{"id":18447,"date":"2024-06-21T16:55:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T15:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=18447"},"modified":"2024-06-22T06:48:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T05:48:33","slug":"days-in-garden-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=18447","title":{"rendered":"DAYS iN: Garden Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lovely!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Took all these snaps after returning home from work. A gorgeous sunny day. And the garden looking raggedly lovely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A few poppies starting to appear.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Delightful!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve planted or sown tons of poppies. And I have a ton more poppy seeds. But like almost everything I\/we do, flower related, we seem to get a rather low\/slow rate of return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More lovely roses. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We need to improve our cultivating skills. Roses are a good example. Ours are always ragged and leggy. I think it\u2019s cause we don\u2019t prune often enough, hard enough, or in quite the right way!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talking of pruning, what happens to all our secateurs!? They either grow defunct way too soon, or simply vanish!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Getting high! In a good way.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the garden are a number of fruit bearing plants. Here\u2019s a selection of images of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apples.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I ought to find out what varieties of apples, pear and plums we have, really. But for the time being it\u2019s enough that we simply have them at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A lone fig.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The fig trees are usually superabundantly laden with fruit. But on this occasion I struggled to find any to photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Strawbs\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mo\u2019 apples.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Plenty o\u2019 pears.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I got the water feature below free, at the local dump. Back when you could do such things. It\u2019s not a beauty. But birds (and even Chester) do use it. I can\u2019t wait for our pond to fill and start attracting critters! But first the liner needs fixing\/sealing\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not great, but better\u2019n nowt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dandelions?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The dandelions open and close with a regular pulse. It\u2019s a shame they lean out over the lawn the way they do. Perhaps I should prop them up somehow, Monty Don style?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Umbellifers!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been trying to grow umbellifers in our garden for years. With no apparent success. Finally, we have some. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s native cow-parsley, that\u2019s simply self-seeded, or something I\u2019ve sown? Whatever, I\u2019m just glad we\u2019re finally seeing some.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More umbellifers (and weeds!).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And more leggy roses\u2026 shading a few mo\u2019 umbellicles\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ragged but pleasant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And here are a few shots of the green room. Here the growth of the wisteria is going well, unlike our front, where it appears to have died. I need to look at protecting\/fixing some of the wooden framing of the green room. But overall it\u2019s developing nicely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abundant growth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The roof is coming along nicely.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The northern \u2018wall\u2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A view from low down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The wheelbarrow just visible above has a flat tire, which goes down as soon as you load it up. Not sure what to do about that? Makes it entirely useless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As ever, there\u2019s tons to do. But overall? The garden is looking alright. Kind of lovely. In it\u2019s raggedy-arse way. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Took all these snaps after returning home from work. A gorgeous sunny day. And the garden looking raggedly lovely. I\u2019ve planted or sown tons of poppies. And I have a ton more poppy seeds. But like almost everything I\/we do, flower related, we seem to get a rather low\/slow rate of return. We need to … <\/p>\n

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