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29 May 2009 22:58:46
hi everyone hope you all have sunshine and are enjoying it. i have spent weeks deciding what to use to train my clematis and today i decided on a very quick and easy way to do it, i made wig wams with three bamboo canes and some string, had the 5 of them made in no time and all it cost was the price of the banboo canes and they are very secure(i hope), they actully look better than a trelis if i do say so myself. i was going to put in stakes and wire i got in aldi but when i saw how far out the branches of the hedge behind them was coming out it wouldnt do them any favours. decided to harden of the last pieces in the tunnel tomatos and the begonias amd a few lilies all that is left is the veg patch which i made a couple of weeks ago, looks so empty now, not for long plan to take loads of cuttings in the next few weeks and pot on my peppers and my chrysanthums. well thats it for today. happy gardening everyone
28 May 2009 00:08:24
hi everyone have big plans to get a lot done tomorrow, done the shopping and the cleaning so that i would have the morning and then after the dinner when the kids get home from school. when the weeding and extra planting are done i wil have mor pictures and loads from bloom. well happy gardening everyoned
24 May 2009 22:49:28
hi everyone how is everyone getting on with their garden? mum and dad are back from their cruise and had a brilliant time. i got the best surprise of my life yesturday i was givin two free tickets for bloom yesturday from one of my friends in horkans. myself kieran and the kids. we have planned to go on bank holiday monday cant wait we are going by train. hope to have loads of photos coming back and a plant or two or three, totally addicted me. i weeded the veg patch and the fruit patch and planted new rhuburb plants, it was cold here today so i didnt do anything except water the rhuburb and indoor veg patch. hope to do some work tomorrow at mums weather permitting. if it is raining i will do some seed sowing. lidl have lovely purple calla lillies tomorrow. so hope to get a few of them. well bye for now and happy gardening
18 May 2009 21:44:18
hi everyone had great plans today to finish mums but didnt get there had a big pile of washing and i needed to be there to make sure it was all washed and dried while we had sunshine thank god i got it done. i have been very laxy daisey bout the garden this week even the tunnel. i caught up on housework. i went out to sow some stuff this evening and half an hour later it started raining. hopefully get work done tomorrow hope you are all enjoying your gardens
16 May 2009 00:09:21
hi everyone did nothing much in my garden this week as i have been busy doing mums plan to do some stuff in the tunnel if its raining and planting of more flowers and shrubs i bought in aldi and woodies i am deadly when it comes to flowers i cant go into a garden centre or supermarket with picking up something love all my flowers to bits and hate when something dies. i bought a rhodadenron couple of years ago and today is the first time i have seen it flower. it has a lovely flower mix of pink and peach and it also looses its leaves in winter. i though they were all evergreen. well happy gardening everyone
13 May 2009 22:53:09
hi everyone hope you all well. busy weeding for mum, 2 flower beds left, done loads to day before dinner then went back this evenin had just started weeding when the rain came. i was lookin out the window today and noticed loads of weeds coming up in mine again. the dandolines are a very regular weed in my garden no matter how much i dig them up the brats seem to come again. i noticed in mums its buttercups that had taken over her beds and they have a big root also. trying to keep ahead with the weeds in my garden so that i am not spending all my time on my knees from moms and then mine, putting in extra bits in to the different beds and weeding at the same time. hope to sow rest of my salad stuff in to there new home in the tunnel when itsd raining outside and i cant do any thing at mums. well thats it for now
happy gardening
11 May 2009 00:08:43
last of my tulips
last of my tulips
11 May 2009 00:07:14
more tulips
here are more tulips
11 May 2009 00:03:09
tulips
here are some of my tulips
11 May 2009 00:01:09
another view of my patio
this is another view of my patio
10 May 2009 23:57:08
my oasis
hi everyone just a quick line and picture of my patio i call my oasis. this is only part of it. added more since this was taken dosent do it much justice
10 May 2009 23:17:30
new salad patch
hi everyone hope you are all enjoying your garden. decided to turn half of my tunnel an extra veg garden after seeing how rachel had her greenhouse layed out. thank you rachel for the idea, i idint want the tunnel to be almost empty when all the stuff was gone out want to sow anther crop of carrots and a few other bits and pieces. i also want to make an outdoor nursery bed just outside the tunnel for some lupins, delephiniums and wallflowers. i am putting up photos now of the new veg patch and some of my tulips allthough weather beatin. going to mums tomorrow to help her plant all the stuff i gave her. i am hoping to finish my veg patch tomorrow eve. well bye for now and happy gardening everyone
06 May 2009 22:40:56
hi everyone. hope all are well. didnt get anything done the last couple of days because of the horrible weather we are having. the poor planrts are getting a terrible start outside, hopefully things will improve. bought some grasses today. not a major fan of the grasses got lovely bronze ones though so see how they go.my patio is turning into a real oasis. lidl are going to have japanese maples tomorrow so when i have them added i will take a photo and put it on the site. i want to light it up a bit, was thinking candles rather than plastic solar panel lights. if anyone has any susgestions i would love to hear from you. well thats it for now hope the weather improves because the days are very long when its horrible. i tend to go to garden centres and do damage, not good news for my laser card or my pocket.before i go, went into the tunnel today and found all my lettuce and spring onion are up. and my tomatoe plants are in flower was thrilled to bits, my peppers are not even showing yet. happy gardening everyone
04 May 2009 00:16:37
hi everyone i am back. we had a hacker on our computer, someone posing as eircom sent an email asking for our password and hubby gave not realising that it was a hacker. i didnt want to do anything on the computer in case they had access to any other part. thank god its sorted now and i can get back in touch with you all. how is the gardening going? have been up to my eyes with planting out what i hardend off and also doing mums garden which has aot more work to be done. now that i dont have the small ones i wil have plenty of time. i always find some new project to work on in my own garden, done my patio yesturday will put up picture of before and after tomoorow hopefully. i want to make nursery beds just outside the tunnel and extend veg patch. never a dull moment around my place. i think hubby is right at the rate of digging i am doing there wont be any grass to cut. yipee for him. tunnel is nearly empty now but not for long, i have plans to take plenty of cuttings, just my tomatoes plants and a few bits and pieces left. well happy gardening