18 May 2020

Garden Stuff




Paul and I get up early at this time of year.  Breakfast at 7.00 and then I take Rick out for his early morning walk around the village.  Back home, feed the dog and then get changed for our bike ride.  We went slightly further this morning to the village of Waddingham.  We return home, Rick is asleep on the sofa, and it’s just turned 9.00 a.m.  Not even coffee time.


This morning was sunny and breezy so we spent some time outside in the garden.  Paul is busy planting his vegetables in the potager.  The foxgloves and lupins we planted back in the autumn have just come into bloom; I  like these colourful, spikey, tall flowers that attract the bumblebees.



The late frost last week hit some of our shrubs that we weren’t able to cover.  The new growth on our Hydrangea bushes and big Castor Oil plant were affected, resulting in brown and shrivelled up leaves.   

Paul put up some pergola style wooden slats in the narrow passageway between the house and potting shed and the yellow rose has started to clamber over it. I think it brightens up a dull area of the garden.


I've no idea what this weed is but we've let it stay in a few places to soften up the patio, a decision we may come to regret in the future.  I think it's rather pretty.




11 comments:

  1. We have that too. My mum told me what it was last year but I have forgotten. It is really good to grow in cracks or gravel or spots where nothing else will grow. Ours arrived on it's own in the gravel on our drive. It isn't a problem plant so you don't need to worry. Apparently it is a plant not a weed.

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  2. I have also fogotten what the plant is called but would agree with Carol. If you want a plant which grows in the cracks of crazy paving or the gaps between slabs there is a delightful tiny erigeron which seeds freely and does just that - can't remember what variety it is but it is probably in a ccatalogue somewhere.

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    1. I shall look it up Pat, it sounds interesting.

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  3. Your weed is Ivy-leaved Toadflax.
    The plant that The Weaver refers to is Mexican Fleabane

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    1. Aha, thank you Derek. It's nice to be able to identify the plant and give it a name.

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  4. Some people are larks, others are owls and you and Paul definitely belong in the first group. Amazing how much you had done by 9am while I was still sleeping.

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    1. Yes, I'm definitely a lark. I'm not very good after dark.

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  5. I only get up that early if it's senior's day at the supermarket. They have allocated us 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m !

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    1. Sometimes I feel like staying in bed and then I remember I have a dog to walk!

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