Weed Replacement Therapy
Posted by Ross Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:30:00 GMT
Plugging the gaps
Spring is threatening, mind you in typical fashion, a mild February has led to a blustery, snowy and frosty March! It was because February seemed so mild that Julia and I thought that Spring was about to.. well erm.. spring, so we promptly ordered about 70 plants (plugs) and 100 odd bulbs… I merrily agreed, I mean why not, they looked great on the website - without a moments thought about who would do all the planting (doh!).
Well, there was a surprise on Monday as they all arrived in a big box. Julia opened them up, watered them all and kept them in a sheltered spot until we had time to plant them out.
This morning, Julia got out her management finger out and told me where to put the new plants… Muttering under my breath about where I would like to put them, I set to work.
There are no pictures yet, but take it from me, the ground is mostly brown - with a few specs of green. We seem to have gone backwards in this move, as before I started the ground was brown with large patches of green. However, the weeds have given way to plugs (with some mild cursing from me). Now we can sit back and wait for the plugs to grow, we got lots of ground covering plants, so no more weeding ;) (I know how naive). Unfortunately, there are still 100 odd bulbs to plant - one job for tomorrow and the coming weeks.
A Plant Fest
Since putting in hundreds of plants, bulbs and tubers last year, we’re both hoping that this year the garden will really blossom, just in time for baby davy to arrive and I’m sure we’ll be so busy we’ll need a garden oasis to relax in.
Expect pictures as soon as the colour arrives, but for those with green fingers heres what we’ve put in:
- 3 types of Clematis (thats now 6 in total)
- 2 Virginia creepers (so lots of climbers to soften the boundry’s)
- 3 Butter daisies
- 3 Golden Rods
- 3 Red Hot Pokers
- 3 Lupins
- 9 Campanulas (white and blue)
- 6 Dianthus (2 varieties)
- 3 Helianthemums
- 3 Fragrant Thymes
- 6 Gypsophyllas
- Few other bits and bobs
Signing off for now, Ross ‘Titchmarsh’ Lawley
