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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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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…
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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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June Bunches
The first post I did for this in April was called Bouquet Practice I am going to change the name to Bunches as Bouquet sounds a little grand for what I am doing and I love the name posies but not sure that’s generic enough – I also like the word fafferie so may call it June Fafferie – July Fafferie – And I may add Faerie to the end so it would be June Fafferie Faerie – I don’t know I like both of those to be honest like a monthly update…? Anyway the faffing with the flowers is back on… Friday 4 June saw my first bunch of…
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Tulip Bulbs part 2
If you have read part 1 you maybe like – confused as it was all doom and gloom for the Tulips – they were a train wreck… I didn’t know why really BUT then… again I don’t really know why, but then BAM tulips so… I am going to share some cutting and storing tips I have picked up… Tips for cutting and storing If you want to store bulbs for next year you need to leave 2 leaves on the stem when you cut (profession tulip growers will pull up bulb and cut at the base of the bulb – then composting the bulb). If you want longest flower…
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Cake Rhubarb
I love rhubarb – the colour the smell – we lived in a house a few years ago where they had the most ENORMOUSE and GORGEOUS rhubarb plant / bush? thing anyway – every year now I think oh maybe I’ll grow one – but they do take up a LOT of space… well I haven’t done it yet maybe one year… I followed this recipe I have to say it was seriously good – I did alter the topping bit as it was the wrong ratio for me – so I did 25g butter and 4tbsp flour – the rest I left as it was – but I also…
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Mid May Update
It is all going to fast – May please slow down a little… I saw a fun post on some social media site I don’t know where but it was like May now I know why this month is called May (I have added a few of my own as well…) May Rain May Snow May -be sunny May get the last of these seeds planted
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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…