who's planting what this w/e? Apart from sowing parsley today, of course.
;-) The weather forecast being as it is, we're expecting/hoping for a v.
busy week end but I'm hoping we find enough time to put in a Humulus lupus
aureus to go up part of the front of the house where we've taken down an
unsatisfactory Wisteria. We might team it with one of the darker coloured
and later flowering Clematis because the leaves of the hop show off other
plants to great advantage.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
who's planting what this w/e? Apart from sowing parsley today, of course.
;-) The weather forecast being as it is, we're expecting/hoping for a v.
busy week end but I'm hoping we find enough time to put in a Humulus lupus
aureus to go up part of the front of the house where we've taken down an
unsatisfactory Wisteria. We might team it with one of the darker coloured
and later flowering Clematis because the leaves of the hop show off other
plants to great advantage.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

I've got lots to plant but unfortunately the space is currently occupied by
builders and rubble. I had a go at cramming in a few plants yesterday only
to find that I had dug up and damaged a nice patch of cardiocrinums and a
prized arisaema :-)
All the stuff I ordered online in those dark winter months is starting to
arrive and nowhere to put it. A few more pots perhumps.

On 6/4/07 11:18, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
who's planting what this w/e? Apart from sowing parsley today, of course.
;-) The weather forecast being as it is, we're expecting/hoping for a v.
busy week end but I'm hoping we find enough time to put in a Humulus lupus
aureus to go up part of the front of the house where we've taken down an
unsatisfactory Wisteria. We might team it with one of the darker coloured
and later flowering Clematis because the leaves of the hop show off other
plants to great advantage.
--

I've got lots to plant but unfortunately the space is currently occupied by
builders and rubble. I had a go at cramming in a few plants yesterday only
to find that I had dug up and damaged a nice patch of cardiocrinums and a
prized arisaema :-)

I bet we've all done that at some time. Did you manage to find a hole for
that Weigela I sent you - hope so because it gets to quite a size!

All the stuff I ordered online in those dark winter months is starting to
arrive and nowhere to put it. A few more pots perhumps.

Always a good solution. ;-) We were talking to someone yesterday who said
that he knew a woman who has a Brugmansia in a huge pot which is on castors
so that it gets wheeled out for the summer and back in for the winter. I
imagine the best way to do that would be with one of those wooden or 'faux
lead' planters that it would be easy to screw castors into.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
On 6/4/07 11:18, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
who's planting what this w/e?
snip
I've got lots to plant but unfortunately the space is currently occupied
by
builders and rubble. I had a go at cramming in a few plants yesterday
only
to find that I had dug up and damaged a nice patch of cardiocrinums and a
prized arisaema :-)

I bet we've all done that at some time. Did you manage to find a hole for
that Weigela I sent you - hope so because it gets to quite a size!

Oh yes that went into a large pot immediateley and is growing outward and
upward . It has a designated spot which is currently covered in scaffolding.

All the stuff I ordered online in those dark winter months is starting to
arrive and nowhere to put it. A few more pots perhumps.

Always a good solution. ;-) We were talking to someone yesterday who said
that he knew a woman who has a Brugmansia in a huge pot which is on
castors
so that it gets wheeled out for the summer and back in for the winter. I
imagine the best way to do that would be with one of those wooden or
'faux
lead' planters that it would be easy to screw castors into.

Yes the castor things certainly work on flat hard surfaces but
unfortunateley I have soil paths, gravel and lots of slopes:-(
One of my very physically fit neighbours was always very helpful but
unfortunateley he has moved and the 75year old new owner has chronic back
problems.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

On 8/4/07 01:46, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
On 6/4/07 11:18, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
who's planting what this w/e?
snip
I've got lots to plant but unfortunately the space is currently occupied
by
builders and rubble. I had a go at cramming in a few plants yesterday
only
to find that I had dug up and damaged a nice patch of cardiocrinums and a
prized arisaema :-)

I bet we've all done that at some time. Did you manage to find a hole for
that Weigela I sent you - hope so because it gets to quite a size!

