Comments on: growth

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:27:43 +0000

Mel – yes, though they are not looking v happy just now – honey ones are doing well.

Pamela – the mint will get mown there in the grass but I know it is very invasive. I think a really old rabbit just laid down there are died. She hasn’t been seen since the very cold time of winter and the bones are all laid out in their proper order, not interfered with.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:04:57 +0000

I’d watch the mint that has escaped from the tyre it will be everywhere if you give it a chance. I was clearing out dead leaves under our huge flowering currant today and all I could hear was buzzing it was lovely Are the bones just ones that you have found in the garden?

By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:17:08 +0000

Are you trying to grow Goji berries?

By: Lucy

Lucy — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:29:46 +0000

they do smell like that! little rabbit seems to have just laid down there to die – bones all laid out in right order… bumblebee trust sounds interesting.

By: Penny

Penny — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:39:25 +0000

I am SO jealous of your lovely big garden! We have similar things on a MUCH smaller scale, minus the rabbit bones, thank goodness! The flowering currant flowers are so pretty. But don’t they smell like cat pee!
I’ve recently joined the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, after a talk by the founder at our allotment group AGM.

By: cat

cat — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:00:48 +0000

I shall have to net as well. The cats have already been using my nicely dug over areas as a giant kitty litter tray! Will have to dig over again to remove their gifts.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:34:43 +0000

oh it’s annoying when seeds don’t grow… not to late to do some more though – they should come on fast with warmer weather

I think the big trees all round us make it a sheltered warmer spot than the surroundings – it’s usually a couple of degrees warmer here than the local town. fence round veg v good idea – we need it for rabbits. have nets over raised beds to prevent cats using them as large litter trays!

By: cat

cat — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:48:51 +0000

Nikki- No wild garlic?!! Have you got any shady riverbanks near you? Maybe try there.

Lucy-I can’t believe how far ahead your plants and flowers are compared to down with me! I must be in some icy micro climate! Plus anything that does start growing gets eaten promptly by the dog. Next project is a fence round the veg plot.

By: nikkiandco

nikkiandco — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:02:50 +0000

Love the daff…my fav.flower
Stuck all my potatoes in easter weekend…just checked on my tomatoe seeds and only 1 germinated !!!! Not going to have a glut this year LOL !!
ps tramped all over woodland yesterday to try and find wild garlic …not a sniff !!