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Post by mouse on Oct 25, 2017 4:35:32 GMT -5
lovely Jessie...that really is a mass of beries and the leaves are in splendid condition supposedly lots of Berries equals a bad hard winter but like you I think a good feeding most certainly helps
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Post by beth on Oct 25, 2017 21:17:49 GMT -5
I spent part of a day this past week going to the country to check on my plants and replase the filters in the furnaces. To my surprise, my holly has a wealth of berries for the first time in 2 years. Last fall, the plants were straggly and berries were few and far between. I had the man who mows the lawn take a look at them. He added some plant food and mulch and now, here is the result. I am very pleased. Thanks for that, Jessie. I had a holly bush in Tennessee that was a little over 5' tall. Several people told me it would stop giving berries if I didn't prune it down, but it was dense and nicely shaped so I didn't have the heart to do that. In the 3 years I lived there, it stayed in excellent health with generous sprinklings of berries each year. Yours looks nice and healthy.
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Post by Jessiealan on Oct 25, 2017 22:28:48 GMT -5
Thank you you for the encouragement, mouse and Beth. I believe they are fine now.
My neighbor planted tulip bulbs today - just before the freezing temperatures tonight. I hope she was able to get them in the ground in time for nice flowers in the spring. She planted pink, white and yellow which should make a very nice display on either side of her front steps.
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Post by mouse on Apr 29, 2018 3:22:17 GMT -5
my/our newly bought plants are now insitu ..planted by daughter who has taken over all the gardening.. I just advise.which is infuriating for me... but I am glad she has taken it over... if she hadn't I would have had it all cleared and then just grassed over with a few pots in the sitting areas.. which I could have tended whilst sitting down she has had to dig out one bed as it was alive with ground elder....and what a job.. but in digging it out it was impossible to save a number of plants.. so from now on it will be plant refurbishment this year.. and she is happy to keep to perennial cottage garden plants ... the ones bought the other day and yesterday we hope will give plenty of colour and as its gone cold again we are not seeing too many slugs and snails ... but all the slug and snail hunting over the past years is now proving worth while as numbers are certainly down[we know from the numbers we now collect which are in single figures]
the arch of the pink rambling Rose is no longer with us.. well the arch is but the rose isn't... not sure quite what happened but it just got more and more pathetic... so it had to go...
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Post by mouse on Jun 3, 2018 4:36:42 GMT -5
the garden is awash with colour and is a pleasure to sit in... the blue clematis seems to have disaperared.. but the white has been spectacular this year...must remember to take a photo of it I miss the arch of roses the pinkness and the smell.. but it really was not at all happy so we dug it out so I thought.. yet I notic that there is a single long strand which has appeared.. so leaving it and will watch what happens
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Post by Dex on Jun 3, 2018 10:40:02 GMT -5
the garden is awash with colour and is a pleasure to sit in... the blue clematis seems to have disaperared.. but the white has been spectacular this year...must remember to take a photo of it I miss the arch of roses the pinkness and the smell.. but it really was not at all happy so we dug it out so I thought.. yet I notic that there is a single long strand which has appeared.. so leaving it and will watch what happens We have a lot of petunies, pansies and geraniums, all set in over the past 2 weeks and all lasting til the first frost. Not too much variety but it looks nice and creates a salute to the season.
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Post by mouse on Jun 4, 2018 3:44:01 GMT -5
sounds colourfull Dex... mine is mainly perenials and is apart from Clematis mostly English country garden..plants with a couple of notable exceptuions of lupin and hollyhock both of which simply will not thrive and are either eaten by snails or greenfly...have to say though no one else around here manages to grow them either
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Post by Jessiealan on Aug 30, 2018 8:37:34 GMT -5
The leaves in the garden are mostly crisp and dry. The summer sun has been so hot this year they are wiltmg before their time.
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Post by mouse on Sept 1, 2018 3:58:26 GMT -5
we are beginning to cut plants back and cut out all stems/leaves affected by the hot weather...need to divide some plants too and replant others elsewhere...
as you say Jessie many plants/trees/bushes leaves were burned to a crisp by the hot weather and have already fallen... but others have recouvered well in the rains we have had and the cooler weather
we didn't think the blackberries would be any good after seeing so many flowers withered on the stems... but far from being a washout theres been picking after picking enough to have pies and crumbles and still have enough to freeze
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Post by beth on Sept 1, 2018 8:46:11 GMT -5
we are beginning to cut plants back and cut out all stems/leaves affected by the hot weather...need to divide some plants too and replant others elsewhere... as you say Jessie many plants/trees/bushes leaves were burned to a crisp by the hot weather and have already fallen... but others have recouvered well in the rains we have had and the cooler weather we didn't think the blackberries would be any good after seeing so many flowers withered on the stems... but far from being a washout theres been picking after picking enough to have pies and crumbles and still have enough to freeze Excellent save for the blackberries. Do you plant them along borders or do you have a special bed for them? I'd like to try berries. Had almost nothing this year.
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Post by mouse on Sept 2, 2018 3:01:17 GMT -5
we are beginning to cut plants back and cut out all stems/leaves affected by the hot weather...need to divide some plants too and replant others elsewhere... as you say Jessie many plants/trees/bushes leaves were burned to a crisp by the hot weather and have already fallen... but others have recouvered well in the rains we have had and the cooler weather we didn't think the blackberries would be any good after seeing so many flowers withered on the stems... but far from being a washout theres been picking after picking enough to have pies and crumbles and still have enough to freeze Excellent save for the blackberries. Do you plant them along borders or do you have a special bed for them? I'd like to try berries. Had almost nothing this year. no we don't plant them they grow wild in hedges bordering the fields or woods ..they grow too wild a scratchy tangle to have them in the garden ubnless its a huge garden[of the type we used to have when we did have blackberries in the garden]... we never pick them from hedges alongside the road though..[ too many exhaust fumes ] I believe you can buy cultivated blackberries for putting in gardens.. but I have no 1st hand knowledge sadly with all the building going on in the country wild fruits and berries get rarer and rarer... we used to collect bucket full when I was younger.. and then tie them in muslin to drain the juice to make blackberry jelly[jam]without the tiny seeds
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Post by beth on Sept 2, 2018 9:55:12 GMT -5
Excellent save for the blackberries. Do you plant them along borders or do you have a special bed for them? I'd like to try berries. Had almost nothing this year. I believe you can buy cultivated blackberries for putting in gardens.. but I have no 1st hand knowledge sadly with all the building going on in the country wild fruits and berries get rarer and rarer... we used to collect bucket full when I was younger.. and then tie them in muslin to drain the juice to make blackberry jelly[jam]without the tiny seeds There are probably berries growing wild along country roads here and there, but even 25 or so years ago my aunt ordered plants and set them out along a border that backed on some bramble and small trees. My aunt passed along her interest in horticulture but not her skill. I usually look for farmers' markets and specialty areas at the grocery store to pick up a few fresh berries now and then. Strawberries are plentiful, the others, not ow much.
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Post by toby1 on Oct 28, 2020 11:07:53 GMT -5
I planted a load of tulips yesterday, we shall see how they turn out as they are expected to pop out next april/may. I shall keep you informed>
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Post by mouse on Nov 4, 2020 10:12:22 GMT -5
hope they do well Tobes... daughter has taken over the garden from me and she has put in lots snowdrops...... covered them with chicken wire as the Squirrels do love digging them up..... so perhas you and her will have great displays come spring
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