Garden Post - July 2011
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endlessraritiesAnd now, here are the photos of the garden I was threatening to post a while back.
The front garden, first of all:
The back garden's progressing slowly. I've at last finished weeding the Accidental Flowerbed which means that the raised beds next to the patio will be next on the list. And I'll soon be able to start planting out the nasturtium plants. Yippee!!
The front garden, first of all:
The poppies are just about finished now, but the paeonies are still blooming and the roses are just coming into their own. The summer bedding's not quite established yet, though the osteospermum are doing really well, and there's still a few primula, too. Will the gladioli flower this year? The jury's still out on that one, but I'm quite hopeful...
A view of my garden assistant, aka Squinty, who is currently eating me out of home. I've decided that she is not a baby, she's a girlie, and she must be raising a brood somewhere, as she packs enough food into her beak to feed an entire thicket of blackbirds and still comes back for more. She comes up onto the kitchen windowledge to scrounge now, and you have to watch your step when leaving the back door in case she's lurking there, too...
A view of my garden assistant, aka Squinty, who is currently eating me out of home. I've decided that she is not a baby, she's a girlie, and she must be raising a brood somewhere, as she packs enough food into her beak to feed an entire thicket of blackbirds and still comes back for more. She comes up onto the kitchen windowledge to scrounge now, and you have to watch your step when leaving the back door in case she's lurking there, too...
The back garden's progressing slowly. I've at last finished weeding the Accidental Flowerbed which means that the raised beds next to the patio will be next on the list. And I'll soon be able to start planting out the nasturtium plants. Yippee!!
The patio pots are just about done, and the smell out there is delicious, all thanks to the nemesia.
And now, here's another shameless plug for the Vernon Geranium Co. Some views of the osteospermum plants - I find the orange-red one particularly stunning, while the pale white/lilac is a bit more run of the mill:-
And now, here's another shameless plug for the Vernon Geranium Co. Some views of the osteospermum plants - I find the orange-red one particularly stunning, while the pale white/lilac is a bit more run of the mill:-
And lastly, the regal pelargonium which is currently gracing one of my patio pots:-
It's a beauty, and I'm really hoping I can get it to overwinter...
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Date: 2011-07-04 07:21 am (UTC)That blackie looks well fed and healthy :o)
We have a pair of jays in our garden after food this year- colourful doesn't begin to do them justice.
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Date: 2011-07-04 09:11 pm (UTC)Jays... Wow... That would be something to see. They're absolutely magnificent. I quite often see them at the munitions factory, but they're few and far between elsewhere in the area.