Rachel's Journal

Wow - That's some amount of planting!!!!!

Monica, you took the words right out of my fingertips!  Astonishing. 

lots of planting done there, must start on mine tomorrow.

Well done T.G  I did not call to you as I dont have your address,  only joking I would have sent you a message,

It certainly must be a large border! Well done!

Keep up the good work

I think your annual flower bed is same size,like all my together...

Must be lonely in your kitchen now Rachel :-)  have'nt tempted faith yet and put anything out yet going to wait till next weekend I think..

I have a day off work tomorrow and am determined to get the rest of my annuals and summer stuff out. Ricinus, amaranthus, sunflowers, rudbeckias, cleomes, cosmos, sweet peas, dahlias, echiums (realistically I only ever expect these to be annual foliage plants here) lilies, nasturtiums, begonias, cobea, asarina, kales (red), etc, etc, etc.

Oh, am feeling very tired already.....

It is a big border. I adore the luxury of having one big area in flower all summer long and it is right by the greenhouse so I see it daily.

Clare, you are welcome any time. Linda dropped over last year when I was in the middle of planting the Annuals Border : )

It does seem really bare in the kitchen now, Bill. But I can now open the patio doors to the West Garden and, when not open, I can actually see the view I carefully built from those doors!

That's a shed load of plants, Deborah! I find the thought of getting everything in the ground really intimidating but I know I will feel really encouraged to continue once I have this bed done.

thats a fantastic amount of plants, you must be kept very busy, in a good way, planting must be the best part of your day, rachel do you know a lady in your part of the country called, mary delargy?.

That's some amount of planting will be fabulous when it all takes off, you won't know yourself in the kitchen now with all that space.

Hi Rachel, sounds like it will be very nice when all flowering.

With all that planting just how do you get time to do anything else! It must be a very impressive border, I cannot wait to see your photographs when it matures.  I love long borders that are full of colour, well done.

Rachel, it's going to look fabulous.  All that hard work will be worth it.