Hi everyone, looks like you have all had a wonderful summer of gardening ? I haven't posted all summer i'm afraid. Just no time it seems, always lots to do in my garden. Today it is raining heavy so I thought I would have a peruse on here. Apologies for not posting all summer, please forgive me.....here is a little of what i've been up to.... the veg plot with an Alice Fowler mix of flowers and veg. Grew dahlia's for the first time and showed them in our local horti show, which I joined this year, along with gladioli, camelia in the spring show. My Rambling Rector planted last autumn, flowered profusely this first year. Built new raised beds for veg growing next spring.
This year we had wonderful sprouting broccoli, charlotte potatoes,broadbeans,runner beans, fine beans,courgettes, radish, toms, cumumbers,blueberries,raspberries,greengages,braeburn apples,doyenne du comice pears, rhubarb, salad leaves, calabrese, peabeans ( these were excellent, picked them up at a seed swap )
So it has been a lovely gardening summer, a busy but very rewarding one. Now for some reflection, planning and rest before spring ?
Thank you Joyce. Thank you Liriodendron ( is that a plant name? ) i'm really pleased with the new efforts this summer. I have had horses all my life but sold my last one last summer, so I then had over 30 hours a week extra time, no riding or mucking out, so turned my efforts to gardening instead. I have potted up/planted spring bulbs and alliums for next year, it is always an effort but the reward is wonderful. I do have a scruffy area up one corner of the garden, over shadowed by oak trees, on a bit of a mound, it really needs some thought put into it, as its a bit of a tricky area to plant.....any ideas? ?
Is it dry as well as shady, Loana? You could post photos of the area and an appeal for help on the forum perhaps. My garden is very shady but also wet... but you'll find there are plenty of lovely plants for every situation. Hardy cyclamen are great even in dry shade, and so pretty. Just to get you started...
Liriodendron is a bit of a mouthful - most people on the forum call me Liri. It's the name for the tulip tree.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Hi Liri, how lovely, the tulip tree ? Thank you for your reply, yes, parts of it can be dry nearer the middle to back, here is a pic, the phoenix canariensis we planted this summer, really to cut out some view of gardens behind. I put in the rhodos but i've been working on other areas of the garden this summer, so this bit has been neglected ☹️ There are oak trees on 2 sides...which we love, they do protect the area a bit too and a dog kennel to the left of the pic
That's quite a big area, Loana. I could imagine an informal bark path meandering through various shrubs, ferns in the damp bits, etc. I'm sure you'll get more opinions from others!
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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Yes, lovely CHicky. It seems to have just happened, but obviously had been building up for our warm day.
Hi everyone, looks like you have all had a wonderful summer of gardening ? I haven't posted all summer i'm afraid. Just no time it seems, always lots to do in my garden. Today it is raining heavy so I thought I would have a peruse on here. Apologies for not posting all summer, please forgive me.....here is a little of what i've been up to.... the veg plot with an Alice Fowler mix of
flowers and veg. Grew dahlia's for the first time and showed them in 
our local horti show, which I joined this year, along with gladioli, camelia in the spring show. My Rambling Rector planted last autumn, flowered profusely this first year. Built new raised beds for veg growing next spring.
This year we had wonderful sprouting broccoli, charlotte potatoes,broadbeans,runner beans, fine beans,courgettes, radish, toms, cumumbers,blueberries,raspberries,greengages,braeburn apples,doyenne du comice pears, rhubarb, salad leaves, calabrese, peabeans ( these were excellent, picked them up at a seed swap )
So it has been a lovely gardening summer, a busy but very rewarding one. Now for some reflection, planning and rest before spring ?
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Pat, I always dig up a clump of lily of the valley to have it flowering and perfuming the front porch in the spring.
Loanna, you have had a very productive year in the garden.
That's a good idea, Joyce. I guess your front porch is cool, too, which would prolong the display.
Loanna, you must feel really satisfied with what you've achieved this year! Do you have more plans for the next growing season?
Thanks Joyce. I might do that too next season.
Thank you Joyce. Thank you Liriodendron ( is that a plant name? ) i'm really pleased with the new efforts this summer. I have had horses all my life but sold my last one last summer, so I then had over 30 hours a week extra time, no riding or mucking out, so turned my efforts to gardening instead. I have potted up/planted spring bulbs and alliums for next year, it is always an effort but the reward is wonderful. I do have a scruffy area up one corner of the garden, over shadowed by oak trees, on a bit of a mound, it really needs some thought put into it, as its a bit of a tricky area to plant.....any ideas? ?
Is it dry as well as shady, Loana? You could post photos of the area and an appeal for help on the forum perhaps. My garden is very shady but also wet... but you'll find there are plenty of lovely plants for every situation.
Hardy cyclamen are great even in dry shade, and so pretty. Just to get you started...
Liriodendron is a bit of a mouthful - most people on the forum call me Liri. It's the name for the tulip tree.
Hi Liri, how lovely, the tulip tree ? Thank you for your reply, yes, parts of it can be dry nearer the middle to back, here is a pic, the phoenix canariensis we planted this summer, really to cut out some view of gardens behind. I put in the rhodos but i've been working on other areas of the garden this summer, so this bit has been neglected ☹️ There are oak trees on 2 sides...which we love, they do protect the area a bit too and a dog kennel to the left of the pic
That's quite a big area, Loana. I could imagine an informal bark path meandering through various shrubs, ferns in the damp bits, etc. I'm sure you'll get more opinions from others!
Thank you, yes some nice ferns would be lovely ?