Gardening

[Sue]

Here's a photo I took this week of part of our garden showing low-growing plants on a bed of slate chippings.The ones running up the centre are prostrate thymes, no more than a couple of inches maximum height. Two red and one white are in flower and others have flowers yet to come. The yellow flowered plant at the back is Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) also known as `Eggs and Bacon' because some of the flowers turn red. We bought it in a garden centre but it's a native British plant that grows in the wild. All these plants are loved by bees and other insects. This is another way of having a wild garden!

I love it

[Stanley]

It's a more attractive version of wild than mine. Mine is wild and untamed!!

[Wendyf]

This is my garden. It's a bit unruly but I love it!

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[Stanley]

Wendy, I have news for you..... You evidently have no idea what 'unruly' looks like!

[Tizer]

A lovely garden Wendy, well done, and you don't have to bend down so far to tend the plants.

[Wendyf]

A lovely garden Wendy, well done, and you don't have to bend down so far to tend the plants.

I can perch on the edge of the deep beds to weed. It's so much more fun than growing veggies though I still use one deep bed and the tunnel for that.

[Tripps]

I can perch on the edge of the deep beds to weed.

Good thinking.

Then when one becomes more decrepit (worn out or ruined because of age or neglect.) Guilty as charged. . .

You could add another tier of sleepers and carry on. I think it looks wonderful.

[Stanley]

Or you could take my path, chuck some seeds on the ground and tell everyone you are doing wild gardening.

[Wendyf]

I have more wild garden than I care to think about! It used to worry me but now I'm saving the planet and I can sit happily in my flower garden with a smug smile on my face.

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[plaques]

Some of the peonies have taken a beating from the rain.

[Stanley]

The physical effort of keeping up with either of those two estates would be beyond me. I have to admit that they both look nice...... I especially like the frog pond Wendy.....

[Sue]

Some of the peonies have taken a beating from the rain.

Beautiful, but all that lawn. Here it would be, indeed was a green, mossy soggy mess all year round. Hence we now have gravel , beds, pots and a pond where the sorst area was. The rain yesterday has smashed down my lovely 5 foot delphiniums and my lovely sweet peas. My peonies suffered last week. Its certainly not my June garden.

I have to say you must put in a lot of hard work to keep this so nice.

[Stanley]

Gardening, like so many other activities in life, is an investment of time, effort and resources. I have at times almost started serious gardening but have always drawn back from the brink. I could see the return for the investment in vegetables and fruit but I am too much of a Philistine to get an adequate reward form ornamental gardening.
However, even so, I can appreciate what you good folk do and the results you get. Thanks for posting the images!

[Sue]

Mine looks pretty drab at the momet. The june flowers have been destroyed by the rain, the later summer flowers are still thinking. About it. Not much colour at all.

[Stanley]

It can soon change at this time of year Sue as you well know!

[Tripps]

When I was a lad we had some of this in the back garden.

London Pride

Going off what I see on the TV this afternoon - it has changed its meaning a little. I think I prefer the cultivar to the procession.

And in one day we've had Gymnopera and Gymnopedie. That's nice.

I'll go and find something more useful to do now.

[Stanley]

Dave's garden has just informed me it needs to check my site before talking to me. Well include me out. I have no evidence about him! Who the hell does he think he is?

[Tripps]

Dave's garden has just informed me it needs to check my site before talking to me. Well include me out. I have no evidence about him! Who the hell does he think he is?

I thought that was the other way round - my anti virus software checking his site for safety before venturing there. It only did it once.

Your choice- as they say. You do right to be cautious though.

[Stanley]

[Tripps]

It was bin day yesterday, and I'm bin monitor - so it's my job to put them out. I bumped into Iain next door taking a photo of his clump of Iris flowers. Turned out quite well I'd say.
See "Plants of the moment" Bearded Iris Iris versicolor 'blue flag'
If you want to see his whole garden - and it's worth a look' - try here.

A Meldreth Garden

[Stanley]

I had a look and am in awe of people who are that knowledgeable and dedicated. I approve of the dog, good choice.

[Tripps]

I approve of the dog, good choice

That's Oscar. He's optimistically outside the window as we speak, with one of his sticks, to see if I'm coming out to play. I'd like to but can't oblige.