artjak

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Garden Achievement

Posted: 07/03/2013 at 08:49

Dove, am very impressed by the standard bay, do you put it under cover in the winter?

I guess my proudest moments are when passers by stop to admire the garden (the whole of my garden lies alongside the pavement, so 'front' garden, drive, studio and veg garden are all visible from the road.) It all comes down to keeping on top of everything...now if I could just find a place to hide the sacks of compost...

Achievements: making my own compost, helping my builder assemble the greenhouse, growing fruit and veg, there are so many things where I feel I can pat myself on the back and somehow housework just doesn't have the same effect, even though a lot of gardening is not so different to housework.

One very happy Birthday Girl:))))

Posted: 07/03/2013 at 08:36

Happy Birthday. I recently had a voucher given to me on my B/day and dashed out to get a telescopic lopper. What joy have been staggering around the garden with it for the last couple of days.

Damnation to double flowers

Posted: 07/03/2013 at 08:33

I agree, the double form is also often quite ugly, especially in Hollyhocks.

Flowers we don't like?

Posted: 07/03/2013 at 08:30

Joe the G, I agree about weirdly coloured heathers

March in your Garden

Posted: 06/03/2013 at 10:30

Am off down the garden to play with my new toy; a telescopic lopper. There's a willow that leans over my fence from the field and shades my veg bed a bit. Tackled the pear tree on Sunday and it's made a big difference. This week I hope to sow a lot of seeds in the greenhouse.

The Return of Gardeners World-8th March

Posted: 06/03/2013 at 08:58

I was encouraged a while back by someone on this forum to get a cheap second hand set of Geoff Hamilton's DVDs from Amazon. Very interesting, educational and he just gets on with it instead of wasting time on charm offensives.

Flowers we don't like?

Posted: 06/03/2013 at 08:53

Does anyone know what goes into those little sachets of flower food that come with some bunches of flowers? As discodave says, you want to change the water frequently, but you then need more flower food. A scientific friend suggested ; sugar, aspirin and some plant food (baby bio?) Any ideas?