Our weather is going to be rough for the weekend with high winds and rain showers. Then we are back to warm and sunny days with night-time temperatures much milder, 7 – 9 C degrees.
Whether we will actually get a good splash of rain or not, any dampness is welcome so I will dig up three big clumps of Primulas, split them into single plants and pot them up. I could plant the single plants back into the flower borders where they eventually will go but the little plants might get lost and I will not be able to keep them watered so having them in pots means they will be planted later in the year.
The Daffodils have just about finished and the big clumps that I want to lift and divide have a small cane next to them to remind me later, when the foliage yellows, to deal with them.
With night-time temperature much milder it is time for the Dahlias to be planted out in the big pots, I will need to add some home made compost to the old compost, mix together and the Dahlias should thrive.
The vegetables are coming on a treat but we do need to sow another lot of Beetroot and Lettuce seeds. Like last year the Parsnip seeds are not appearing which might be that the first sowing was too early so we have to take note and next year sow them a few weeks later. Still wishing to have Parsnips I have sown some single seeds into cells yesterday and hope to see results in a few days, following a friend’s advice!
We have some Willow canes left lying behind the house which have dried out enough to use as stakes to support the Delphiniums and Lupins in the flower borders and with the strong winds coming I had better get busy!
It is such a pleasure having a garden and it is a joy working in it with the birdsong and scent coming from various plants.
Thank you for your garden post, it is always a pleasure to read them. The high winds have started this morning (Friday) and we are hoping nothing blows away! We are fortunate to have a garden too and are enjoying seeing 2 buzzards setting up their nest in the woods beside us. The crows are being a pest chasing them, so we are chasing the crows. One morning it was like a scene from the film The Birds as about 70 crows were on our lawn.
Our parsnips were sown in cell trays and are now planted in the garden. Like you, we didn’t have much luck with direct sowing over a couple of years and have had much more success growing them on before planting.
We have created a few mosaic stepping stones to brighten up the garden and are having huge fun doing them. Our xmas present of going on a mosaic course in Lhanbryde really has paid off and would recommend Black Dog Mosaics when it can reopen again for anyone interested in giving it a try.
We needed quite a lot of multi purpose compost and were able to get it from Mackenzie and Cruikshank by ringing them. It was left in a bay in the car park, so safe and handy. Hopefully they will be able to reopen soon and we can all also begin to venture out bit by bit.