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    End July

    Well weather – more eye rolling – we have had a couple of weeks of intense heat – so yup you guessed it – frazzled plants as I just couldn’t keep on top of the sun and heat where my plants were. Full sun on the packet doesn’t mean full sun at 30 degrees for several weeks. Anyway this week looks a little cooler and I WILL – AM tidying a little to re-organise the garden and hopefully get some organisation into the total chaos – I usually check everything with “him in doors” just because I do really no other reason – anyway he was out! yup out out…

  • Month,  Planting

    Mid July

    How the hell did it get to mid july already? No idea… Anyways it did and it is here so… Update Insanely even though I feel stuck or going backwards – I also feel like I am sorting feelings and finding myself… I have more than half committed (this is just about as committed as I can ever allow myself) to the new name for my initial flower business – it will be Elsie and Eric (the whole whys etc… will be over on the site when I get it all set up – the E & E site will be more of a business site – what I am…

  • Month

    The Ball

    I think we can safely say the saying of the month is… I am not going to lie! its become a joke – I’m not gonna lie… So the balls – yep I dropped them all – a while ago they started to wobble and now they have well and truly smashed – crashed and are out of control – beautiful seedlings that I nurtured and looked so GOOD are dead – why… well due to lots of things but mainly neglect – inexperience – over zealous… nature – whatever. So how are we moving forward from it / with it? Well… Not Gonna Lie… I was wallowing (and I…

  • Flowers,  Month,  Planting,  Seeds

    Biennials 2021

    The list of Biennials you can grow from say end of June to end of July is long – they should hopefully germinate and flower early next spring. -Sweet William – I am not sure I am going to grow these… now I may grow them later on I do have some I have sown last year so may try and save them and see if they come early next year. They do have amazing vase life I have found and work well in bunches. They really need staking! oh and guess what probably feeding… Foxgloves – I already have lots of these planted out from this past year –…