Saturday 14 May 2011

The work out!!!!!


The past few days I've been busy planting up the flowers
I've grown from seed.
Sorting out the water feature and
making up my mind about the peacock wicker chair.

List Of Plants I've grown
French Marigold
Impatiens - Mixed and Wedgewood Mixed
Lobelia - Trailing
 Petunia - Mixed and
Frenzy Mixed
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I planted up the pot's on the wall and had some left.
So I potted the rest up in six pot's. I weren't to sure where 
to put them. So I put them on the floor.



Tall sliver plant is curry.

In this pot I put a curry plant in as well......
Please note: you CAN NOT Eat this plant..
Like we are made to believe from
garden centre's and nurseries...
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While still working out what to do with my wicker chair.
I moved onto the water feature. I removed all the stone's
and popped them into a bucket of beach water to remove the slim.
I had a little bit of help from my brother. To lift the glass top out. He also helped with getting the pump working and putting the glass top back. Bless him!!

Once I got the water feature working I decide to the
pots on there from early on and then put the stone's back. Once I washed them off.



My Rhododendron that is the picture is planted in a toliet.
Both of my Rhododendrons are, just waiting for the other one
to flower now. It normally flowers later on in the year.

I have sad news I got rid of my Peacock wicker chair.
........RIP......


The garden visit!!



Sorry I know it not a good picture :(
Last year for the first time, I started getting
a mummy Blackbird visiting the garden.
She also raise her young near to the house.

Which I was a little worried about
her and her offspring.
As there is a lot of cats that live around here.

I wondered if she would come back this year.
Because I knew she had lost some of her babies.
But like what my Brother would say "its the circle of life"

Sorry I know not very good picture again!

I was so happy when about two months ago she came back.
To raise another lot of babies.

This year mummy and daddy blackbird as been bring their babies
into my garden.. Those little one's have been flying
into the pots on the wall, and sitting in between
the Tomato plants.


Sunday 8 May 2011

Who's giving me the run around!!!

Just over a three weeks ago invasion happened.
Aphids, Snails, Slugs.


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Three weeks ago my poor Buddleia and wild flowers got
 attacked by aphids.

So I made up the water and a drop of
washing up liquid solution, and sprayed that on.
I can say so far so good!

But I have been told of an plant friendly
remedy to try, using Neem oil.
Which I'm dying to try out!


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On the 3rd of May, I had a shock! when I went and opened my little greenhouse up.
Which I normally do - But couldn't because of the day before,
 We had a thunderstorm :(

To my surprise someone or some think had been nibbling at my lettuce and rocket.
Which is not on!!
This will make some of you laugh. That night
 you should of seen me out in the dark with the torch!
Couldn't find any think, even went out again
late on, still nothing.

Since then no one or no think as been about.
It's a bit of a mystery!