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Post by sweetpea on Oct 16, 2014 12:56:29 GMT
I cheated a little with my compost. Usually I mix my own for sweetpeas but decided to use ready bagged stuff.
Multipurpose with added John innes although when I opened it there didn't seem to be much JI.
Still, what's done is done and time will tell if it works out ok.
Had some seeds from scrumpy last year which I didn't get round to sowing but all done now plus a few without ID.
The ones i found later were Linda C. miss Truslove and Windsor so will do a few pots of them soon.
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Post by sweetpea on Oct 16, 2014 14:23:48 GMT
wall being rebuilt where cordyline is  My lad on left and his workmate doing the work for me. i just supply the tea  |
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Post by sweetpea on Oct 17, 2014 16:28:50 GMT
Got a rude awakening this morning when a scaffolding crew arrived to erect the scaffolding ready for the solar panels being installed on Monday.
Naturally my frame with the sweetpeas in was in the way so had to move them all but they should be ok as long as we don't get a deluge. Hopefully I can move them back on tuesday or whenever they decide to remove the scaffolding.
Had to rescue a small frog that one of the cats brought into the house. Put it down by the wildlife pond so it has another shot at survival.
Spent some time trawling round buiders yards yesterday trying to match up the blocks and copings for the wall but no luck so not sure what happens next.
watch this space!
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Post by daitheplant on Oct 17, 2014 18:40:15 GMT
It`s all go for you Jim.
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Post by sweetpea on Oct 17, 2014 22:08:09 GMT
Right now the only, 'GO' for me is up the wooden hill and hit a few ZZZzzzs |
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Post by daitheplant on Oct 18, 2014 18:03:40 GMT
Good night, God bless.  |
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Post by sweetpea on Oct 31, 2014 12:32:40 GMT
Since last post we have had solar panels installed and the scaffolding meant I had to move all my sweetpea pots from the frame as it would have been under the scaffolding and not much light. Supposed to have been taken away yesterday but no one turned up. Typical!  |
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Post by sweetpea on Oct 31, 2014 12:38:34 GMT
On Wednesday the leaves were covering the grass so I raked them up into a line and went over with the trusty hayter harrier which resulted in lots of shredded leaves for the leafmould bin.  |
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Post by sweetpea on Oct 31, 2014 12:47:24 GMT
naturally enough there was a load more the following day   |
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Post by Rosie on Oct 31, 2014 13:14:48 GMT
Did you get your panels on the green deal Jim? They really do work well even this far north  |
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Post by sweetpea on Oct 31, 2014 13:31:54 GMT
Did you get your panels on the green deal Jim? They really do work well even this far north It was some sort of deal rosie. barclays finance it and get paid back through leccy we produce for national grid. or something like that. |
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Post by sweetpea on Oct 31, 2014 14:34:05 GMT
This liriodendron is the main culprit for leaves on the top lawn  |
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Post by sweetpea on Oct 31, 2014 14:46:25 GMT
Another bit of autumn colour. The liquidamber. The leaves usually show more red but this year seem to be much darker.  Oh and Yeah the scaffolding is now gone. So now have to get on with some sweetpea sowing. |
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Post by jasmin33 on Oct 31, 2014 14:57:22 GMT
Another bit of autumn colour. The liquidamber. The leaves usually show more red but this year seem to be much darker. Oh and Yeah the scaffolding is now gone. So now have to get on with some sweetpea sowing. Not been cold enough for them to turn properly this year Sweetpea... but looks magnificent anyway.. as does the rest of your garden. When I had an allotment the council would collect all the leaves from the roadways and dump them on a bit of spare ground there so we all had a wonderful time scrambling for them. |
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Post by Rosie on Nov 1, 2014 8:48:06 GMT
Did you get your panels on the green deal Jim? They really do work well even this far north It was some sort of deal rosie. barclays finance it and get paid back through leccy we produce for national grid. or something like that. Thats what we had. The panels are really good and you do save some pennies |
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