I’ve decided to try and grow some bedding plants, rather than buying them ready grown from nurseries or garden centres. I went a little overboard with the seeds (as usual!) and also bought some hardy perennial plants to mix in and provide colour early on next year. The seeds I’ve sown so far are: Catanche [...]
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Growing my own bedding plants – more experimental growing
Posted in In The Garden This Week, tagged agastache, bat plant, bedding plants, briza maxima, calendula sherbert fizz, californian poppy, catanche, cerinthe, cosmos, daydream, delphiniums, double trailing petunias, dwarf wildflower, eustoma, evening primrose, gazebo mixed, geranium splish splash, germinate, germinated, gloriosa lily, hardy annual, hardy perennial, honesty, italian white sunflower, lisianthus, lunaria, lupin dwarf lulu, marigolds, nasturtium milkmaid, nicotiana, nigella, night scented stocks, oriental poppy coral reef, osteospermum, ox-eye daisy, penstemon true blue, phlox, phlox of sheep, primula japonica, tacca nivea, verbascum southern charm, veronica getianoides, white bird of paradise on June 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I feel like I am getting somewhere!
Posted in my allotment, tagged Alicante, Anaheim, Asparagus, Aubergine, Basil, Big Banana, bindweed, Borlotti Beans, brambles, Broccoli Claret, Burpless Tasty, butter bean, Cambridge Favourite, Cannellini Beans, Celery, Chillis, cloche, Common Thyme, Connovers Colossal, Coriander, Coure De Bleu, Cucumber, Curly Leaved Parsley, dwarf french bean rocenforte, Flat Leaved Parsley, Full White, garlic, Gartenperle, germinated, Harlequin, Heatwave, Jalapeno, Judibell, Lemon Grass, Lovage, membrane, Millefleur, Mint, netting, onions, Oregano, Pepper, poly tunnel, potatoes, propagator, rain, Runner Bean Best Of All, Russian Tarragon, Sakura, Salad Festival, sowing, Stevia, Strawberries, Summer Savoury, Super Roma, Sweet Cicely, Tigerella, tomato, veg plot, weather, weed suppressant, weeds, windowsill on April 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Well, last Sunday I decided I really need to brave the weather and go and do some allotmenting. The previous two weekends had brought snow, and the forecasts for Sunday were for rain showers and hail. However, it turns out that the weathermen got it wrong. I trundled over to the plot and decided to [...]