In the Garden

[ColinUK]

I used to have free reign in a huge courtyard. Now I have balcony.
Only planting I’ve done here so far is these two balcony boxes.

 

[Robin]

I have a sort of dead hebe in a pot but in the spirit of my glass is half full. I have planted again and will see if it 'takes'. I believe it is pretty difficult to kill a hebe. Well done me

Oh believe me, I’ve killed one!

 

[ColinUK]

Oh believe me, I’ve killed one!

I’ve killed huge specimen plants before. You can kill absolutely anything in the garden!

 

[Ditto]

Lovely balcony Colin. 🙂 I've killed tons of stuff, I have a black thumb. Plants thrive despite me rather than because of me.

Wouldn't you adam and eve it. Pride goes before a fall. My photos aren't uploading from my phone to Google photos for some reason. I have up till Monday but have taken tons since then. Good grief, that'll teach me.

 

[Robin]

I've killed tons of stuff, I have a black thumb. Plants thrive despite me rather than because of me.

I’m the same with house plants. People compliment me on mine, and I tell them, well, these are the indestructible survivors, you should see how many I killed!

 

[trophywench]

Pete has the required touch, but I don't generally, even with the blasted weeds, which survive anything I do to them! Aaargh.

 

[SB2015]

I used to have free reign in a huge courtyard. Now I have balcony.
Only planting I’ve done here so far is these two balcony boxes.

Nice baskets for the boxes Colin

 

[SB2015]

‘We’ (that is OH) has set too on the paving with the pressure washer. The excess water going into the surrounding beds. One section at a time and makes a. If difference.

 

[Ditto]

‘We’ (that is OH) has set too on the paving with the pressure washer. The excess water going into the surrounding beds. One section at a time and makes a. If difference.

I was quite shocked at how dry everything was after that wet winter!

I just tried to upload a photo from my laptop and it is crossed out with a message 'The uploaded file is too large for the server to process' so the only way is to save them from GooglePhotos to my documents and upload from there, but it's playing up, no photos showing after last Monday. Agh.

 

[grovesy]

I have bee having to water a patch of my garden for a couple of weeks , though that is a patch that has a large conifer type tree overhanging it.

 

[trophywench]

You'd be amazed how much a large tree drinks - a 30ft oak, around 50,000 gallons a year!

We were members of a camping club with a permanent site which was located on the edge of and within a wood called Water Wood, at the edge of the original ancient Forest of Arden. As such there were many very mature trees. We built a new toilet block and the original foundation were dug by hand but when the Building Inspector from the County Council came to inspect it, we were told we needed to go down the 2 meters! Well remember one member, a now elderly commercial building contractor (as in Main Contracting Company, not a jobbing builder) saying he'd built 10 storey blocks of flats for the City Council on shallower foundations than that! However, not in ancient woodland LOL

 

[SB2015]

I was quite shocked at how dry everything was after that wet winter!

I just tried to upload a photo from my laptop and it is crossed out with a message 'The uploaded file is too large for the server to process' so the only way is to save them from GooglePhotos to my documents and upload from there, but it's playing up, no photos showing after last Monday. Agh.

I have finally overcome this issue, by emailing myself and attaching the picture. This squishes it down a bit in resolution. I then go to the email and save the picture from there in drop box (I made a folder called Squishes Photos: you can tell I am a tech expert!!!). Then I can use it from there on the forum. It is a bit lacking in spontinaity ( need some help with spelling @trophywench please) but it does work.

 

[trophywench]

Try spontaneity, dear Lisa, dear Lisa …...

 

[trophywench]

I had to have a think about it too, but then by remembering how spontaneous is spelt, worked it out!

 

[Jodee]

Happy Easter Everyone

 

[Jodee]

Plants flourish in the right conditions generally.

 

[Jodee]

This was mine in Southampton - best £3 I ever spent in Woolworths! 🙂 Must get another 🙂

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That's a wonderful Camellia Northerner, I never got my pink one past the 1st winter, my white one does well each year though 🙂

 

[Jodee]

Tulip time in the garden:

 

[Jodee]

The baby toms are growing and the cucumber when 1st sprouted they have grown even bigger now but I don't have a recent photo
🙂

 

[grovesy]

Both my Tulips and primroses are nearly all finished or well past their best. My Tomato seedlings are not ready to rpick out yet but cucumbers maybe today. I have some flower seedlings nearly ready to prick out.