Gardens Home & Garden

Well I’ve been and planted all these plugs into pots to get ready to put them into the garden, also have some strawberry plants that I need to get into a tub as soon as I get it, with it being dry lately the ground is a little hard and I know as soon as I put them I. The slugs will be having a feast so been stocking up on slug pellets ready, as they devour my hostas if I don’t,
I can remember some of these plants but not all of them,
There is :
English lavender
Columbine
There’s a snapdragon I found randomly growing in a pot
I can’t remember the others until they flower now, but I’ll have to find somewhere to put them all as I have a few bedding plants to go in too. I think some are delphiniums, I’m not sure

That looks so neat and orderly!
I was given some sunflower seeds, so stuck four in a pot and passed the rest on. They are just starting to come through and the stem of one has been munched right through. They are under a cage because the birds have been digging in the larger pots, but no protection from slugs. I potted up four of the argyranthemum today, two more to go when I decide where I want them. I will be surprised if we don't have a shower tonight - I hope so, it saves a job.

Thank you, keep me busy when they are ready to go into the garden, yeah I had some sunflower seeds from last years flowers and kept them in the shed, I hung them in a bag in a bucket hanging from the back wall, I went in there a couple of weeks ago and thought I’ll put some in a pot and grow some, bugger me if the mouse had been in it and ate most of them, so the few I salvaged from it I put in a pot and didn’t cover them like a plonker, looked out the window one morning and there was a blackbird turfing out all the compost and took the damn seeds, so I didn’t do very well with them at all. Yeah the slugs are out now and will devour anything in their path, I even put copper tape around my pots that I put bedding plants in otherwise they’d eat the lot, we used to have a thrush years ago that came in the garden and ate majority of the slugs and snails, but they are so in declined now.

Looking good. I haven't done seeds or plugs. Mostly because here I can plant year round so I don't need to start early and worry about frost, etc. Buying a plant ready to go in the ground is easier. I do get sunflowers growing due to the bird feeders. I feed only sunflower seeds. I used to use a mixed seed, but was getting sorghum plants growing because the birds didn't eat that seed.

I was first in line at the sale this time. The first three of us were regulars so we chatted before the gate opened (I get there 2 hours before to be at the front of the line). I got everything on my list:

California fuchsia 'Uvas Valley' - it's a dark orange flower
Orange bush monkeyflower - it's gold flowers
White monkeyflower
Vibrant red monkeyflower*
Lucky Lantern Tangerine abutilon - this was the one I wanted but didn't get last time
Christmas Cheer poker plant - 2 for the back
Ruby velvet kangaroo paw
Hot Orange ice plants - 6

*unfortunately I got home and sent the dogs to the backyard while I set the plants down at the gate. Tornado-dog pawed at this plant and trampled it. Pretty sure it's deceased... So I'll replace it

The gate is almost done. Had to order a bunch of drill bits because we only had a couple in the right size. And the guy doing it was getting frustrated and making little mistakes wanting to finish it already. So I gave him a couple days to recupe and then we'll finish laying the track and then adding the rollers on top. But even partially up, it's much better than the old gate.