kitty's Journal

making progress

22 May 2013 16:37:21

making progress

alot of weeding and changing things a bit and adding stuff. all will be revealed when itis finished which will be next week. the waiting areas are getting smaller thankfully, still have to do the pots they will get done but i have been concentrating on the garden this week. some of the beds are getting bark and some compost as a mulch once planted really enjoying it all. the forget me nots are self seeded all over the place but i dont mind they make me smile when i see them bopping away in the breexe.

pots a ready

18 May 2013 16:29:12

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spent the best part of yesturday filling pots and baskets, i want to get some more clay terracota pots my agapantas are going in these plus loads of other stuff. i have a mix of soil conditioner and compost in the pots and baskets this should help to retain moisture. i did this last year and things didnt dry out as much, in saying that we had a wet summer but i found the plants were really healthy because of the mix.

jacinta gave me a book on container gardening at the get together in johnstown the year before and there are some great tips in gardeners world magazine so i will be putting alot of thought into my containers this year rather than just throwing them together.

today i got the rest of the stuff that needed potting on done, the rest of the trays are too small to do anything with so it will have to left for a while they might be ready by the time i finish the weeding

heres hoping for a good week next week to tackle the weeding

tomatoes and peppers

18 May 2013 15:58:28

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spent thursday from 12 to 7 sorting out my tomatoes and peppers into their final growing place. i got soil conditioner and top soil in aldi and topped up the barrels and filled pots with the same mix compost and soil conditioner, thankfully the job is done and they even have their wells in, there will be no splashing of water to the foliage now.

i am now ready to start weeding early in the day and then do the pots etc for the patio in the evenings. i have planned to do alot this coming week.....fingers crossed.

i didnt have the tops for the bamboos but found these will make a good substitue for now( the lids of the bottles)

everything AND the kitchen sink

15 May 2013 14:59:22

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i finally found a way to bring the sink into the tunnel all i need now is a pipe that can be connected to let the water out will sort that out over weekend. i cleared out the tunnel yesturday to sort out the barrels for the tomatoes, just need to get more compost, that will be got tomorrow then i can plant in the tomatoes and peppers into their final growing spaces and just a small bit left to pot on then i can go weeding and planting in peace once the weather perks up whenever that will be..its really gone beyond a joke now.

i took out the big stuff and put it against the wall of the house and i was damed if i was going to carry it back in agian. i put the table over to the other side so that there is space along one side for the plants and there is free access to the barrels for the tomatoes and then the sink and washed pots at the back. i was shattered after it all.

mass exudos

11 May 2013 20:24:01

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this weather is just ridiculous but windy or not i had no choice but to put stuff out it was driving me insane, i had one of these days i felt like mr bump from the mr and miss books kept triping over things and at one stage a pallet that i was carrying swung back and i got full whack on the back of my ankle, iwas so fustrated because i missed out on my walk because i was waiting for a man to come and put in a line for fixed broadband when he finally arrived at 12 he told me that i didnt need to be here at all i was raging. when he left i cleared an area at the side of the tunnel which i had to mow first in between the showers i got all the pallets set up and some of the plants out before i left for a hair appointment. when the kids came home they helped to put out the rest.

so today i was able to pot on more stuff still plenty of work to be done in there so while the weather is horrible i will take advantage and get all the inside work done then i can work away at the weeding and planting WHEN the weather decides to settle down and boy is there plenty to be done. tomatoes are ready to plant in to their final places but i cant do that because the racks are full of stuff that needs to be moved to other racks and the empty racks taken out, i have the week to sort it out as the weather is not good up to wednesday at least.

tomorrow i will catch up on some magazines that have been piling up.

i have photographed the yellow and queen of the night tulips but the pink opened up yesturday and i thought they were gorgous together must put more of these together for next year.

lovely surprise

07 May 2013 18:27:29

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while in the tunnel and closing up i spotted these beauties, the blue scabious was outside and the pink hardy gloxinia in the tunnel in flower

todays clearing

07 May 2013 18:18:18

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didnt get a lot done because the area i was at took most of my time it was full of roots of an old phygelias and dog wood that was of no use there anymore still have the whole area to weed and then i can start planting. i also dug over the area next to it so a bit of FYM and compost and it is ready to go. there is alot of weeding to be done, bit by bit i will get it done. waiting for the winds and rain to be over in the next couple of days so i can harden more stuff off, i have no room for stuff that needs potting on until then so the sooner i can clear the plants in waiting the better. as soon as i get the weeding done in each area it will be planted up.

got a great surprise today when i spotted this tulip, when i planted it out last year it was pink now it is looking very peachy

plants looking good now

06 May 2013 20:58:35

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had to snap these pics today the flowering cherry is really looking good and the mix of purple queen of the night and the yellow tulips and these lovely lilac ones

a great days work

06 May 2013 20:46:24

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after i had a walk and some brekkie i tackled this area as it was driving me mad with all the weeds. everywhere i looked today all i can see is dandolines. after 3 and a half hours i got it sorted then topped dressed all my large plants in the tunnel and (pelargoniums the large ones from last year) gave the floor a sweep and watered everything in the tunnel and in the coldframe, finished off by emptying some stuff that was laying around dead in pots gave them a wash and called it a day.

i have started doing 10k 5 days a week which gives me loads of energy. it will probably be raining tomorrow so in the tunnel for me there is plenty of work to be done there it will be an easy day and if it happens to be nice after my walk i might get some more weeding and clearing done. despite been overcast most of the day it was still pleasant to work in a tee shirt.

so far

30 April 2013 18:32:27

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i have got this area cleared, i could have done with one of scrubbers cherubs or even a crowbar as i had a very stubbourn phygelis to get rid of. it had gone out of control and i was sick of it there. my nieghbour gave me the pic axe to use on it an did a job on it. i got the majority of the stones out whats left can be dug in, i want to extend it out a bit more as i have alot of stuff for there.

i am so glad i got that done just dig it over and add some FYM and compost and i can plant in it then. i have weeding to do then i can plant all the stuff in the waiting area which has loads of divisons and stuff that was sown last year but only ready to go out now. plan to get a lot of weeding done next week as we are promised good weather for the weekend and in to next week YIPEEE maybe the summer is finally coming. here"s hoping !!!!!!!!!!!!!.

the third picture of a yellow flower i can not think of the name the brain is on strike this evening i just can t remember it just spotted it yesturday evening

bounty of beauties 2

28 April 2013 16:28:43

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here are my other beauties

a bounty of beauties from the clare garden show

28 April 2013 16:22:47

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really enjoyed my day out it was brill i went with a mission to come back with some more primula auriculas and primula gold lace, well i came back with with more than that. while i was there i met una grant and deborah and martin.there was talks on but i had no heed in them i just wanted to look at flowers.

hubby bought me the erysimum as i had run out of money bless him, he is standing over me right now making sure i put this bit in.

I got primula florindae, primula gold lace x2,primula polyanthus and erysimum winter orchid from deborah and martins stall(terra nova), euphorbia silver swan,sedum spectabile "jose aubergine". i am absolutely broke now but so happy. i got three primula auriculas was so excited when i saw them,they will be potted up tomorrow into their pots and join the collection, will also take a couple of cuttings of erysimum amd two cuttings of sedum if possible.

banana seeds help needed

27 April 2013 20:09:29

it is a disaster not a dicky bird out of them. i wonder do the seeds need to be scraped it is well over a month and nothing they have been kept moist and are in heated propagators was so looking forward to these as i want to create my tropical any advice would be greatly appreciated. they were soaked before sowing for 24 hrs . are they duds?