WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2021

Ours comes from sawing wood for logs which maybe is finer, I scatter it around the wood shed which is damp as lower than neighbours garden and other areas, it rots down with the dampness well within the year...

 

Wallflowers, nearly forgot I had bought these, today..Are they any good in planters, these are of concrete construction. Do not think I have ever planted any before.......
Sunny position mostly all day long...

 

Dianne yes you can put wallflowers in planters, looking good so far.

 

Thanks @Logan I felt they where expensive and maybe have a go at growing from seed for next time..will look into that. Not sure what litres they are as they are still sitting where you saw them..quite large and 8.90 euros each pot...

 

Your Wallfowers are more advanced than mine Dianne!! Most only have smallish buds at the moment.

 

@DianneW if you want to grow wallflowers from seed I start them the beginning of may for next year, that's the biennial ones.

 

Cleared one bed, added a bit of fish, blood and bone, and planted out the broadbeans.
I hope they make it, slugs and snails managed to get inside the mini greenhouse and munched away.. It is incredible how fast they come out after the cold..

 

@Upsydaisy But GC ones are priced in to be early I find..growing your own is more natural with their timing...too early and Mr.Chill gets at them ,just when you think he has gone....

 

Dianne I start mine around June time . I grow perennials but you can get annual and biennial ones too.

They remain evergreen so once flowering is over they make a nice backdrop.

Every year I discard a few that have grown too big or tatty and replant with new. You can also propagate by taking cuttings, I have also done this when there are particular ones that I have liked.
Another way is to buy bare rooted ones around Oct time ( well over here you can ), you can buy them in bundles of 10- 15 very cheaply and just plant them straight into their final postion. They may look a tad sad and droopy and sulk a bit but once the winter weather gives way to some warmth they then have a growth spurt.
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That has given me a really good insight into the world of Wallflowers...and very grateful for your knowledge..I was right I knew it....know it all....

 

I wish...just good old trial and error!!

 

I had three trial and errors in the late 60's.....not funny then...not funny now...

stick with sensible hobbies like gardening...

 

I think we've all had a few of those.

 

@Sian in Belgium I hope you and hubby are both ok..

Well the shed is in the garden so here I go...... I've been trying to get the padlock open on it all day on and off. I needed the tools out of it for the allotment work. Tried wd40, wiggling the key. More wd40. Cursing the OH for not getting a new padlock when I asked for one. Gave up...... tried again later....got myself all wound up......gave up......OH came home. (Me) "I've been trying to get in the bl**dy shed all day that locks nackered. Please will you try" gave him the key. He took one look and said "that's not the key" very calmly took another key off the rack went outside and opened the shed. Rolled his eyes and smirked.