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Look plants!
Sadly the rockery stone didn't turn up today as planned. Apparently the person who took the order didn't bother to write down that they were to be delivered today, although strangely they did manage...
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Shapes
Today in the garden was all about shapes.Hexagons.The is the matting used for the path. It has a membrane to restrict weeds and then when plastic hexagons which hold the gravel and keep it nice and...
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Rocks, gravel and finally some plants
It's been a hectic few days, after two false starts the rocks and gravel turned up for the rockery and paths, 3 tonnes of rock and 1 of gravel meant it was always going to be a hard work weekend. It...
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A new home for the sempervivuvms
The in-laws coming to stay, three birthday parties and a 50th wedding anniversary party all meant it was not a very productive weekend in the garden. The great thing about it's current state though, is...
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Yet another day of digging and moving rocks
It seems to be that days in the garden involve hours of digging and sorting soil, or moving rocks. Today did not disappoint, with real progress on the main succulent rockery. The idea was to build a...
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Tin snips are my favourite tool of the week
In a blatant spin-off from Dangers Gardens "My favourite plant this week", which is excellent for those that have not seen it (The latest post can be found here), my favourite tools this week are giant...
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Planting up the main succulent bank.
Building the main succulent rockery has been a lot of physical lugging or rock, soil and gravel. Monday saw the final large delivery of soil and gravel, time to enlist the family for one final push. In...
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Echeveria agavoides ebony update.
Back in the middle of May I posted that one of the first jobs getting back in to the greenhouse was to chop up my largest echeveria agavoides ebony, the original post can be found here. At the end of...
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Continuing a family garden tradition
With the back garden starting to take shape, time spent outside is getting back to a more normal routine. Walking around this evening I couldn't help but think of one of the early memories of my...
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Orostachys fimbriata is my favourite plant in the garden this week
With plants in the ground and settled in I am finally able to take plant in Loree's (Danger Garden) "my favourite plant in the garden this week". You can see Loree's selection here. There are a few...
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The return of Sempervivum Sundays
One of the groups of plants I have most been looking forward to getting back in the ground are the sempervivums. With the alpine section of the first rockery planted (you can find the post here), some...
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A little shopping fix
There are a few good things about having a garden again: being able to come home and potter around, having less plants in pots that need watering and best all having an actual excuse to buy more...
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Do not touch them,
Leave them alone, they will do better if let to get on with it.The plants are messy, have got leggy living in pots and suffered from neglect during the build. I am having to fight my usual urge to cut...
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Sedeveria letizia is my favourite plant in the garden
Another little Crassulaceae is standing out for me this week. Sedeveria letizia is a hybrid between sedum cuspidatum x echeveria setosa var. ciliatait, it is a small branching succulent that grows to...
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Should I go big , or go risky?
The front section of the main succulent rockery is finished and stepping back it was good to see what gaps are left for bigger plants. There are 3 or 4 nice spaces along the front ready for one of the...
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Echeveria agavoides is my favourite group of plants this week.
I have mixed feelings about naming forms of a plant, sometimes it just feels a bit commercial and a way of trying to get people to by the same plant just by giving it a different name. However this is...
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The benefits of propagation
Most succulent fanatics can not help propagating their plants, even when they don't need more. It could be the challenge of trying a new method, or just the thought that it is a waste to chuck...
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Watering by tropical storm
One of the things that makes the UK so strange climate wise is the influence of the jet stream. One of the aspects of this is that tropical storms move from across the Atlantic often end up here. This...
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Eucomis vandermerwei is my favourite plant in the garden this week.
I always dread people buying me plants, what with having very specific taste, most of the common plants I want and little space, it doesn't lend itself to friends and family find things I needed. So it...
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Time to cut up some plants.
It has been a summer of two halves weather wise; June & July were lovely and hot, then August arrived and it has been much colder and wetter. So with wetter weather over the weekend it was time to...
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