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Post by balc2 on Sept 24, 2024 15:53:15 GMT
Not a plant, but plant related purchase, a small bag of rooting hormone power! It arrived in the post this morning & I've used a little this afternoon to put on some Fuchsia cuttings that I put in pots of compost.
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Post by balc2 on Sept 25, 2024 15:09:05 GMT
This morning the Pansies I ordered a few days arrived:
Box of Pansy 'Frizzle Sizzle' mixed just arrived:
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Post by grindle on Oct 4, 2024 2:59:49 GMT
just ordered some camassia quamash bulbs for a border that tends to hold onto moisture and has more shade where narcissus struggle so I'm hoping these will do better
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Post by balc2 on Oct 4, 2024 5:16:07 GMT
They should look lovely when they flower, grindle! 👏👏 |
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Post by grindle on Oct 5, 2024 4:03:34 GMT
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Post by balc2 on Oct 6, 2024 20:51:21 GMT
As I was making my way back home from church this morning i spied plants outside Homebase. As I haven't been there in a very long time I went to have a look at the plants outside. All the plants for sale looked to be in very good condition & at a reasonable price too. So after looking over the plants on offer I bought this pack of 24 Violas for £6.  |
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Post by grindle on Oct 7, 2024 2:46:18 GMT
picked up some tete a tete for the front garden, species crocus and tulips, also some ivy for the pots and new liners for the wall baskets. I went for a mix of wool and moss to see what it was like, the coco liners get destroyed by birds so I'm hoping this will last longer
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Post by balc2 on Oct 7, 2024 5:08:29 GMT
grindle I used to have the same problem with my hanging baskets, the birds would pull out the coco lining to use in their nests. I eventually cut up compost bags and used them as linings. I put the black inside out & they last many years and it is a way of recycling the bags!
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Post by grindle on Oct 8, 2024 2:34:11 GMT
I have done that in the past too balc2 I've used some of the jute liner too which seems to work but this was for some half wall baskets which they didn't do |
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Post by seaburn on Oct 9, 2024 19:17:15 GMT
will need to buy compost grit and perlite as all my stock has been used over the summer.
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Post by seaburn on Oct 17, 2024 16:51:48 GMT
Got bored last evening and browsed Farmer Gracey site, rather dangerous really but I was good and only bought 7 different sets of bulbs. Cant remember exactly what varieties of anemone, iris, tulip etc but ones I don't have currently.
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Post by balc2 on Oct 17, 2024 18:58:46 GMT
Got bored last evening and browsed Farmer Gracey site, rather dangerous really but I was good and only bought 7 different sets of bulbs. Cant remember exactly what varieties of anemone, iris, tulip etc but ones I don't have currently. Boredom can be very dangerous, especially for gardeners & the catalogues or garden centres, as well as for our finances! 
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Post by grindle on Oct 19, 2024 3:25:41 GMT
my alliums and camassia bulbs arrived from Farmer Gracy last night, hopefully I might have a spot of dry weather soon to get them in the garden. Farmer Gracy site is a very dangerous place to go when you're bored seaburn especially when they start reducing things  |
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Post by seaburn on Oct 19, 2024 6:49:30 GMT
well that is so true, also for a sewing site that I frequent. But at least my hobbies are cheaper than hubby's: 16 motorbikes, all run and all have their days out every year! He is also into target shooting and one gun is never enough apparently. Not sure how many he has, probably 5 but at least it keeps him off the street and out of the pub and out from under my feet  |
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Post by lesley on Oct 19, 2024 13:31:04 GMT
well that is so true, also for a sewing site that I frequent. But at least my hobbies are cheaper than hubby's: 16 motorbikes, all run and all have their days out every year! He is also into target shooting and one gun is never enough apparently. Not sure how many he has, probably 5 but at least it keeps him off the street and out of the pub and out from under my feet I like that seaburn i'm the same my other half has a shed to go in
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