The Good Life (gardening chat)

[baargain]

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So this all came out of the greenhouse I'm making The Bf look for a mini greenhouse as I'm having a space issue

[baargain]

And I'm gonna get a new, bigger greenhouse this winter. It has been decided.

[Pawpads]

I like your orange and cream balls, Pawpads.

Thank you. They are ranunculus.

[Mayday]

So much stuff, Baa!

My Californian poppies are back! They are so cheery. They self seed every year against the wall of our house.

[H1ppychick]

Nice puppies! *phwoar*

[baargain]

They're so cheery!

I've rammed most stuff back in. I need to set up the watering system, but I might die if I do that now.

I have an mini greenhouse made from bits from behind the shed

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And I've sorted my window boxes. That plant (nicotiana) is potentially not well suited to basket life, and I may struggle to see out the window once it's fully grown

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[baargain]

Greenhouse! So full. Will only get fuller

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[Disco]

They are lovely, Mayday!

[Disco]

They are ranunculus.

Ah yes, I did know - once you'd told me - but I do like the roundness of them.

[Mountain Goat]

All this lovely work! I've just killed my back planting five things, and need a sitdown.

[smalex]

Today I saw a cat eating bits of one of my plants. I was bemused. Eventually I remembered what it was called...nepeta... looked it up and realised its catnip I had no idea

[Disco]

I had to remove the catnip I planted out as I had every cat in the neighbourhood sauntering down my path looking for a fix. They decimated it in a day anyway and it was a stump that still attracted the cats until I got rid.

[Mountain Goat]

I have caught Joy eating rocket, oregano and chives.

[smalex]

Really! I'll have to monitor its desirability. I'm sure its been there a few years without turning the garden into a crack house but this cat was proper munching it

[smalex]

I have caught Joy eating rocket, oregano and chives.

These really don't seem like cat foods!

[Disco]

It was like junkie central!

[Mountain Goat]

She doesn't always seem like a cat.

The rocket was in preference to grass when she was a bit poorly and the oregano comes into play when she doesn't like her tea. Flavour, human.

[wendy james]

I cut this (peony?) back quite a bit and it’s come back with a vengeance. I’m guessing it needs some sort of support to stop it flopping out like this?

[smalex]

Yeah I've got some plant stand things I slot in when the plant is coming through so it can lean against them. It's beautiful!

[Shoe]

That's gorgeous! You get sort of half circle stand things to hold them up. I'll try and search but I don't know what they're called.