How Does our Garden Grow?
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Snails were very fond of the climbing hydrangea when I first planted it @onedayatatime,they're not interested in it now that it's 'toughened up'.
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Tiger's Eye.
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Everyone's gardens are looking so lovely now. 😍
@onedayatatime I highly recommend a little container bog garden, just make sure the carnivorous plants are in a special soil mix (usually sand, perlite and peat moss, so it's neutral to acidic) and only use rain water or RO/DI water, they hate anything other plants would like, even tap water can kill them. 😆
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@Albus_Scope I'm going to have a bit of a rethink about this. Let's just say I'm experimenting at the moment 😂 The reeds I plonked in there got flung around by the foxes last night and I found my little solar fountain buzzing away at the other end of the garden 😂😂 I've got a bit of a plan, but think I'm going to have to settle for a wildlife type pond. I'd be heartbroken if the foxes dug everything up!
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My rose bush is really taking off this year and all the new plants have rooted
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Oh @onedayatatime, this happened to me with foxes recently! I bought a new veg container for my birthday and spent a lot of energy filling it up with compost and planting some veggies in it. Woke up next morning to absolute devastation, all the plants ripped to shreds and soil everywhere. I can laugh about it now, but I had to go away and have a little cry about it at first 😂 the mischievous little monkeys did a real number on the whole bed.
I've slowly re-done it and it now has chicken wire over it to deter them. I'm hoping that it was just because it was new and eventually they'll ignore it and I can take the cage off. What a pain though! Hope you have more success with your pond/bog garden!
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Some beautiful flowers posted. Very uplifting.
Had to laugh at some of the posts, I remember nurturing a couple of plants for a couple of months. Was not impressed when they turned out to be weeds. At least I knew I had to sort the drainage out …
This was my garden in March
A few months of blood, sweat, tears and some painful sleepless nights
… a lot of wood is from my days in the forestry when I felled my own timber, stored it and then planked it up. Also a lot of free slate from a local quarry. Still not finished, but need to regroup and recover. I quite fancy a bog part RE: @Albus_Scope … I like the idea of carnivorous plants … any links to suppliers 😀
I hope you's enjoy the video … excuse some of the shakes …
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What's good in the garden.
Roses have really taken off, I think its. good year. Gooseberries & blueberries look too be a success as well.
In the 'new' beds I've scattered seeds, and & got some strawberries planted.
The landscapers have been round & given the planters a coat of preservative, & compacted the paths again. Hopefully it will stay settled. @WelshBlue Mike King is the Nat Collection Holder for carniverous plants. Big collection in Shropshire. He's also massive on green energy, I think he's got most of his house, shed and garage producing energy.
The front garden is looking lush tho, the tall grass has really appreciated its haircut
Buddliaa globes has not done so well this year, but might get a second flower, the rest of my buddlia collection is doing great and will be fabulous. Hellebores are now leaf and looking tropical.
I also have a yellow aquilegia that just keeps coming back every year & looks fascinating
And just got some beans & tomatoes in.
Actually been feeling really low lately so it's a struggle to get anything done.2 -
@WelshBlue that looks absolutely lovely love it
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When I get my new laptop up & running - upgraded from a 2015 to a 2023 MacBook Pro. Ill get some photos up.
Of course all the cables have changed. Thankfully I backed up. So just need to work out how to get things to talk to each other.0 -
@WelshBlue you can certainly see all your hard work has paid off. I really like all the different textures and heights of your planting. It must be a real joy to now sit back and watch things grow and blossom. I'd really like to see another video later in the summer!
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@JW77 I'm sorry but I did giggle at your wood burning comment. I'm someone who looks at Pinterest for ideas in the garden and have experimented with varies degrees of success with my some experimenting. I wouldn't trust myself with a blow torch but have to say, the charring of wood does looks amazing.
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charred wood i see can last up to 50years plus if done properly i am afraid that would make me over 117 before doing again lol i think i will coat my sleeper planters every year to keep me out of mischief
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Your garden is looking so lovely @WelshBlue! And yours sounds great too @JW77. Hopefully it's a good year for fruit, I've got some blueberries on the go as well and they're doing alright so far.
I planted some sugar snap peas which have mostly been eaten by slugs but there's still a couple of pods on there clinging to dear life. I've put down some coffee grounds and a bit of copper tape to see if I can put them off. Might be able to grow a small snack's worth eventually 😁
But I've got some lupins and delphiniums coming through from last year which are looking good amongst the general mess:
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Oh I do love me some lupins @Rosie_Scope mine are only two leaves tall currently, but they'll eventually look as great as yours. 🤩
My third attempt at planting some purple peas has produced one vine out of about 40 seeds, so the slugs have definitely been busy under the soil. The swines! 😣
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I got given a crate of peas & beans recently so have been trying to give em away. An under the bed storage crate full!
I tend to multisow peas & beans and most veg. It's far more efficient. Must remember to feed the fruit bushes this weekend as well. Energy levels are so low right now!2 -
That's a lot of beans @JW77! I feel you on the energy levels. That's why there's no pictures of the rest of my garden, it's just an absolute jungle of weeds right now with a few flowers poking through here and there. I'm choosing to call it "rewilding" 😄 but hopefully I'll be able to do some tidying at some point.
Hope you manage to get a few bits done soon!
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I love finding those little squirrel gifts @Beaver79 I found an odd plant growing in my carnivorous plants trough last week. Upon closer inspection, it was a peanut (in its shell) that must have been left there by a squirrel friend earlier in the year. 😆
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I've had a bit of a tidy up in the garden today but I've had to stop now because there's nowhere to put all the clippings and snippings.
The compost bin is full and the binmen forget to empty our garden waste bin last week.
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This one always flowers later than the other azaleas.
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