Oh yes that went into a large pot immediateley and is growing outward and
upward . It has a designated spot which is currently covered in scaffolding.

I'm sure it will be happy in a pot for a while but one of ours is about ten
feet across I should - I really will have to go and measure it. But that's
be in situ for some time.

All the stuff I ordered online in those dark winter months is starting to
arrive and nowhere to put it. A few more pots perhumps.

Always a good solution. ;-) We were talking to someone yesterday who said
that he knew a woman who has a Brugmansia in a huge pot which is on
castors
so that it gets wheeled out for the summer and back in for the winter. I
imagine the best way to do that would be with one of those wooden or
'faux
lead' planters that it would be easy to screw castors into.

Yes the castor things certainly work on flat hard surfaces but
unfortunateley I have soil paths, gravel and lots of slopes:-(
One of my very physically fit neighbours was always very helpful but
unfortunateley he has moved and the 75year old new owner has chronic back
problems.

You'll have to find some strapping youngster in need of a few extra drinking
vouchers!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
snip
We were talking to someone yesterday who said
that he knew a woman who has a Brugmansia in a huge pot which is on
castors
so that it gets wheeled out for the summer and back in for the winter.
I
imagine the best way to do that would be with one of those wooden or
'faux
lead' planters that it would be easy to screw castors into.

Yes the castor things certainly work on flat hard surfaces but
unfortunateley I have soil paths, gravel and lots of slopes:-(
One of my very physically fit neighbours was always very helpful but
unfortunateley he has moved and the 75year old new owner has chronic back
problems.

You'll have to find some strapping youngster in need of a few extra
drinking
vouchers!

Alas those days are almost gone. Child abuse (sexual and other), Health and
Safety, Tax and NI, the list is endless.
Anyroad the resultant ****ed teenagers would probably cause untold damage
elsewhere.
Must dash -I just spotted a small child who might just fit up the chimney:-)
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

Sacha wrote:

who's planting what this w/e?

Nothing.
One of the joys of only having a balcony is there is very little to do.
(please don't ask about the disadvantages)

Most things are there already, I may add some volubilis later, or
possibly melons if I'm naughty, but that's more or less it.


Greg

--

Have you ever really considered how much your buildings actually weigh?

No ficus = no spam

On 6/4/07 12:08, in article ,
"Gregoire Kretz" wrote:

Sacha wrote:

who's planting what this w/e?

Nothing.
One of the joys of only having a balcony is there is very little to do.
(please don't ask about the disadvantages)

Most things are there already, I may add some volubilis later, or
possibly melons if I'm naughty, but that's more or less it.

Tomatoes? Cucumbers? Sun lounger? ;-)

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

Sacha wrote:

On 6/4/07 12:08, in article ,
"Gregoire Kretz" wrote:

Sacha wrote:

who's planting what this w/e?

Nothing.
One of the joys of only having a balcony is there is very little to do.
(please don't ask about the disadvantages)

Most things are there already, I may add some volubilis later, or
possibly melons if I'm naughty, but that's more or less it.

Tomatoes?

Done, and then quite a few seeds from last year started germinating on
their own in the same barrel. And in the orchids too, of course.


Cucumbers?

Never going to be fast enough for my consumption of Pimm's...


Sun lounger? ;-)

Now you're talking! )



Greg

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No ficus = no spam

On Apr 6, 12:08 pm, (Gregoire Kretz) wrote:
Sacha wrote:
who's planting what this w/e?

Nothing.
One of the joys of only having a balcony is there is very little to do.
(please don't ask about the disadvantages)

Most things are there already, I may add some volubilis later, or
possibly melons if I'm naughty, but that's more or less it.

Greg

--

Have you ever really considered how much your buildings actually weigh?

No ficus = no spam

Greg, you can grow SO much on a balcony. You could grow your tomatoes
from one of those upside down things, which wouldn't take any space up
and what about peppers, they would look lovely in a pot, just think,
colour that you can eat!

Judith

"Gregoire Kretz" wrote in message
...
Sacha wrote:

who's planting what this w/e?

