We spent some time out yesterday at Burnby Hall Gardens, home to a National Collection of Hardy Water Lilies – the biggest such collection to be found in a natural setting in Europe. Here are a few pictures of some of the collection.
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Water Lilies
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Magic plant clips
Saturday, July 18th, 2009I’m always having trouble supporting plants with canes in the garden, I usually use garden twine to tie plants to canes or sometimes the metal tie clips, I don’t like either of these options, because you have to be careful, especially when the tomatoe plant stems grow, that they don’t bruise the stems. Whilst I was in Poundstretchers or Poundland the other week (well times are hard!), I found these very handy plant clip supports for a £1.00. There are two different sizes in the pack, and you get a total of six of the smaller, and six of the larger clips, they are like a modified clothes peg, spring loaded, and clip onto the cane, supporting the plant, as the plant grows, you just move the clip up the stem. A bargain – and if you purchased in a garden centre would be more than a £1.00!
plant clip photo
closeup of plant clip
July 2009 Tomatoe update
Saturday, July 18th, 2009Since planting out into the grow bags, my tomatoe plants have done very well with the hot summer days, followed by the thundery showers.
tomatoe plants in July 2009 next to shed
tomatoe plants in July 2009 next to greenhouse
potted tomatoe plants
Even the potted tomatoe plants – Tombling Tom Red, which were damaged and wilted by the sun, have come back, after I chopped them back, and been watering twice a day since. So I live in hope that I’ll have some tomatoes this year!
Horaah! My brown bin has arrived!
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
brown compost bin for roadside collection and recycling
I’ve been waiting years for East Riding of Yorkshire Council to include us in the roadside composting scheme, and today my brown bin has finally arrived. I do already compost at home, and have 1000l compost bins, but I don’t have a shredder to shred the hedge clippings to include in my compost bins, so I have to drive to the local recycling depot and deposit in the green compost bins, it just makes a mess of our new car, and with 300-400 foot of hedge, which consists of hawthorn, blackthorn, bramble, elder and privet there are alot of hedge clippings.
Thank you East Riding of Yorkshire Council, this is part of their Target 45+ recycling scheme. See here
I’m so excited, I’ll go and cut the hedge now, and fill up my brown bin for the first roadside collection. (yes, I don’t get much excitement in my life!)
July 2009 Chilli plants update
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Chilli plants in July in the porch
These chilli plants have been grown from seed, I did think I would lose them all at one time, but since transplanting into larger pots, they started to do very well, and signs of flowers haved started to appear in the last few days.
Front lawn
Monday, July 13th, 2009Lindsey cuts the front lawn…(whilst I cut the hedge)
Front lawn with clover for bumble bees
our little bit for biodiversity for the bumble bees, because the bumble bees swarm over the clover in the front lawn, so it would be a shame to cut it all.
Clover in the front lawn
Closeup of clover in the front lawn
Rosa filipes ‘Kiftsgate’ in flower
Friday, July 3rd, 2009A few people have asked what the flower looks on our rambling rose Rosa filipes ‘Kiftsgate’. At the time of the last post, when I removed the sucker it was only in bud.
Here’s a picture in flower.
Rosa filipes 'Kiftsgate' in flower
Front Garden Border in Summer 2009
Friday, July 3rd, 2009A few pictures of the “newly” created front garden border, 12 months on from the last pictures in 2008. Not so new now, and has matured, needs some maintenance now.
Good Morning World!
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Blue Delphinium
Geranium
Cheery flower for this mornings post. Blue Delphinium and Geraniums growing in the front garden border.
Sorry about the cane!
Andy’s prize Hostas – use Slug Gone by Grow Aid
Monday, June 29th, 2009I’ve had a few emails about what type of Hosta, I have in my garden. So I’ve taken a few pictures of each plant and displayed it’s name for easy identification. I have a total of five different Hosta plants, two are a blue variety which are supposed to be slug and snail resistant – this is why I bough them (it’s not true!). I did have a sixth plant Hosta ‘Wide Brim’,but before I discovered Slug Gone by Grow Aid Ltd the slugs and snails ate and killed it. This plant and Hosta ‘fortunei Francee’ both have won RHS Awards of Garden Merit, but that doesn’t exclude them from being eaten by slugs and snails – hardy doesn’t mean slug and snail resistant.
Despite the Gardeners’ World 2009 Reader Awards voting the Hosta into the 3rd place as the Nations most hated garden plant, I like them. Maybe it’s because people who purchase these plants hate them because they look awful after the slugs and snails have attacked and eaten the plant! They’ve obviously not discovered Slug Gone by Grow Aid Ltd.
I’ve now been using this organic product for three years, and have fantastic results in my garden. I previously blogged about it here and here. It was only available mail order, but I’m now see-ing it appear in more and more garden centers. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time, and it will be in B&Q. If your local Garden Centre doesn’t stock it – REQUEST IT – stop using chemical slug pellets in your garden today!(rant mode off!) Otherwise order on-line at Slug Gone by Grow Aid Ltd, and tell Brian I sent you!!!
If you don’t believe me look at my prize hostas, “proof is in the pudding” and I’ve tried everything. If I don’t use Slug Gone, the slugs and snails in my garden eat it!
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- Hosta Fortunei ‘Aureomarginata’
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- Hosta Fortunei ‘Francee’
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- Hosta ‘Sum and Substance’
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- Hosta ‘Blue Angel’
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- Hosta ‘Blue Angel’ flower spike
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- Hosta ‘Hadspen Blue’
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Blog Posts in 2007
https://andysworld.org.uk/2007/05/10/cottage-garden-border/
https://andysworld.org.uk/2007/05/15/cottage-garden-border-re-visited/
I’m not associated with Slug Gone or Grow Aid Ltd in anyway, I’d just like to recommend, an excellent organic product to fellow organic gardeners and Hosta growers. Your mileage may vary, it works for me in my garden.
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