubs and perennials that wouldn't be there if I hadn't planted them, even if they did come up on the other side of the garden. 
Hi dinah, you sound like a passionate gardener, spreading your seeds far and wide even by accident
i'm not sure which sweet peas they are, i chose them for the pretty colours on the packet ? i will look tomorrow as they too are in the she-shed....can i plant them in pots now and keep them in cold GH ( does have bubblewrap lining now though ) i can't startvanything in the house, let alone the fridge....my OCD couldn't cope with that ? The nigella and cornflower are lovely, but according to packet i read today i can't start them til spring?
What are your favourite plants in your garden dinah?