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Thoughts for 2022
Lots of people are planning for and have started sowing for next year (2022) – not going to lie – I am still tidying up from this years carnage. – I am that person that still has Halloween stuff up while everyone else is doing Christmas… yes that is me. I have done an alphabetical list in an attempt to look organised – AAstrantia – lots of – (I am still debating if to just buy some plugs… or to do the seeds…)MollisAntirrhinum (snaps)AquilegiaAchillea ptarmica (the pearl) like gypsoAnemone – Japanese – white and pinkAstilbe BBleeding hearts – maybe not this year CCornflowersCosmosCobaea (on the front as a climber?) crespedia…
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Asters
This is my first Aster flower – ‘Ostrich Plume’ these seeds were Higgledy Seeds I sowed them around March – April 2021 (I can’t remember the exact date but probably nearer April due to the weather) they were a last minute purchase as I was unsure about Asters but I read the Barbara Cartland bit and kinda went – how can I not give them a whirl – I am so glad I did I adore them xx On the list for 2022 – notes for next year try succession sow from March – maybe 3 batches – I think 1 maybe 2 per 10 lts pot. – feed –…
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Dahlias
So NGL is still one of my favourite sayings (Not Gonna Lie) – I fell out of love with Dahlias for various reasons – they are difficult to grow – they get all sort of beasties – they also succumb to rain damage in the bud stage or petal stage – the tubers are tricky customers to store and sort eyes and all that malarkey… needless to say I managed to kill all the ones I had… I shrugged and went you know what not for me – and then a friend via Instagram sent me some in a seed swap – seed dahlia – well nothing to lose give…
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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…
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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 –…
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Stocks
Double flowers (some only single)- stocks are also only a one hit wonder – so DON’T PINCH OUT or they will not flower at all – once they have flowered you use place for something else like Dahlia – if you are growing Dahlias. 1 seed per cell – so just to clarify if 1st leaves are like above they will be single flowers and if not jointed like this should be double flowers. Make a well and put seed in so lots of contact with soil but don’t cover – they need light to germinate. Can plant from about end of feb – (heat mat with hat on as…
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Tulip Bulbs part 1
I wanted to have tulips tulips galore – they are my favourite flower so although many people say they are not profitable if selling I bought these primarily to have in the garden and bring in TBH so I ordered lots (for me about 350) so not really to the amount many people buy – but by the result I’m so glad I didn’t order more -I am so sad and disappointed – I sat for hours choosing colours having never ordered bulk like that normally I would just go to local garden centres and pick up a few bags of what they have nothing special – and this year…
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May here we go…
Feeling optimistic about May so decided this months word / moto is BE BRAVE so deep breath here we go… Ideas for May… Get photographing – and better at documenting things for the future – remember to take ‘along the way’ photos… for me as I want to get cameras out and batteries charged – somewhere to upload photos – I would like to get a darkroom going again. Sort out the front garden so looks AMAZING – think of it as shop front (move bins to behind gate – yes very annoying when putting out but will look so much better – re-do bunting – brighter colours Try hanging…
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May
Welcome May welcome welcome – like every month so far this year it seems like the world has exceedingly high hopes for you – I feel it is almost a little unfair to put such high expectations on a month… ummm So April showers were supposed to bring May Flowers… except April was one of the driest on record… what is that going to hold – lots of watering or not too many flowers I’m not sure. I have lots of thinkings going on in my brain at the moment – I appear to have taken the beginning of each new month this year almost with the same thought process…
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End April
April seems to have lots of posts of chat… I’m not sure that April is the month to tell yourself you are going to BOSS IT but hey I needed a bit of a shove, nudge, push and it felt right at the when I said it – Looking back I have not BOSSED it but the thought that I set that as my goal actually has helped – I have had many down days probably just as many as any other time – but I have kept telling myself, you said you were going to boss it so get bossing girl. Lessons – learnt or thought about Take things…