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Post by SueA on Mar 28, 2011 15:22:21 GMT
Weeded the drive & the front garden, pulling out all the blinking Alchemilla mollis which has self seeded everywhere again, lovely plant but takes over too much! Squashed a couple of lily beetles & got another small bag of grit to top off the rest of the lilies. Frogs all at it in next door's pond! Won a pack of Nemasys vine weevil killer nematodes (no idea where from, no note, just arrived in the post!) but I've put them in the fridge for now as I'm not sure the ground is warm enough yet, still very cold at night.
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Mar 28, 2011 17:42:52 GMT
I got this far today I have no idea what I'm going to do with it when it is out, it is far too heavy to move far.
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Post by Cherry on Mar 28, 2011 20:24:41 GMT
That will make a beautiful planter or a very special bird bath. The bird bath with a few ferns round about might show it off better as plants might hide it completely. I really like it.
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Post by Cherry on Mar 28, 2011 20:28:28 GMT
I repotted some plants which were overwintering in the greenhouse. Nothing was safe during last winter though, and I had to cut dead bits off the Oleander.
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Post by Geranium on Mar 28, 2011 21:18:37 GMT
Very busy all day - still trying to improve the bank. It's a long area, and wide, too. I dug another piece over and added compost. I planted shade lovers including some Aquilegia which do seem to manage in a little shade. I also planted three Clematis, two on the side fence next to each other, 'Etoile Violette' and 'Margot Kloster' - and one on the obelisk - 'Princess Diana'. Digging the holes for the first two was a real chore - I hit rocks again, and filled two buckets. I'm still fighting the Lamium!
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Post by grindle on Mar 29, 2011 5:10:11 GMT
I got this far today I have no idea what I'm going to do with it when it is out, it is far too heavy to move far. it's a beauty, I like Cherry's idea with ferns round it
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Post by merlin on Mar 29, 2011 6:22:00 GMT
I got this far today I have no idea what I'm going to do with it when it is out, it is far too heavy to move far. Could you make some sort of 'water feature' with it? Against a wall with one of those water spout feeding it and for it to overflow into a pondy/ferny area!!
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Post by Geranium on Mar 29, 2011 9:26:23 GMT
Do you realise that those sell for around £4-£500 in a Reclamation Yard? If you feel short of the readies...that's the answer, if you can bear to part with it, that is!
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Mar 29, 2011 17:39:33 GMT
They might sell for that in the yards but the amount they are prepared to pay for one is peanuts. I've got an old cast iron water pump somewhere, I could turn it into a water feature and I do love ferns. That is all way in the future though, I haven't got it completely out of the hole yet. I potted up some lovely plants (thank you Cherry ) and pricked out some Italian tomatoes.
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Post by floydie on Mar 29, 2011 17:55:31 GMT
OH dug aload of soil off the back and filled the hole (Now we have another hole to sort at the top of the garden : . I planted my hollyhocks and replanted a few bulbs OH dug out. Also watered the garden. Half filled one of the veg beds with 3 bags of 70L compost..... Need 9 more to fill them both .
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Mar 29, 2011 18:01:48 GMT
Half filled one of the veg beds with 3 bags of 70L compost..... Need 9 more to fill them both . Keep an eye on your local paper, there are often people offering top soil for free if you can collect it.
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Post by Geranium on Mar 29, 2011 18:41:37 GMT
No gardening this morning - it was raining. This afternoon I planted 50 Crocosmia 'George Davison' corms, mostly on the stream bank. The spare ones went in a couple of pots. I'll put them on the plant stall in June. Then I cut back more dead Cistus, and crawled underneath to weed. Up the steps yet again, crawling on hands and knees under a shrub and a conifer to get at the Lamium - and ivy too just to make a small change! I'm determined to beat it.
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Post by floydie on Mar 29, 2011 18:48:02 GMT
Half filled one of the veg beds with 3 bags of 70L compost..... Need 9 more to fill them both . Keep an eye on your local paper, there are often people offering top soil for free if you can collect it. We don't drive . We did phone for a ton to be delivered by we have a gate and a wall leading to the house so they couldn't tip it .
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Mar 30, 2011 18:07:48 GMT
I pricked out loads of chilli plants, I might have grown one too many this year I stuck some bits of penstemon in some water not long ago and they had all rooted so I potted them up. Cuttings are much easier than seeds.
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Post by Geranium on Mar 30, 2011 21:34:40 GMT
It rained until 3-ish, and we had some shopping to do anyway. Having walked Henry, I had 2 hours in the garden. Guess what I was dealing with! Here it is - Lamium galeobdolon. You can understand why our predecessors planted it - it's a pretty plant - but I bet they didn't know it would spread 30' x 12', and could go even further if it had crept off the bank on to the lower border - it was trying to. It should be sold with a health warning.
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