Greenhouse and Seeds

3rd of Feb

Quite cold today but the sun was shining in the afternoon just long enough for me to go and tidy up the Greenhouse , its was nearly 60 in the Greenhouse so okay for working in .Not sure how many Fucshia have survived over the winter .
I started off some Rudbeckia seeds this afternoon ( Prairie Sun ) , grew them in 2006 and they were really nice , think there were roughly 20 seeds in the pkt which will just be fine for along the back of the fence . I want the border really bright hot colours this year .
6th of Feb
Lovely sunny day
I bought bulbs out of Poundland a couple of weeks ago and left them hanging in a bag in the kitchen , big mistake !! the heat of the kitchen had started them growing , I took them out to the Greenhouse today and put them into polystyrene disposable cups ive covered them really well with compost so im hoping the cold Greenhouse will slow down the growth without killing them .
I got a bit of tidying up done in the back and front garden , looks so much better , the ground is so wet .

Begonia seeds

I shouldnt be let out alone ! I had to go to see the Doctor this morning or believe me I would not have been out ,I was happily waddling through the High Street on the way home with the sleet pounding down when I stupidly looked into Poundstretchers shop window and there was a man setting up all this years garden stuff , did I continue walking by ? no ! in I went for a wee look and out I came several minutes later with a pkt of Geranium seeds , now my hubby doesnt know so dont go telling him or im in big trouble ! if there is one thing I dont need its another packet of seeds , ive just sown them and got them on top of the fish tank to germinate , ive also sown Begonia seeds , they are SO small ! there is 750 seeds in the small tube ,ive never grown them before so plz wish me luck .

Wind Damage

As you probably know Scotland suffered some every strong winds last night , I spent most of the night praying no-one would get hurt , the only casualty we had was my Strawberry Tower , you can probably see from the photo the garden is flooded , but that will soon drain away . I will try and get out this afternoon , weather permitting , and see what I can salvage , oh the joys of gardening !

Happy New Year , Lang may yer Lum Reek !

Well here we are another year has begun , what are we in for this year I ask myself ? One thing for sure, it will not be boring in the Garden ! what a year 2007 was eh ? One tomato I got ! lol, the only consolation I have is I was not alone , I do feel sorry for first timers , all I can say to you is ....give it another go ! I was determind I was not going to go near Tomato plants ever again ..but.. there is nothing to beat walking into your Greenhouse and picking your own fresh Tomatoes and Salad stuff so maybe il just grow a couple of plants , also im going back to the " old faithfulls " for plants . I love Dhalias they never let me down , Marigolds , Lobelia , Rudbeckia and of course Fuchsia .

Ive joined a site called Grows On You ( http://www.growsonyou.com/ ) please take a look at it , its great everyone is so friendly , ive met some fantastic people I would never have met without joining this site , there is a guy called David , he created a Yellow Brick Road theme in his garden for his children , its amazing , I loved following his story all year and cant wait to see what he is going to get up to this year

Well hope you all had a good Christmas and I wish you all Good Health and much Happiness in 2008 , Lang may yer lum reek! (A salutation wishing long life and prosperity. Literally, long may your chimney smoke. )
And of course .......Happy Gardening !!

Woodpecker

Boy oh Boy !!!, its cold here this morning , temp dropped to -3 last night even my bubblewrapped Greenhouse didnt manage to escape the cold , poor wee plants , im quite annoyed with myself I knew it was going to be cold and I meant to go out and cover them with the fleece .
On the bright side the cold weather is certainly pulling in all the wild birds to my garden and my homemade fat cakes are very popular , as you can see even the normally shy Woodpecker was happy to get his photo taken yesterday just to get a bit of the cake !
Ive noticed some of the bulbs are starting to show signs of growth , I had to go out and replant some this morning as a cat had dug them up , ive put short canes in around the ground where they are to try and put the cat off doing this again , I really dont mind cats but wish they would use there own gardens for a toilet ! not much chance of that though !

Spring Bulbs

I was in Lidl last week and saw these Spring Bulbs for sale , at 99p a packet I thought they were a bargain so I bought 6 packs , hopefully this will add some nice colour to the garden .
Already I have Primula , Primroses and Bellis in flower ! I think it must be down to the strange weather we are having the plants are all confused , I wonder whats going to happen when the spring arrives will they flower again ? The Dahlia's are still growing well in the garden , im going to grow more again next year , I dont know why I decided on a change this year Dahlia's never let me down , im going to stick to what I know grows well in my garden from now on it saves disappointment later .
The Greenhouse is all bubblewrapped ready for the winter and all my little cuttings for next year are growing well , Im hoping I can keep my standard Fuschia's alive for next year , I can only try . I brought in my hanging baskets because we have had frost some mornings but they are all producing new growth and flowers ! Im trimming them back and hoping im doing the right thing , never a dull moment eh ?
Happy Gardening !

Quiet Time

Not much happening in my garden just now , Im having a lot of problems with my hip again , its very painfull so the garden is having to look after itself , I was up early one morning , around 6.30am , and I took this photo of a Sunflower in my garden , the dew is still on the petals , isnt it beautiful ? what a lovely start to a morning !

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A Sunday Walk

This is one of our Sunday afternoon strolls . Best to let it buffer to nearly the end then pull the little slide back and let it play .

Here we go Again !!

I got so fed up looking at the horrible, sad, sickly looking Tomato Plants so out they came , put out of their misery in one fast swoop with the secateurs , actually im exaggerating just a bit , there was only one plant left in the Greenhouse the rest had been chopped a few weeks ago , this weather has been awful , I think I got one Tomato this year !! the cucumber plant was doing ok but I didnt see the point of keeping everything on hold for one plant so out it came as well !
The bench , plant pots , everything was brought out in to the garden and I washed the Greenhouse from top to bottom , the bench and pots were all washed and the pasting table put up for all the seed trays , its nice to see it all so clean and tidy ( if only I was so keen on housework !! ).
Ive started off some Fucshia cuttings , im going to need a lot more though as ive already got a few orders for hanging baskets for next year , it made me feel good to know people have enjoyed their hanging baskets so much they want them again .One lady has asked me to make her up 3 hanging bags , I did tell her they take A LOT of watering but she seemed okay about that , I think her hubby is getting that job ! So here we begin all over again for next year with cuttings , never a dull moment eh ?? Happy gardening !