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#1 happy-kat

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Posted 08 May 2006 - 09:28 PM

finally a Dahlia pops a shoot up and what do I find when I go to examine it, it has been eaten right through....

either that or I broke it when looking at it...

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Posted 09 May 2006 - 07:01 AM

what a b*gger - it should regrow though

i finally mowed mylawns at the weekend although with all the rain i can see them growing already

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Posted 09 May 2006 - 08:59 AM

decided it was time for weeding this weekend.... back garden is part patio, part gravel, with any / all plants living in pots! Suits me, and it's low maintenance -

must get out and paint the fences this year....

How do weeds manage to go through the visqueen, that's what I wanna know....
Anyway - spotted a pot at the back that looked as though it had a very dead twig stuck in it... went to investigate, discovered it was allegedly an evergreen shrub LOL.....
Off to the garden centre soon!

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#4 happy-kat

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Posted 09 May 2006 - 05:52 PM

very artistically arranged

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Posted 10 May 2006 - 06:09 PM

That looks lovely PussCat

This is my baby cow in the garden taken 5 minutes ago

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Posted 11 May 2006 - 07:36 AM

my bloomin lawns need mowing again - bit of rain and sun and they grow like mad!

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Posted 11 May 2006 - 09:20 AM

A few pix of our miniscule 15' x 15' front garden circa summer 2001...

Now converted to gravel and a play room for Holly and Kel's forever multiplying collection of rabbit hutches!

Hmmm, might take some pix of the Hostas later since it's a nice day

#8 happy-kat

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Posted 11 May 2006 - 12:41 PM

looked nice then

jurry is out on the rabbit hutches

can you remember the name of the plant with the pink nose cleaning pipes please?

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Posted 11 May 2006 - 01:07 PM

QUOTE (happy-kat @ May 11 2006, 01:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

can you remember the name of the plant with the pink nose cleaning pipes please?

It is a Polygonum (sp) of some sort... but i think it's had a name change fairly recently... it's quite common in garden centres tho... just looks like doc leaves till the bottle brushes appear.

One of my faves

It's quite easy to split... if u were closer i could probably find a bit going spare

Oooo, i remembered right...

Just type polygonum into google img searcch... u'll find it easily

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Posted 11 May 2006 - 01:14 PM

thanks Lee

I am painting my home made obilisk later today, will do it powder blue and have multi coloured sweet peas to run up it.

my Dahlia has tried again to push a shot up

but there are still 3 others that aren't showing yet and a whole load of bulbs like Mombreatia

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Posted 11 May 2006 - 01:18 PM

QUOTE (happy-kat @ May 11 2006, 02:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

thanks Lee

I am painting my home made obilisk later today, will do it powder blue and have multi coloured sweet peas to run up it.

my Dahlia has tried again to push a shot up

but there are still 3 others that aren't showing yet and a whole load of bulbs like Mombreatia

I'm not big on Dahlias... it's the earwigs i dont like... lol

I found crocosmia (mombretia) takes a while to establish... had some that did oops all for about 5 years... just produced a few green shoots and that's it. Now it goes bananas!!! It should be up n about a foot tall by now... ours is.

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Posted 19 May 2006 - 08:14 PM

the Dahlia has recovered from loosing it's top but only about 1 inch high the other three tubers are now where to be seen. Still no Mombretia at all... but the back garden looks better for a massive shake up

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Posted 19 May 2006 - 09:29 PM

Well nothing is showing in our garden yet, I think I've cocked it up

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Posted 19 May 2006 - 09:59 PM

QUOTE (LisaDJ @ May 19 2006, 10:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Well nothing is showing in our garden yet, I think I've cocked it up

ill try and take some pics tomorrow - mine is looking like a country garden already

(ie overgrown lol)

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Posted 19 May 2006 - 10:03 PM

So does the (ahem) patio out the back of ours but I haven't planted anything

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Posted 19 May 2006 - 10:12 PM

QUOTE (Jessie @ May 19 2006, 11:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

So does the (ahem) patio out the back of ours but I haven't planted anything

aint nature grand!

#17 Lainey

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Posted 20 May 2006 - 10:51 AM

Ok.... Question or idea!!!..........

Does anyone fancy a garden design / create weekend?????
Food and

... of course!!!!!!

We need help to do our garden!!!... (poor ben cant do all the digging and building and i cant help much!

except for plants...

)

Wehey... Laineys Hot Ride!!!!!!.... ;)

#18 Lainey

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Posted 20 May 2006 - 11:04 AM

From the muck they flagged a bit and put lawn down for us and then i got quite a few plants in pots from my old house which we need to get in the ground!!!

But how boring is it!!!!.... want something groovy and of course a place to entertain!!!....

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#19 Guest_Matt and Tiggr_*

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Posted 20 May 2006 - 11:51 AM

Well, as a qualified "Permaculture Designer"

I could give you a hand, depends on what you want really.

Just please dont say decking!!!

#20 Lainey

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Posted 20 May 2006 - 12:06 PM

QUOTE (Matt and Tiggr @ May 20 2006, 12:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Well, as a qualified "Permaculture Designer"

I could give you a hand, depends on what you want really.

Just please dont say decking!!!

Decking...

only kidding!

dunno what we want but want it to be different and manageable.....
keep watchin gardening programmes but just cant see anything really....
Want it to be a bit orientally and calming!...

Saw this in France....

Wall were like dry stone walling and layered at diff heights and it was a really groovy water feature round the corner but too many peeps in way!...