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Post by SueA on Jul 2, 2024 19:34:16 GMT
That's a great amount grindle! 😊 Only fed & watered the tomatoes & cucumbers in the greenhouse today with seaweed feed & watered the hanging baskets. |
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Post by balc2 on Jul 2, 2024 19:57:01 GMT
Apart from watering the tomato plants & winding them around their strings & removing the side shoots for the first time I did nothing else on the balcony. I did water the Dragon trees in the bedroom window.
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Post by grindle on Jul 3, 2024 2:40:35 GMT
thanks, everyone that opened their gardens, 14 in all and all the volunteers in the hall selling lunches plants etc worked hard and were well rewarded, didn't have time to put my feet up, the house needed some desperate tlc did manage to water pots and greenhouse though  |
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Post by balc2 on Jul 3, 2024 5:04:08 GMT
With the forecast for rain all morning and the start of the afternoon I probably won't be going out on the balcony today.
With the wind coming from the SW the rain will enter the balcony as that is the direction the balcony faces.
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Post by balc2 on Jul 3, 2024 20:01:28 GMT
I only watered the plants &came inside again. Though truth be told it wasn't such a showery day as forecast at 5am!
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Post by geumgrower on Jul 4, 2024 14:13:44 GMT
Spent the day, so far, removing a very large Philadelphus. It has never flowered even though it has been properly pruned by us. Big job as it is massive, was that is. The last little bit of the stump is proving very stubborn. The root goes under the fence in one direction and into a metal post in the other. Thinking cap on.
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Post by daitheplant on Jul 4, 2024 18:00:59 GMT
Just pottered about in the greenhouse today.
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Post by grindle on Jul 5, 2024 2:56:22 GMT
just a bit of watering, I'm needing to catch up on cleaning  |
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Post by balc2 on Jul 5, 2024 5:10:01 GMT
Only watering a few pots where the plants seemed to be wilting a little under the constant westerly wind we had all day yesterday. I also moved my Fuchsia standard further inside the balcony to protect it a little more from the wind.
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Post by seaburn on Jul 5, 2024 14:38:31 GMT
nothing at all except a bit of watering. been busy sewing and today biking.
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Post by SueA on Jul 5, 2024 20:14:37 GMT
Dead-headed the roses again, hacked a path down to the arbour where the pond & bog plants have gone wild & tied in toms, cucumbers & sweet peas & watered the hanging baskets.
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Post by seaburn on Jul 6, 2024 11:56:56 GMT
Nothing of note except I had to take a plant back for a refund.
I'd bought a Buddleia alternifolia 2 months ago and not given the shape much thought other than it had been badly pruned to fit on the staging in the GC. However buds formed and it was clearly the davidii type. Took it back and they were very reluctant to change it. The manager actually said but it is a buddleia. I asked if he'd accept a ford focus instead of a ford escort? He said he didn't get my point. Well they are both fords! I got a refund.
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Post by balc2 on Jul 6, 2024 20:18:21 GMT
seaburn you had a valid point there!  Glad you got your refund!
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Post by balc2 on Jul 6, 2024 20:22:15 GMT
I could have saved myself the watering yesterday evening as we had a thunder storm this morning at 4:45am! Later in the morning I had to go out on the balcony & empty all the saucers under the pots on the balcony railings. The rain had filled almost every saucer to overflowing! I'll put them back under the pots tomorrow.
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Post by Andrew on Jul 7, 2024 10:43:47 GMT
I cut the lawn this morning to get it done before the rain came.
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Glad you got your refund! 
