Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Any good brands to look for? I want growth for my yews and hollies and flowers for every thing else really.

Just bone meal if you want to do it naturally and cheaply. I use Osmocote 12 month in pots, but it could be used in the soil.

I have a trade account with these people. A 25kg bag of Osmo (as they won't let you see the prices) is about £100. :eek:

http://www.lbsbuyersguide.co.uk/growing-media/slow-release-fertilizers/osmocote-exact-controlled-release-fertiliser.html

lostinrates

I went out to browse ( and stay sane) and came home with a cercis chi Avondale. Not evergreen. But deliciously and unrelentingly vivid on a day I benefitted from it. It will go in front of the evergreens, its not big.

I hadn't been to that nursery all last year and when I went and saw these the woman at the till said, oh...YOU! And took me round the back to the cheaper ones.....mine had a bit of a flat profile....which is ideal for me!

COOLTRIKERCHICK

lostinrates wrote: »

Just had a chat to Alfie on the phone.....she wants me to send her love to everyone!


CTC..I'll PM you later....

okey...cokey....


at the moment I have 3 cats trying to cwtch up on me...lol... one is trying to sleep on my arm while I type..


How you feeling today Davesnave??


so cant wait for the clocks to go forward...

Davesnave

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

How you feeling today Davesnave??.

I'm fine most of the time, thanks, but although the pain's controlled, I still get tired. I've only managed four hours work today.

It's just a waiting game, but if nothing happens by Friday I'll have to refer myself back to the doc. I let the tablets wear off a little to see if it was still there this morning....and it was, despite me drinking gallons. :wall:

While the weather is this good, I'm happy to hold on. One of my (younger ) relatives had this last year and they kept him in hospital for two whole days! :eek:

Edit: lir, I grew a cercis from seed and I was very proud of it. Lost it the first winter we spent here.:mad:

Rummer

I saw a gorgeous plant today that had green quite angular leaves edged with purple, no idea what it was, but it was pretty

There may be another Dreamers meet this year I am planning on heading Choilles way over the summer which is very exciting.

Now that the herb garden is tidy there are quite a few spaces that need to be filled and I am considering fennel and maybe a few other less common herbs. I ponder this every year so I want to act now before I let time drift on again! Currently we have:

• Lavender
• Chives
• Rosemary
• Mint - 3 types
• Sage - a few types which we have never actually used
• Thyme

Basil we grow indoors over the summer as it has never taken outside here.

So not exactly a vast range and I would like to grow things that can be used for herbal infusions as I drink a lot of herbal based things and fresh ones would be lovely. Off to plan and research :rotfl:

lostinrates

holm oak. How about holm oak where my wee hollies are struggling? They like it free draining too, right?


I wonder if I should dig up and pot the hollies, dig out the bed again and dig in more grit, and start again. . Can you tell I'm losing patience? I want privacy.......tomorrow!

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

holm oak. How about holm oak where my wee hollies are struggling? They like it free draining too, right?

They do like good drainage. Take a year or two to settle, then growth is pretty good. Individual plants may have different habits: I have two, and one is certainly more upright, while the other spreads a bit.

Rummer

LIR I can empathise with your thoughts about the garden. There is so much I would like to do to ours however I do not have the time/money/knowledge/confidence to get it done and as such year after year I procrastinate get worried about it and end up doing little or nothing.

Today I went out and cleared another couple of paths so it is at least starting to look a bit tidier. What I am putting off though is the broken fence and brambles that are lying in a tangle at the bottom of the garden.

There are so many things that our house and garden need and I am going to have to list and prioritise what I want done and then start saving.

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

They do like good drainage. Take a year or two to settle, then growth is pretty good. Individual plants may have different habits: I have two, and one is certainly more upright, while the other spreads a bit.

Give up the idea, or dog out hollies and dig in shed loads of grit?

If the hollies have roots I'm loathes to disturb them (would they hope with a replant. but watching them die gets depressing too!!!!


Maybe I should accept I need a gardener. .

Rummer

lostinrates wrote: »

Give up the idea, or dog out hollies and dig in shed loads of grit?

If the hollies have roots I'm loathes to disturb them (would they hope with a replant. but watching them die gets depressing too!!!!


Maybe I should accept I need a gardener. .

Could you do one of those exchange thingies where people come and work on your land and you provide bed and food? It would be a great opportunity for someone and it would give you a hand. Failing that a local agricultural college/gardening course and get students to do the design as a project?