lindsaywanda2

Lost and found in your garden

thats a relief - i thought i was clumsy , having "lost" so many hand tools ! oh and gloves - only last week one soggy one made a reappearance in the compost when i was mulching !

as for lost plants - rather a lot , but just hoping they re "mislaid" due to weather

Seaweed

sorry i just cant stop thinking ,why did the crab blush , cos the sea weed

What's for tea?

maud - you have my sympathies - i was diagnosed with ibs 10 years ago and the list of things i can no longer eat grows constantly ! and christmas pud and christmas dinner were 2 o f my favourite yummies and now they re off limits ! on a more cheery note , there are still delicious things i can eat and tonights dinner was pheasant in red wine with lots of peppers from the tunnel , really tasty. and now i m having my friday glass (or two or three etc !) of white wine (It is friday is nt it ?) and thankfully my tummy has nt rejected vino yet ! theres always good sides

Creeping Buttercup

theres not much upsets me when i m trowel in hand in the garden , but creeping buttercups are on a par with slugs - and at least slugs are tasty nibbles for the hedgehogs

Creeping Buttercup

yes agree hollie-hock - its the worse weed we have and its really good at sneaking back when you think you ve dug them all up. Lynda 5 - i d dig up any you see - its so good at taking over - good luck !

Welcome to the potting shed

A very wet and windy southeast Ireland !

Rhubarb

hi - might be that if you have a lot of crowns that theyre overcrowding each other. they need a bit of room. also rhubarb loves a good feed - horse manure or similar on the bed in winter and a good mulch too when they re re growing - you might get few more stalks then. good luck

courgettes

veggiefingers - always grow my courgettes in tunnel now in beds rather than outside where i never had much luck. but they do like feeding (tomato feed ) and air circulation.

Garlic

hi 2spaniels = you need to divide the garlic bulbs - they re made up of cloves and you plant them up individually and plant green side up ! also they ll be fine but generally you d get better cropping from garlic specifically for growing (eg from a garden centre) rather than garlic you buy for eating, good luck

Plants still in flower?

hi, i m living in south east ireland and have  'out of season' surprises in the garden , but the most delightful are the clump of pink and cream nicotiania flower heads bobbing around in the breeze, and have been since late summer .