Apologies once again for the lack of posts. Those who’ve followed me for a while will probably know by now that I don’t garden in the cold weather because as much as there’s always something to do it doesn’t really agree with me and I take far too long to warm up. I do really miss being outside in the winter but it’s also been so wet here that the flower beds are slightly under water! I’m hoping everything survives and doesn’t get washed away. It’s happened before. Anyway just dropping in really to thank my followers for following me and to wish you a happy peaceful Christmas. Here is my little tree, not real sadly! We have some real ones in pots in the garden in various states of decay
My garden is very wet at the moment due to so much rain. I did manage to finish most of my tidying up jobs so the garden is ready for winter. I have a bit of a winter colour still so here are some pictures
This is only my second ever hanging basket and I bought it pre-planted in October 2022. The viola has been flowering pretty much non-stop since last October, the ivy and grass were in it as were the sunflower seeds. I’ve added a few things and am really pleased with how it looks. I’ll need to change it a bit for winter when my tumbling Tom finishes
I start again by apologising for the silence. I haven’t really done much gardening this summer due to the weather although I don’t like to complain about it. I thought I’d do a little review of the summer in the garden. I’ll try to be as positive as I can!
I decided this year to try and grow less from seed to make things easier for myself. I sowed cosmos and none came up at all. I think they prefer peat based compost and I refuse to use it. I also tried to grow Tithonia from seed which has been successful in previous years but this time I think they were eaten before they grew very much at all. I did have success with the Sweetpeas which I sowed for myself and my friend but they were a little slow especially to flower but after a lot of rain got going
I wanted a few Ammi but the seeds are so small I ended up with about 100. I gave a lot away and planted some but they need better support than I’ve given them.
I have grown some wallflowers from seed too and they are very easy and are currently in the greenhouse waiting to be planted out.
It has been a great year for roses and I include a few pictures here. Sorry I can’t name them all
Nostalgia
Fruit wise – we had less raspberries this year but that’s maybe because we had less plants. I had one Cherry I think off my tree this year and it’s looking rather unhappy with black curling leaves. The tomatoes are doing well, beefsteak and cherry ones and I have some in hanging baskets.
Finally a few of my containers – my hanging basket had a sunflower seed in it (not planted by me) and it’s how flowering
Also my new wheelbarrow is flowering well with pansies
It’s a few years since I’ve been to this flower show for several reasons including lockdowns. When I got up this morning it was raining so much I was regretting having got the tickets because I thought the rain would spoil it. Fortunately, however, by the time we set off it had really cleared up so although muddy we didn’t get very wet. There were lots of gardens to see, show gardens, school ones and various new exhibits such as the long borders and I liked the vast majority. Also the amazing floral marquee. I didn’t buy a single plant but did take a lot of pictures some of which are below
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