Hello , thought you might be interested in this When we where on holiday we saw some Allotments , although they had fences around the edge of there plots on the road ways where covered in flowers 💐 and it looked good but there is a practical points , they stop the weeds coming into the plot So I had some ground covering plants at home I wanted to get rid of so Dug them up and planted around the fence of my plot Hope that makes sense
So the paths were planted with flowers, is that right? I move my unwanted plants to the plot too (see below😉)
Went up the allotment today to give it a throughly good weeding. I didn't quite do that but weeded a lot.
My borage field is looking good, one of my weedpiles is between the two clumps
Raspberry and currant area (Summer rasps on left are still tiny but alive, bought as cells not canes about 500 years ago and not recommended)
Phase 3 of the official flower bed. I removed the earlier allium sticks as I don't like the mix of live and dead
These are some of my potentilla that I want to edge my drive with after some paving is done, here for safe keeping:
This is is a ligularia, Britt Marie Crawford, or similar spelling that I discarded from the garden and chucked into one of my drainage trenches as 'organic matter'. It has emerged from the other compostables and is looking alright, for saying. Better than it ever did in the garden anyway: It's a bit out of focus, must have been thinking about my Polka rasps behind. I didn't eat that little clump of fruits, so who has? Some greedy wildlife, I'd wager. I did try an Erika off one of my tiny autumn cell rasps and a couple of Ruby Beauty. Missed my early crop of Joan J. Loads to come though and blacks also are looking well.
This is Egremont Russet, second summer. Hope they are nice, I buy/eat a lot of apples.
Morning, I haven't been up this week with working and other stuff...hopefully everything I have is sufficiently established to live without the water🤔
Rain is forecast from tonight so I watered some stuff in the garden last night hoping the waterbutts will be refilled. I've stopped watering some of my pots as I've noticed a leaf cutter bee repeatedly visiting a tunnel. They're only lupins. I've looked after them since last year but still, they're only lupins, I prefer insects.
Houseplants seem to be the thirstiest I think. Watered 3 times this week, normally they have 1 water.
Had to knock some of the apples off my Russet above, found it bent to the ground on the weekend. I've also tied it to several stakes. My original stake had failed but the bend was above this. I don't think this is the kind of rootstock that needs staking for it's whole life but will check.
Did some weeding but need to do much more.
Catalogued my heleniums that came from the front garden and are going back when I've had work done. I forget most of their names but colour and size will suffice for my planting plans. There are 6 to come back down, hopefully in spring.
This is primocane blackberry Reuben, flowering now. It's hard to see if it will have enough time to berry but shall see.
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When we where on holiday we saw some Allotments , although they had fences around the edge of there plots on the road ways where covered in flowers 💐 and it looked good but there is a practical points , they stop the weeds coming into the plot
So I had some ground covering plants at home I wanted to get rid of so Dug them up and planted around the fence of my plot
Hope that makes sense
Went up the allotment today to give it a throughly good weeding. I didn't quite do that but weeded a lot.
My borage field is looking good, one of my weedpiles is between the two clumps
Raspberry and currant area (Summer rasps on left are still tiny but alive, bought as cells not canes about 500 years ago and not recommended)
Phase 3 of the official flower bed. I removed the earlier allium sticks as I don't like the mix of live and dead
These are some of my potentilla that I want to edge my drive with after some paving is done, here for safe keeping:
This is is a ligularia, Britt Marie Crawford, or similar spelling that I discarded from the garden and chucked into one of my drainage trenches as 'organic matter'. It has emerged from the other compostables and is looking alright, for saying. Better than it ever did in the garden anyway:
It's a bit out of focus, must have been thinking about my Polka rasps behind. I didn't eat that little clump of fruits, so who has? Some greedy wildlife, I'd wager. I did try an Erika off one of my tiny autumn cell rasps and a couple of Ruby Beauty. Missed my early crop of Joan J. Loads to come though and blacks also are looking well.
This is Egremont Russet, second summer. Hope they are nice, I buy/eat a lot of apples.
My bed of dalias and hollyhocks is looking good
If my path edge flower planting works I’ll post a picture
G/H at home suffering even with shading , had to water at 9-00 as plants starting to wilt
Rain is forecast from tonight so I watered some stuff in the garden last night hoping the waterbutts will be refilled. I've stopped watering some of my pots as I've noticed a leaf cutter bee repeatedly visiting a tunnel. They're only lupins. I've looked after them since last year but still, they're only lupins, I prefer insects.
Houseplants seem to be the thirstiest I think. Watered 3 times this week, normally they have 1 water.
Did some weeding but need to do much more.
Catalogued my heleniums that came from the front garden and are going back when I've had work done. I forget most of their names but colour and size will suffice for my planting plans. There are 6 to come back down, hopefully in spring.
This is primocane blackberry Reuben, flowering now. It's hard to see if it will have enough time to berry but shall see.