I've got one in the greenhouse. It's my 3rd attempt and this one's staying in a pot till he's too big to pot on and will then have to be planted out by the pond. I have to cover them with a great pile of compost to get them through winter but it's worth it. trouble is I've twice been caught out by surprise -8C frosts in early October and that's death to gunneras with no blanket.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast. "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
Potted up the first of my sea holly chunks of root; most of them have off shoots so I'm feeling positive.
I've also convinced myself that these definately don't break the no-new-plants-til-the-vegetable-garden-is-finished as they were SAVED from certain death in a SUPERMARKET reduced BIN. So it's hardly like I searched them out in the garden centre. Definately not. Also I paid cash so you can't even produce evidence that I brought them
Evening everyone its been a beautiful sunny day here in Suffolk, no coats needed!
Hosta, yes yes yes please to the aforementioned grasses! thank you so much!
Chicky, your London trip sounded real fun! real exploring! I'm trying a bit more with my plant placing this year instead of just celebrating when things survive. I am using the grass in an area where I want to camouflage a manhole cover and really like how the geum wove in between
Pub lunch with papa womble and wife and me and hubby, good main, roast pork...no crackling tho so.....not happy! Apple crumble helped ease the disappointment
Waled it off with a stomp with papa womble while hubby watched football. We ended up at the village museum which still has my old cat 32 years on, stuffed and "asleep" on a chair in a Victorian kitchen setting. Her feet have shrunk and she's not looking so cute as once she did.
As a child I never knew Dove had had my beloved pet stuffed until I went on a school trip to the museum shortly after Smokey's death, survive to say I ran out screaming and in floods of tears!
Wonderful gardening day - very warm and sunny - down to short sleeves for the first time this year. Did lots of planting, and some more to do tomorrow - ones where their destination needs a good weed first. I love 3 day weekends
I have lily of the valley just about to flower, but not quite there yet. And 2 gunneras emerging from their slumber, apparently untroubled by last weeks frost.
Off to pour a glass of wine and settle down to Beechgrove
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2 gunneras by pond and one by lake Lyn.
There you go see, short attention span
I've got one in the greenhouse. It's my 3rd attempt and this one's staying in a pot till he's too big to pot on and will then have to be planted out by the pond. I have to cover them with a great pile of compost to get them through winter but it's worth it. trouble is I've twice been caught out by surprise -8C frosts in early October and that's death to gunneras with no blanket.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
Senna with codeine, I was told, when I did my back in. That's pods or extract. Not Ayrton.
Unbroken sunshine and clear blue skies since dawn in NW Belgium
I've also convinced myself that these definately don't break the no-new-plants-til-the-vegetable-garden-is-finished as they were SAVED from certain death in a SUPERMARKET reduced BIN. So it's hardly like I searched them out in the garden centre. Definately not. Also I paid cash so you can't even produce evidence that I brought them
Yeah that rule remains safe!
Evening everyone
its been a beautiful sunny day here in Suffolk, no coats needed!
Hosta, yes yes yes please to the aforementioned grasses!
thank you so much!
Chicky, your London trip sounded real fun!
real exploring! I'm trying a bit more with my plant placing this year instead of just celebrating when things survive. I am using the grass in an area where I want to camouflage a manhole cover and really like how the geum wove in between 
Pub lunch with papa womble and wife and me and hubby, good main, roast pork...no crackling tho so.....not happy! Apple crumble helped ease the disappointment
Waled it off with a stomp with papa womble while hubby watched football. We ended up at the village museum which still has my old cat 32 years on, stuffed and "asleep"
on a chair in a Victorian kitchen setting. Her feet have shrunk and she's not looking so cute as once she did.
As a child I never knew Dove had had my beloved pet stuffed until I went on a school trip to the museum shortly after Smokey's death, survive to say I ran out screaming and in floods of tears!
Hope everyone has had a lovely day
WW, that reminds me of my grandmother wearing one of those fox "collar" things which had the fox's head on it
Wonderful gardening day - very warm and sunny - down to short sleeves for the first time this year
. Did lots of planting, and some more to do tomorrow - ones where their destination needs a good weed first
. I love 3 day weekends
I have lily of the valley just about to flower, but not quite there yet. And 2 gunneras emerging from their slumber, apparently untroubled by last weeks frost.
Off to pour a glass of wine and settle down to Beechgrove