The "hot" bed
Sunday 25 April 2010
plugged some holes
The garden is working really well as a spring garden but there are going to be a few holes when it gets to summer, especially in the"hot bed". Yesterday I bought some more plants for that bed. I just got 1 of each to see what works and is slug resistant. If any of them do well I'll get some more (or divide!). I got:
Tanacetum Robinsons red
Helenium red
Helenium yellow
Geum mrs j bradshaw
and some geriumns to plant when the tulips are over.
I also moved two of the dogwoods from the back of the "woodland" bed to this bed
And put in a grass.
The cottage bed needs a bit of a tidy up. There are a few penstemom cuttings that I took last year that need planting. There doesn't seem to be any sign of the foxgloves, lupins or ?? other things I planted a couple of years ago. And a couple of the bushes look a bit dead but i don't want to disturb the bed when the tulips and forget me knots look so good.
I also got a few more heuchera for the bed by joes. I need to divide the ones I got but wasn't sure how. the man at the nursery told me to look and see if they have formed new clumps but that I should have done it in early spring. I looked when i got home and most have 3 or 4 clumps so if i get a chance I might try dividing a couple even if it is a little late.
I bought another Cordyline as the one I've got has done so well in 2 years. It was destined for joes bed again but i think I'll put it in the cottage bed to give it a bit of structure.
I cleared up the "woodland" bed at the end and water heavily. Some bark coming in a couple of weeks to mulch that bed and I'll put he leaf mould I've been making over last couple of years down first. I've also got a very big wood pile that needs burning. The compost bins are over flowing but some of that should go in to the new veg bed that we plan to make next weekend. Thats the big project for now.
Tanacetum Robinsons red
Helenium red
Helenium yellow
Geum mrs j bradshaw
and some geriumns to plant when the tulips are over.
I also moved two of the dogwoods from the back of the "woodland" bed to this bed
And put in a grass.
The cottage bed needs a bit of a tidy up. There are a few penstemom cuttings that I took last year that need planting. There doesn't seem to be any sign of the foxgloves, lupins or ?? other things I planted a couple of years ago. And a couple of the bushes look a bit dead but i don't want to disturb the bed when the tulips and forget me knots look so good.
I also got a few more heuchera for the bed by joes. I need to divide the ones I got but wasn't sure how. the man at the nursery told me to look and see if they have formed new clumps but that I should have done it in early spring. I looked when i got home and most have 3 or 4 clumps so if i get a chance I might try dividing a couple even if it is a little late.
I bought another Cordyline as the one I've got has done so well in 2 years. It was destined for joes bed again but i think I'll put it in the cottage bed to give it a bit of structure.
I cleared up the "woodland" bed at the end and water heavily. Some bark coming in a couple of weeks to mulch that bed and I'll put he leaf mould I've been making over last couple of years down first. I've also got a very big wood pile that needs burning. The compost bins are over flowing but some of that should go in to the new veg bed that we plan to make next weekend. Thats the big project for now.
Saturday 17 April 2010
The day the planes stopped
Volcanic ash has grounded all planes in the UK for the last couple of days. We've had beautiful sunny skies though and today the weather was lovely. My tulips look amazing. i didn't really get to appreciate them last year as it rained about a day after they came out and the petals fell off. But check out these beauties.
The garden got its first mow yesterday as well.
Thursday 8 April 2010
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