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How Does our Garden Grow?

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  • onedayatatime
    onedayatatime Community member Posts: 95 Pioneering
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    @Steve_in_The_City
    I accidentally run one over on the pavement while driving my mobility scooter. He/she jumped up on the running board and I was absolutely terrified.
    I'm sorry, but whilst that must have been terrifying, it did make me laugh!
    They really can jump and can be very aggressive! Somewhere in my head I remember being told never to corner one. Or that might be from reading the book Rats by James Herbert as a kid.  
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  • Steve_in_The_City
    Steve_in_The_City Scope Member Posts: 601 Pioneering
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    @onedayatatime I have never read the book, but I just know I don't like rats! Have a good rat free day! Steve.
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  • michael57
    michael57 Community member Posts: 294 Pioneering
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    Nice cheap cold frame
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  • michael57
    michael57 Community member Posts: 294 Pioneering
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    should get some brownie points from the neighbours when there gifted 👌 
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  • onedayatatime
    onedayatatime Community member Posts: 95 Pioneering
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    I'm off to investigate the lupin situation this morning. There's a bunch of lupins the sparrows seem very interested in. Now I know there are big fat juicy aphids on them and I thought they are just eating them, flying back to the nests with them for those chicks. But I read online that the sparrows get a taste for the nectar and strip the flowers? Have I been blaming super slugs this whole time?? Are these sparrows just not happy with mealworms and suet pellets??? Will the lupins survive!!????
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  • michael57
    michael57 Community member Posts: 294 Pioneering
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    onedayatatime said:
    I'm off to investigate the lupin situation this morning. There's a bunch of lupins the sparrows seem very interested in. Now I know there are big fat juicy aphids on them and I thought they are just eating them, flying back to the nests with them for those chicks. But I read online that the sparrows get a taste for the nectar and strip the flowers? Have I been blaming super slugs this whole time?? Are these sparrows just not happy with mealworms and suet pellets??? Will the lupins survive!!????
    you are correct they do get a taste for the nectar when in flower if there not in flower i would say they are after greenfly aphids they visit our garden and jump on the geum stems bend them over and eat the greenfly hungry has to be fed 
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  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 53,221 Disability Gamechanger
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    My b&m hoard got 13 in total can't fit them all in sink 
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  • onedayatatime
    onedayatatime Community member Posts: 95 Pioneering
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    @michael57 I had no idea about that and you're spot on, it's the only lupin a flower right now. At the moment they seem to have stripped one plant but also keeping busy with those aphids 👍
    @Sandy_123 that's a great hoard!! Do I spot a reduced 10p sticker in there!!?? What a bargain! 😂 A bit of tlc will bring them back.
    I love this time of year! 
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  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 53,221 Disability Gamechanger
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    Yes got a couple reduced hopefully those 1s will take off
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  • michael57
    michael57 Community member Posts: 294 Pioneering
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    onedayatatime said:
    @michael57 I had no idea about that and you're spot on, it's the only lupin a flower right now. At the moment they seem to have stripped one plant but also keeping busy with those aphids 👍
    @Sandy_123 that's a great hoard!! Do I spot a reduced 10p sticker in there!!?? What a bargain! 😂 A bit of tlc will bring them back.
    I love this time of year! 
    i have my uses haha
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  • Beaver79
    Beaver79 Community member, Community Co-Production Group, Scope Member Posts: 22,580 Disability Gamechanger
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    Some of my plants I got today from the garden centre also the three hanging pots.

    I think we both had a good shop @Sandy_123



    Next door likes weeds. You cannot see them when in my garden as fence hides them thank goodness.
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  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 53,221 Disability Gamechanger
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    They look lovely @Beaver79 lots of nice colours 
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  • Beaver79
    Beaver79 Community member, Community Co-Production Group, Scope Member Posts: 22,580 Disability Gamechanger
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    Some other parts of my garden.
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  • Beaver79
    Beaver79 Community member, Community Co-Production Group, Scope Member Posts: 22,580 Disability Gamechanger
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    Thanks @Sandy_123 Your 10p ones should come back with plenty of watering and some sun. Good buy.
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  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 53,221 Disability Gamechanger
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    Your garden plants and flowers look lovely @Beaver79, mine never get established like yours in mine. 
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  • Beaver79
    Beaver79 Community member, Community Co-Production Group, Scope Member Posts: 22,580 Disability Gamechanger
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    Thank you @Sandy_123 It is a shame your flowers do not get established. It makes it easier when you only have to top up each year.
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  • onedayatatime
    onedayatatime Community member Posts: 95 Pioneering
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    That's such a lovely selection of colours and textures @Beaver79 . I've only got a few plants flowering at the moment but fingers crossed it all comes right soon.
    I have a single lupin flowering right now. 😁 I did grow some Honesty that's flowering and am super chuffed with a single Snow Tower echium that survived the winter. 
    Can I ask what the white flower is in your second picture? I like the way it fans out and has so many flowers. There's a few spots in my garden I'd like to fill and that looks ideal.

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  • JudithL
    JudithL Community member Posts: 77 Courageous
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    The path to our guesthouse. I think this is my favourite part of the garden. 
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  • Beaver79
    Beaver79 Community member, Community Co-Production Group, Scope Member Posts: 22,580 Disability Gamechanger
    edited May 8
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    Hi @onedayatatime Thank you. The white flower is an azalea. 
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  • Ada
    Ada Scope Member Posts: 15,516 Disability Gamechanger
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    Well they say you get what you pay for. All my seeds have been growing lovely all the flowers and various salads. Still a little way to go.  But the flowers stems are so very thin one little puff of wind they be gone. 

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