Stumperie
Spent the morning gathering bits and pieces to create a Stumperie.
Spent the afternoon choosing the plants and ferns that I will need.
will take the opportunity to incorporate a hibernacium .
ordered some hellebores from waitrose,only £1.99 each.
What a lovely day.
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Yes I also enjoyed that one, and the shade garden incorporating logs & stumps really is quite additive.
Spookily I planted out some more Helebores this morning, along with some Pulmonaria which will serve the bees in early Spring.
I bought my Helebores from ebay as someone was selling large seedlings at £2.99 for twenty with free postage!!!
I potted all these on in Spring 2013 and am now planting them out, I think I lost only three plants so it ended as 17 big healthy Helebores for £2.99 + a little compost and some patience! Now that was a bargain and good for my shady stumperie area!
Hello New to this forum and gardening stuff. I too enjoyed the stumpery program especially the mushroom log does anyone know where I can get the pellet things from? Thank Annette
They're called dowels annette, mushroom or fungi dowels.
A search should bring up a good choice.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hi Annette, pleased to meet you.
I enjoyed that programe too, wouldn't mind having a stumpery in a corner of my garden. Already have some wild ferns growing in the garden as we back onto fields.
Sorry annette, I'm very rude. Hello, welcome
In the sticks near Peterborough
How lovely you all are THANKS so much.
I had no luck with my mushrooms but I think I used the wrong wood..... Loved the stumpery programme think it was my fave so far.... I'm now waiting for a tree to fall so I can snaffle the stump!!!!!
here is a link to mushroom dowels and starter kits
http://www.annforfungi.co.uk/shop/dowel-spawn/dowel-starter-kit-3x30/prod_7.html
Clueless
Just taken delivery of several fern collections from Long Acre Plants.£12 for 3 ferns,very good value.also good size Daphne odora Aureomarginata at £5.00
I've just looked at that Long Acre site - lots of very helpful suggestions re shade planting - I've bookmarked it
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.