Making hay etc and other things....

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In between the heavy showers I managed to do a limited amount of gardening. The ground is far to wet to even attempt weeding and it was all I could do to stay upright walking to the greenhouse. I have to walk across grass to get to it and its more like a swamp every day. I`ve never known this bad even in the wettest weather. I`ve managed to pot up nearly all the Summer bulbs with the exception of some fragrant Freesias and some Irises, both of which are going in containers. The Basil I planted has sprouted and I only sowed it on saturday afternoon. I like to keep Basil in the kitchen because of its gorgeous aroma, to me you just can`t beat it.

I`ve planted the Primroses in the large wall manger at the front of the house. It look good if I do say so myself. It will look even better when they spread and the bulbs grow through them. The cactus dwarf Dahlia is also bound for a container. I have a few ideas for my Summer planting and most of them involve containers ( I blame Alan Titchmarsh and Gardener`s World magazine…lol!) I rran out of rose food and decided to get a large size Top Rose which should see me through the growing season.

I wonder who else has a pretty old gardening book. This book belonged to my late father and I can remember seeing it in the bookcase when I was no more than four or five. It`s still a good reference book but many of the old chemicals that were used back in the early fifties are now banned by the EU. That`s a very thorny subject but is also another conversation entirely….

purple Hellebore. My camera needed charging when I took this and the next photo so I was lucky to get them at all. The rain has spoiled most of the white Hellebore Nigra but the darker shades and `orientalis` seem unaffected.

This hellebore is almost black. Unfortunately its in the wrong place for it to be most effective, I`ll have a think about where to move it too. You can see just how wet the soil is too.

This afternoon I also washed, no scrubbed a terracotta container that I haven`t used for a couple of years. It looks as good as new now its no longer green and very dirty. Tomorrow, weather and sore back permitting I`ll do a couple more. Next door`s cat Willow is extremely friendly now Jake is no longer with us. He even follows me into the greenhouse and sits and watches me. I don`t encourage him but I think he`s made me his new best friend. What will happen when we eventually have another dog I don`t know but I`m sure the dog won`t like it. I`m not too sure about Willow as he`s a very cool cat and not much fazes him.

Bye for now. :o)

Sandra x

• 24 Feb, 2010
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