New lease of life for my back yard

daisy Top Member Posts: 1,216	New lease of life for my back yard May 4, 2016 13:50:53 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daisy on May 4, 2016 13:50:53 GMT KC most things will eventually need cutting back..here are a few more...Ajuga, Acaena, creeping Phlox, alpine Alchemilla (6-8in), Saxifraga and alpine Dianthus. Good luck with them
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KC Top Member Posts: 758	New lease of life for my back yard May 6, 2016 11:50:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by KC on May 6, 2016 11:50:31 GMT I'll have a look daisy thankyou question time... ive over 100 strawberry runners delivered in plastic bags but im not quite ready to plant them yet i dont want hem to sweat in the bag. Any suggestion ?
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daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	New lease of life for my back yard May 6, 2016 17:54:00 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on May 6, 2016 17:54:00 GMT Do you have somewhere where you can "heel" them in KC?

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New lease of life for my back yard May 6, 2016 20:38:15 GMT

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Post by SueA on May 6, 2016 20:38:15 GMT

You can get away with just unpacking them & putting them all together in a bucket or container with some compost in for now KC, if it was only going to be for a day or so you could even just put them in a bowl/container of water.

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New lease of life for my back yard May 7, 2016 7:23:59 GMT via mobile SueA likes this

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Thankyou daitheplant and SueA. I screwed a length of Spouting to the inside of my fence at the front of our house, I've some in it. I'll try and plant some elsewhere today then put themail remainder in a bucket, I'd like to buy more Spouting to put the rest in. Hopefully tomorrow. Thanks again

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roofgardener Top Member PLanting Chillis Posts: 2,378	New lease of life for my back yard May 7, 2016 10:20:46 GMT dianthus likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by roofgardener on May 7, 2016 10:20:46 GMT What... is "spouting" ??

dianthus Top Member From the Garden of England Posts: 2,053	New lease of life for my back yard May 7, 2016 20:16:13 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dianthus on May 7, 2016 20:16:13 GMT May 7, 2016 10:20:46 GMT roofgardener said: What... is "spouting" ?? I have no idea, either KC

SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,912	New lease of life for my back yard May 7, 2016 21:31:07 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on May 7, 2016 21:31:07 GMT I took it to mean 'water spouting' as in guttering or water pipe cut in half but I might have just imagined that myself!

KC Top Member Posts: 758	New lease of life for my back yard May 8, 2016 16:29:58 GMT via mobile SueA likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by KC on May 8, 2016 16:29:58 GMT Lol yes indeed Spouting is guttering, sorry oops should have clarified.... Pics to follow
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New lease of life for my back yard May 8, 2016 16:32:14 GMT via mobile SueA likes this

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I've another 60 planted along side the rotten/dead ones I received that have now been replaced. The other 100 aren't looking too bad. Getting Spouting tomorrow night hopefully so aiming to get that screwed up and filled

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New lease of life for my back yard May 13, 2016 14:18:54 GMT

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May 4, 2016 8:59:18 GMT roofgardener said:

KC , this is looking FABULOUS. (and its great to hear from you again... I was getting worried

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I love some of the little details; the bird boxes, the bench, the 'rising' curved wall .. indeed... the curves in general.

I've never seen this idea of a fence incorporating planters before... I can only imagine what that is going to look like in summer !

It's good to see the back garden growing as well. Your previous photographs of the back garden where a big inspiration for me to try and add some "decoration" to the roofgarden. I just LOVE the intricacy and detail of your layout.

Oh.. I've identified one of the "secret seeds"... and I love the choice. (more of this in the diary this coming weekend).

Come on roofgardener spill the beans, which have you identified

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New lease of life for my back yard Jun 10, 2016 13:51:55 GMT SueA and daisy like this

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I hope to have loads of photos to show you all soon. Tomorrow probably. I wish there was an easier way of uploading photos here rather than going through tiny pic all the time

In the meantime, do any of you know what this is, I know we wondered previously about this but it's grown a good bit since then:

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KC Top Member Posts: 758	New lease of life for my back yard Jun 10, 2016 13:54:41 GMT peony and SueA like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by KC on Jun 10, 2016 13:54:41 GMT This was our back yard last week
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grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,745	New lease of life for my back yard Jun 10, 2016 15:36:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Jun 10, 2016 15:36:08 GMT your yard is looking fantastic KC

SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,912	New lease of life for my back yard Jun 10, 2016 19:23:54 GMT daisy likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Jun 10, 2016 19:23:54 GMT It does look great KC, really packed & productive. Still think your mystery plant could be red valerian, you'll soon know when the flowers come out!
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