Nothing.
One of the joys of only having a balcony is there is very little to do.
(please don't ask about the disadvantages)

Most things are there already, I may add some volubilis later, or
possibly melons if I'm naughty, but that's more or less it.

That is really adventurous!(:-)

Alan

"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
who's planting what this w/e? Apart from sowing parsley today, of course.
;-) The weather forecast being as it is, we're expecting/hoping for a v.
busy week end but I'm hoping we find enough time to put in a Humulus lupus
aureus to go up part of the front of the house where we've taken down an
unsatisfactory Wisteria. We might team it with one of the darker coloured
and later flowering Clematis because the leaves of the hop show off other
plants to great advantage.

I un-planted on Saturday. The garden is now weed free! Or at least will be
until the next lot appear.

The annual war on dandelions has started, and the continuing war on slugs is
on the horizon.

I did plant some things. Some double hellebores that had survived the
winter in pots as I hadn't quite decided where to put them. They went into
some patches I'd felt were particularly bare over winter. The lavatera got
pruned. The solanum got tied back - although does need a prune too, I'll
wait till the flowering is over. A couple of bare root hostas got put into
pots for later planing - Aphrodite and One Man's Treasure.

We seem to have got through the winter without any plants. The exception to
that is a young clematis that hasn't re-appeared (yet). It was in the same
spot that a honeysuckle died in the year before so I'm beginning to think
it's jinxed. Sweet peas will fill the gap for the summer anyway if it
doesn't make an appearance.

Next weekend (weather permitting) will bring the first grass cut of the
year, and some herb planting. That remind me - the sage went a bit straggly
over winter, I need to check how I should prune it.

On 6/4/07 11:03, in article , "Anne
Jackson" wrote:

The message from Sacha contains these
words:

who's planting what this w/e? Apart from sowing parsley today, of course.
;-) The weather forecast being as it is, we're expecting/hoping for a v.
busy week end but I'm hoping we find enough time to put in a Humulus lupus
aureus to go up part of the front of the house where we've taken down an
unsatisfactory Wisteria. We might team it with one of the darker coloured
and later flowering Clematis because the leaves of the hop show off other
plants to great advantage.

I still have a bed to prepare for the asparagus...there's so much 'work'
going on in the garden, I'm a bit circumscribed as to where to put it!

I have two garden sheds to empty and demolish (some of the wood from which
will be used for raised beds, eventually) and a plum and a damson tree to
cut down, the wood from which will eventually be used in the chiminea...and
I won't get it done just sitting here! G

I've had to sit down after just reading that!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

On 8/4/07 11:21, in article ,
"VivienB" wrote:

On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:11:33 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

who's planting what this w/e?

I had hoped to be doing quite a bit in the garden, but I hurt my back
on Wednesday. I tried doing some (relatively) light weeding on Friday
hoping to loosen up the muscles and keep them moving, but seem to have
made it worse. Sitting down for any length of time makes it worse
too... Grrr!

You have my genuine sympathy. I suffer from lower back and neck problems
and my digging days are certainly behind me. Even standing for a longish
time at a potting bench gives me back ache. Mercifully sitting down for a
bit does help me. And we have a really great chiropractor!
Have you done the lying on the floor with your head on a telephone director
thing (or something the thickness of a telephone directory!) It does seem
to help relax things quite a lot. This time of year seems to result in
'gardener's back' for so many people. ;-(

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

On 8/4/07 14:39, in article ,
"VivienB" wrote:

On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:17:50 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

Have you done the lying on the floor with your head on a telephone director
thing (or something the thickness of a telephone directory!) It does seem
to help relax things quite a lot. This time of year seems to result in
'gardener's back' for so many people. ;-(

I have not yet tried lying on the floor - I can imagine it would help.
As it happens, it was not gardening that started the problem, but it
does seem to have aggravated it slightly. I have not been prone to
back problems to date, but this may be a warning to thosw who are!

It might be a good idea to see a chiropractor before it gets worse or 'set'.
People tend to put it off and then think the problem has gone away but quite
often it's just that the body has adjusted itself to a different position
which, over time, exacerbates the problem.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)