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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 43890
Location: yes

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 25 2:18 pm Post subject: how does your garden grow?

here, oddly well although it is a yard rather than garden

considering the assorted "landscape" changes and the old and new plants
things seem ok

the japanese seeds are very viable, big radish, green thing, purple thing(cabbage stuff is more for tt than me), the cucumber and aubergine await planting after i am convinced frost season is over which will be soon

the roses of protection are both looking well and growing enthusiastically

the thyme variety plugs are 3x the size they were and looking happy

i did manage to establish rocket as a self sower, it is perfect as salad now, some is flowering well for the next gen seeds

the bramble has taken to a deep trim and new structure

the "weeds" (food and medicines )seem to be following on month by month

i only have one type of mint at the mo as the black mint jumped pots and displaced some sort of soft green one

there will be a mint keeper with other options available

ditto rosemarys

fancy lavenders are a waste of space, the one that is thriving is fine.

i recon intensive, mixed and organic might work alright here
after 18 yrs of observing the place the alterations were probably overdue.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 43890
Location: yes

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 25 3:02 pm Post subject:
i forgot the two rare(and so far unnamed ) apple grafts are thriving as is the from a stone rare breeds bullace(so far unnamed) the latter is a stone from one that was probably very old, it was culled during flood bank works at the homestead's long meadow unless they got some ,this might be the last of that line of assorted bullace

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6679
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 25 5:43 pm Post subject:
Still frosting most evenings, but that may be coming to an end for the spring. (Wouldn't count on being free from frost for at least another month however)

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 9078
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 25 6:50 pm Post subject:

Slim wrote:

Still frosting most evenings, but that may be coming to an end for the spring. (Wouldn't count on being free from frost for at least another month however)

Similar to here in Scotland... isn't it odd that often the coldest time is the hour or two before dawn, and sometimes it can warm up a degree after midnight...

NorthernMonkeyGirl

Joined: 10 Apr 2011
Posts: 4656
Location: Peeping over your shoulder

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 25 6:51 pm Post subject:

Bit of a green flush following rain following the heat.
Apple blossom just going over, morello cherry in full force. Stone fruits finished before the rain but no signs of any fruit developing. Rhubarb gone crazy!
All the french beans in the mini greenhouse have germinated, but the courgette seeds have gone black.
Overwintered onions look happy but the perennial leeks never did appear.
I need to work out how to prune currant family to gently tame size without losing fruit.

I hear the neighbours are planning to re-do their garden - they moved in last year - so I will remind them that if they want rid of the apple tree I will dig it out for them!

The last-chance black poplar seems to be alive as well so I may yet leave a legacy. It was too dead looking to send to a client but I couldn't bring myself to compost it. If my employer ever finds out, I will refund them the Â£1!

Can anyone guess why I consistently kill sage plants though? Anything from supermarket grown, to grown from seed, cuttings from friends....

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16292

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 25 7:24 am Post subject:
NMG, I have the same problem with mint. For some reason I can't grow it.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6679
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 25 10:28 am Post subject:
First guess for not being able to grow sage is too much moisture. What kind of soil is it in? Can you plant it high and dry?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 43890
Location: yes

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 25 10:45 am Post subject:
sage , high dry a bit sandy mint, in pots most of them prefer a jar or similar buried under them and well draining soil, then use plenty of water they will chose wet or dryer roots

Florence

Joined: 15 Mar 2025
Posts: 34

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 25 12:56 pm Post subject:

Mine would look better with a bit of care and attention. It's at the untidy stage after the spring bulbs have finished flowering but leaves not yet died back.

Flower seedlings beginning to show (dwarf sunflowers in tubs, marigolds in the middle of other things, expecting nasturtiums).

Rescue cuttings such as ladies mantles and heuchera beginning to get their feet down and improve in the tubs on the pavings left over from the under greenhouse which disintegrated due to gales..

And an oregano slip rescued from an overgrown and past it tub looks happy enough next to the new fence - till the campanula next to it gets creeping again or its roots get down to the manhole cover discovered when clearing the campanula back to let the hellebores out. Whichever.

NorthernMonkeyGirl

Joined: 10 Apr 2011
Posts: 4656
Location: Peeping over your shoulder

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 25 7:39 pm Post subject:

Slim wrote:

First guess for not being able to grow sage is too much moisture.
What kind of soil is it in? Can you plant it high and dry?

This has been in various locations across the UK, but now I think about it I've always had damper soil than dryer soil...

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16292

Posted: Sat Apr 19, 25 8:34 am Post subject:
I would always grow mint in a container as it does tend to take over. Managed to sow some more seeds yesterday; some indoors and some outside. We had a bit of rain yesterday; the first for several weeks, so hoping the seeds outside will germinate. Found some of the leeks I had given up for lost are coming up, so just sowed a few more with fresh seed as the last lot was rather old.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 9078
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sat Apr 19, 25 5:26 pm Post subject:
Some of the seeds I have been chitting have started sprouting, so I'm about to sow them..squash, big and small, aubergine, peppers,. I just soaked some beans for cooking and some were sprouting roots so I'm planting those

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16292

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 25 8:32 am Post subject:
That's good. I am debating whether to have beans this year as getting another bed dealt with using the time and energy I have might not be possible. I have peas and cabbage going, so am hoping I can find room for all of them. I am thinking of growing a couple of courgettes in the potato beds. Anyone know a good reason why I shouldn't?

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 9078
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 25 6:25 pm Post subject:

Beans went in yesterday, today aubergine, pepper, small and large squash chitted seeds were planted, fresh sowing of newer leek and carrot seeds.

Beetroot seeds sown in a raised bed are showing leaves!! But broad beans still no show.
In another small raised bed one row of small potatoes that sprouted themselves and in the other half of it, last year's cavolo Nero kale got trimmed all but three plants came out , but the others I'm using like PSB!! This seemed to bring out the Cabbage White butterflies so the frame round them got reconstructed and curtains replaced around them !!

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