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Post by boatbuilder » Sun Jul 24, 2016 4:31 pm

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The first Lily has now opened.
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Post by boatbuilder » Sun Jul 24, 2016 4:34 pm

Platycodon (Balloon Flower) - the white variety now started to flower and the Soham Rose.
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Post by Suffolkboy » Sun Jul 24, 2016 8:24 pm

Some great photos of your garden subjects BB,particularly like the last photo close up of the lily stamens,whilst lilies smell lovely those stamens do stain ones clothes or hands.
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Post by boatbuilder » Sun Jul 24, 2016 8:53 pm

Thanks, SB. The one of the lily stamens I took using the manual focus, which I don't normally use on my compact, as there was something else in the frame, which I have cropped, which was taking the auto-focus away from them, so I was quite pleased with the result. Yes, I am always wary of the lily pollen, especially so if they are indoors. I damaged one stem on one of the lily plants when I caught it with the hosepipe last night and have brought that indoors to see if it the flowers will open so will be watching that carefully if they do as I have found the pollen can stain almost anything it touches including white paintwork.
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Mixed border, Sweet Peas and Berries on the Honeysuckle
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The Asters are now in flower.
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Post by Suffolkboy » Tue Oct 18, 2016 3:01 pm

The trees are beginning to shed their leaves especially with these strong winds,however I have still found some colour in our garden.
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Post by boatbuilder » Wed Mar 01, 2017 4:51 pm

March - so maybe time to resurrect this topic again. :D
I sorted out my front garden this afternoon and gave the grass it's first light cut of the year.
The mini daffodils are now flowering well and making it look more spring-like and what could be a better day than St.David's day to take and post a few pictures of them? Image
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Post by Dpeanut » Sun Mar 05, 2017 12:24 pm

Suffolkboy wrote:Some more photos.
Oh now I know what my plant is ....beautiful photos
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Post by Cowper » Tue Mar 07, 2017 12:00 pm

The daffs look wonderful BB, but I was struck most by the soil and how good it looks. Geoff Hamilton would be proud! Are you just blessed with good soil or are you actively cultivating it and turning it over and digging manure and stuff into it? TV gardeners talk about 'crumbly' soil, and yours looks crumbly. It probably also means hard work.

Not sure if this is the right place to mention one of my garden practices (there's a bewildering number of 'rooms' on this site that I'm still finding my way around!) but after steaming or boiling vegetables, I always save this water which I pour into a watering can, then use it around the garden. A certain amount of minerals and vitamins must leach out into the water and it seems a shame to just pour it down the drain. I've no idea if this is good or bad practice, except to say that the plants and shrubs seem to like it, which is good enough for me :-)

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Post by boatbuilder » Tue Mar 07, 2017 1:38 pm

Thanks for your kind comments, Cowper. No, the soil is nothing special and I probably don't give it all the attention it deserves. About four years ago I bought a 1-ton bag of topsoil and used it to top-up my borders both front and rear which might have helped a little but I don't add anything special to it apart from feeding the plants occasionally. I certainly haven't added manure to a garden since I lived in Cheltenham (late 1970's) and managed to get some 'racehorse' manure from the stables at the racecourse. :D

That sounds like an interesting tip about the waters from the veg. I will have to give it a go although I doubt I will get more than enough for a small part of one of the borders so it might be an interesting experiment to see if that fares better than the rest. :o
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Post by boatbuilder » Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:49 pm

A week on from the previous pictures and the daffodils are now in full bloom, as are the crocuses.
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Post by funkychick » Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:54 pm

My little Spring patch There is more daffys, miniature daffy and primulas but they re in another area
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Post by Flowergirl3 » Fri Mar 10, 2017 4:45 pm

I try to have flowers blooming in my garden all year around and currently have daffodils, pansies, crocus, iris, primroses, clematis, pulmonaria and polyanthus in flower as well as my treasured Helleborus. They are now in full flower and are my favourite this time of year. I have many single and double flowered ones growing and flowering their hearts out in all the shadier places in our south facing garden. They look beautiful and all the colours cheers me up on dismal days.
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Lovely flowers, Flowergirl3 and welcome to MyLowestoft. :D
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