Monday 21 September 2020

More pooped each day

Welcome to some new followers. Sorry I don't know who you are to greet you personally.

We can tell we are not spring chickens anymore. We started doing the new back shady border on Friday, managing about 5 or 6 hours before the warmth and tiredness kicked in.

Saturday maybe 4 - 5 hours. Sunday less still and today maybe 2 -3 hours. However, most of the plants are in, except a few cowslips that seem to be changing into something else. Just the bulbs to go in another day, maybe later in the week. 

The two old chimney pots that have moved around our garden since we inherited them, are in situ and will get planted in the spring. Haven't yet found anything for winter to put in them, that likes permanent shade and would be a standout feature:

DB working on the water butts. I helped carry numerous bricks for him to build stands for them, but had to give in after a while. Anyhow, two are almost in their permanent place, two more to go, plus a small black dustbin that I use to dip containers into:

Also attached to the wall but which you can't see, is a tall wrought iron gate of no use to man nor beast where it is. It will be taken down, painted with hammerite paint and hopefully mounted onto the middle of the 5 fence panels permanently in view. Hopefully, it will have something trained on it, providing it isn't too heavy for the panel.

I will post periodic pictures as things bloom. My favourite new plant is a toad flax. It is about 2 1/2 feet tall at the moment and covered all the way to its base in flower buds, which open into these. How gorgeous are those flowers:

We still have to sort out the path but with the rain coming, felt it best to concentrate on planting up!



12 comments:

  1. It all coming together and looking wonderful, a reward for all the hard work.

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  2. It looks fabulous! Well done both of you. Xx

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  3. It really is looking great. xx

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    1. Coming along nicely but will be glad when finished.

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    1. Thank you. Once the rubbish is cleared it will be nice to view it.

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  5. Your shade garden is going to be beautiful.

    God bless.

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    1. We hope so. It will be interesting what next year brings.

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  6. It's looking so good :-)

    I have stopped planting directly into my chimney pots, now I just plant up a pot that sits neatly in the top, that way I can chop and change with the seasons or if the plant outgrows the pot. It saves me a lot of work and digging.

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    1. Thanks. Yes we have been doing the plant pot inside the chimney pot but they dry out quite a bit. I’lol decide next year.

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