Busy-Lizzie

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Hello, both of you. There are some lovely fiery coloured dahlias, heleniums, coreopsis, gaillardias, rudbeckias. But some of those are quite tall - for behind the nasturtiums!

MORNING FORKERS

Good luck Andy and I hope the anti-sickness tablets work. I have 2 friends and a nephew who've had chemo and have been in remission for several years. They all had a positive attitude like you. I'm sure it helps.

Spam yuk, Dove doesn't it remind you of disgusting school dinners? Perhaps you never had disgusting school diners!

Hope the rain holds off today, haven't got very far with the weeding. Rained the last 2 days. Having a garden party and plant sale in June for the C of E here in France, someone has to pay the vicar! The last event I did was for cancer support. It gives me a good excuse to have the greenhouse overflowing with babies.I love pricking them out!

Hedgerow shrub - what is it ??

Blackthorn in the hedges, pretty, but prickly. Has sharp thorns as nutcutlet said.

Transplanting seedlings

When they get their true leaves, not just the seedling leaves, then ease them up carefully with the help of a plastic plant label or a pencil. Have ready your compost filled flower pots and holding a seedling by it's leaves, not the stem, ease it carefully into a hole you've made in the flower pot with your finger or a pencil. Gently push the earth around it and water using a fine watering can rose. Don't forget to label them. Sounds as though you did overwater the sweet peas.

Spring sweethearts

Hollie-Hock, sorry can't remember how old it is, several years.

Comfrey?

The flowers on mine are like this.

 You can make a very smelly liquid plant feed with the leaves.

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Good Evening FORKERS

Verdun

Our own A to Z of our Gardening

Matty, why don't you like lupins? I think they look gorgeous here in this garden we visited in Devon last year.

Spring sweethearts

Forgot to click for the Dicentra!

Spring sweethearts

I love violas.

 Dicentra spectabilis is just coming out. I love it's other name of "Lady in the Bath" when you pick a flower, hold it upside down and gently squeeze it sideways.

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Gardens we have visited 2013

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Cleaning greenhouses

Rose pruning and frost

reviews

Why did you all start gardening?

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