The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

juliettet

Same here Mardatha. Everything is 8 weeks late. Geraniums just peeking out. The crop which is in the field behind me is flattened and looking a bit yellow. I'm hoping for a dry week so the farmer can cut it. I tried beans and lettuce again this year. No good. Just worried that a greenhouse would not survive the high winds we get from time to time. The only bright spot is the lawn is a lush deep green. Pity I cannot put that on my salad!

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Our buddelia is brown drying flowers, our lilac was over at the end of May and even the petunias and lobelia we have in the window boxes and tubs have all gone 'leggy' and straggly and are looking really tired, almost at the end of their time I think. My neighbours climbing rose which peeps over our fence on to the patio is in its second flowering, it all looks like summers end down south!

Jazee

I'm kind of in the middle of our green and pleasant land and have had a mixed bunch this year in the garden. So beans and peas finished ages ago. Currently using loads of courgettes and tomatoes. Cucumbers and peppers slow to do anything.

Flowerswise - the hydrangea is magnificent this year and the roses are about to have their third flowering. The huge 'daisy' plant finished its main flowering at the end of June as expected but I've deadheaded and there are still enough flowers now for it to look pretty.

Floss

In Blackpool my French & runner beans are just coming to harvest size, courgettes are plentiful as are potatoes, cucumbers, peppers & aubergines in the greenhouse are slow as are the tomatoes, plums are few, autumn rasps are lovely but scarce, and there is plenty of rhubarb & blackberries.

nursemaggie

My roses budded but never came out and all the leaves and buds have dropped off. Do I need to dig them up and throw them out Lyn? The only other roses in the street are right down the other end.

silvasava

Sounds as if you may have 'Black Spot' Nursemaggie. It makes the leaves blotchy and they turn yellow &"drop off and unchecked it can affect the buds too. You won't have to dig them up as it is treatable - some areas are more prone than others and the weather can play a part too. Some of my roses have it nearly every year and others are more resistant. If you Google it you will find lots of products to treat your roses with but one of the things that does help is to pick up all the infected leaves and get rid of them so they don't reinfect the plant.
It's not as daunting as it sounds - honestly:)

burtha

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Popperwell

Clay soil in my garden, most things take though, few things fail...and once established, there's no going back.

Floss

Hi Burtha, hope you're well?

silvasava

Me too Pops - so no Blueberries in the ground! Mine are in pots as they need acid soil. TBH unless they're a particular favourite of yours I wouldn't bother as they also need to be kept damp all the time. Raspberries & cultivated blackberries and loganberries will be quite happy though - and roses! BTW Raspberries will ripen perfectly well in a shady spot - mine are against a north facing fence & I always get good crops.