WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2022

I live Camrose. I can send you a little cactus. It isnt Echinoocactus grusonii which I thought it might be when it was very small, but its that general shape. - I don't know what it is but its parent does flower.Where do I send it to you?

 

Aww that is very kind offer to make on your 1st post @Stera ...I'm sure Michael will be very touched .

Anyway a bit of serious business now.....

Hi @Stera and


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@Stera Hi ! How lovely to meet you on here, I hope you are keeping well
You can send me the cactus to my home address, do you still have it ? If not I'll send you a PM
I'm pleased you've joined Gardeners Corner, I hope you enjoy it. I do, and there many lovely and friendly members here

How are the cats ?

@Upsydaisy I've known Stera for many years on another forum which I don't go on now ...

 

Took delivery of and planted two Dianthus "Memories", one each beside Mum and Dad's trees in the Meadow. There is a plaque to each under their respective tree.
When we lost our lovely cat Lucy we buried her under our free-standing pond and there is a brass plaque on the slab. If someone digs up her remains when we are gone, they will worryingly think we have buried Mum and Dad down the Meadow!

 

Time to get a new Aluminium step ladder @shiney, paint covers up a multitude of sins as my old Dad used to say.

 

Nothing in the balcony today but yesterday I spent at least 3 hours making changes. The first 2 hours in the morning were spent putting up a big round white table that has been taken down since May & putting up the plastic mini-greenhouse on it. It always sits in the most sheltered corner of the balcony & it's where I keep my Geraniums & Pelargoniums as well as my Fuchsias during the winter.
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This photo is before I finished it. I put a plastic bag from a mattress over the greenhouse so that it makes a 2nd cover & will give a little extra protection if the winter is very cold. Though it won't be much use if we have another winter like we had in 2010!

In the afternoon I cut a door in the plastic bag & adjusted it for a better fit. Then I rolled up the door & fixed it on the top. I've since put some of my smaller Geraniums inside that I want to keep. Also at least one Fuchsia plant for the moment. I have more to put in it but that will be in a few weeks. I've also put two seedtrays with small pots containing cutting of Geraniums & Fuchsias in there as well.
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None of this new stuff lasts these days.

 

Spent a time this morning picking and peeling apples and we are having Apple Crumble for tea.

 

Started my Winter Windowsill by potting the struggling outdoors mini Chillies together and arranging grow lights to create a "fabulous winter grow zone right on your windowsill", or whatever they call it in one of those magazines.

I'm not going to call the journalists in just yet but the idea sort of works and is worth playing with I think. Once the Chillies have been eaten, herbs can step in. And surely the dwarf beans (10p seeds from wilkos) will give a bountiful harvest all winter, if not for us at least for the aphids.

Who's an optimist?


Anyways, it's actually nice to have a spot of light just there where most of the chopping and food preparation takes place. Feels cosy, and the timer function of the lights tells me when it's bedtime.

 

Apple Crumble was delicious.

 

Yesterday went to see my friend Marion and I planted some foxgloves and verbena bonerences that i gave her.

 

Today the boss was moving things around again. Does anyone know of plants with USB roots?