Garden journal
Notes, experiments and small changes around the garden.
More of a suggestion
The bonchis come off their root wires and get rewired. Joseph the coleus gets his first.
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Two honeysuckles and a... uh, memory lapse
Two honeysuckles turn up behind a to-do, a week after they arrived.
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One bed down
The veg bed is finally a bed, with onions, shallots and garlic in it and bark on the path.
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Mistaken identities and a willow rescue
Arthur is not who we thought, the Mysterions are willows, and the braided willow has been dug up to save it.
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Two more prospects
A large cotoneaster and a rather sparse shrub, with possible bonsai plans for both.
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Buds, cuttings and a raspberry frame
McCrispy has buds, the cuttings tray has twelve new residents, and the raspberry has a frame.
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Little Santa and the sycamore
Deadwood, living shoots and a rootball full of hitchhikers.
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A little less crispy
A tidy-up and a sheltered spot for the heat-struck plants.
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Cherry and pear: pots sorted for winter
A little root care and two repots before winter.
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A morning pond tidy-up
Blanketweed, fallen leaves and a chance for the stowaways to return.
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An impromptu stock clearance
Older-stock finds, a pot stowaway and an unexpectedly hot greenhouse.
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Hedgehogs confirmed in the brash
Three hedgehogs are coming and going from the brash pile.
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