The Good Life (gardening chat)

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They're high maintenance if you want to keep fish in them and not kill them, but a wildlife pond isn't that high maintenance, as long as you build it properly in the first place and don't site it under something that sheds into it constantly. :look:

And newts, which are protected, prefer a slightly murky and ill kempt pond, which is probably why I have so many of them.
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I dont have very many blooms but this is what is out now.
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They're all lovely but that iris :love:
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It's amazing isn't it. I planted a single knobby root years and year ago and it only bloomed for the first time last year. Despite not blooming, the foliage was becoming bigger and bigger so I moved it after the petals fell last year so I'm pleased it's ok. It's thriving actually and I noticed that I must have inadvertently split it last year as there are small blades of foliage in the original site I saw earlier.
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Gorgeous iris! And your lilac. ❤️
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Beautiful!
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Irises are like magic. That rusty red colour is just stunning
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What are the ones 2nd pic down? They look like a small firework burst :love:
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There are some gorgeous gardens and plants on here.

I had a load of photos on my phone earlier this week and then I updated the software and they've all disappeared. Anyway, here are a couple of pics of my plants. I have all of next week off and I'm hoping I can get out and weed.

They also appear to be upside down. :mog:
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Duophonic wrote: Thu May 21, 2020 9:03 pm What are the ones 2nd pic down? They look like a small firework burst :love:
The pink flowers? Black sambuca/ elder.

I like your orange and cream balls, Pawpads.
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Thanks. I have sambuca too but too young to flower and didn't recognise it.
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Shoe wrote: Wed May 13, 2020 4:15 pm How are people's farmer gracy bulbs doing? My Ranunculus ones have dissolved into mush. :cry:
My dahlias have finally made an appearance! I'd given up on one because I had a prod around in the pot and couldn't find it, but lo and behold, they're there.
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My dahlias have not really appeared and I've been swearing at them daily. All my gladioli are doing amazingly well though, can't wait for flowers
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I planted out my Dahlias and geranium. This of course meant the weather went hideous. I hope they survive, it's so windy outside. :fc:
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It's fair to say theres quite a lot of seedlings :mog:
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My pop-up greenhouse blew to the other side of the garden even though it was weighted down and caused a bit of damage, but we managed to salvage our toms and a few other seedlings.

Looks good Smal.
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They're a bloody devil for that Duo. I weigh ours down and tie it to things. I've had a few disasters in the past.
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The weights we'd added to the bottom were no match for the 40+mph gusts we've had over the past two days.

I've got the toms indoors and the seedlings have been on the go for a while so can be planted out. I've got the frame back up and just need to get the cover back out the shed.
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It has been so windy, Shoe.

So many seedlings, Smal! I need to sort my seedlings out tomorrow. They're currently in the attic bedroom which gets ferociously hot.
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