What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2020

When I was a lad!!!

 

Mowed another back lawn this afternoon and then did another two hours pressure hosing.

Mrs Shiney said but then gave me a back massage.

 

I like Sweetpeas, but not to the extent that I grow them every year. But maybe because I keep driving past the sign "Wem - Home of the Sweetpea" whenever I drive to Wem to visit my sister, I've bought seeds for Sweetpea "Juliet"


Sweetpea "Gwendoline"


Sweetpea "Ebony and Ivory" mix


Sweetpea "Heirloom Mix"


I've got a Perpetual Sweetpea which flowers every year on the Trellis Entrance to the garden which mixes with Honeysuckle, Clematis, and Roses but I thought maybe an additional mix would look fine there as well as on Canes in the borders. I've bought a pack of Root Trainers and will use them as well as ordinary pots to compare how well they grow.

 

I love sweetpeas, especially the scent (I love the scent of blooms on the air, hence my love of brugs as well) but I have never, ever, been able to grow them. No idea what I do wrong - they germinate fine, but then basically keel over and die soon after.

Oddly enough, I failed to grow nasturtiums this year - I mean, nasturtiums... they basically grow themselves, yet I failed with them.

Think I need to take myself into a darkened room and have a stern word in my ear.

 

Yes. lucius, the Cat is thinking "If she thinks she's sitting here, she's got no chance."

 

Thanks, Nick, I'm hoping that they'll do well next year and that we get a good Summer to help them along. I won't be sowing them until November and then I'll find a reasonable spot in the Green House for them to over Winter.