Today we visited Cambo near St Andrews (Scotland). Some wonderful plants in the Walled Garden.
Hosta lovers will be envious. The Cafe uses food from the vegetable garden. Highly recommended.
Phil
Today we visited Cambo near St Andrews (Scotland). Some wonderful plants in the Walled Garden.
Hosta lovers will be envious. The Cafe uses food from the vegetable garden. Highly recommended.
Phil
Everything is growing apace and I have a glasshouse full of ripening bush tomatoes that just need to start ripening. The coriander (in glasshouse) has been cut back twice and the runner beans will go out this week.
Outside potatoes in flower and onions from seed picking up. The second sowing of carrots seems to have germinated. The wallflowers (flower next year) and antirrhinums (old seed left from 3 years ago) are out and the first sweet pea flowers have appeared. The white grape vin is producing bunches (10kg last year) and has had shoots removed beyond the bunches. The 6 strawberry bags have plenty of fruit.
What could go wrong? Well the slugs devastated the first two plantings of autumn purple spouting and the sweet peas (rescued to the glasshouse). None of the dahlias have succeeded in putting out a shot that has missed their attention.
‘It all makes work for the working man to do’.
Phil
Looks (and sounds) great. And you can’t beat foxgloves - always a joy to behold this time of the year.
Gardening photos continued…
Living in a city with a small plot of ground and my wife, with the occasional help from me, can tend a lovely garden. A number of eatables are in the ground as well to be harvested later in the season.
Life is Sweet!
Try garlic wash. It’s a tip I picked up at Chelsea last year. Here’s the recipe, which I got from siennahosta dot co dot uk:
We are always asked about how to protect hostas from being eaten by slugs and snails. Garlic wash is a really simple, cheap and safe way to protect your hostas without using harmful pellets. Here is a simple recipe that we use on the nursery.
Thank you. I will give that ago.
I wonder if the garlic wash would work on my French beans?
Is that a hospital, I see behind the tree ?
Yes they’re now very expensive apartments that have spectacular views across the mouth of the harbour all the way north to Neilson Bay.
I would suggest Roamwild feeders for this issue. ( I am not sure of any other manufacturers) , they are deigned as anti squirrel feeders , the perches are moveable and the moment a heavier mammal such as a squirrel or other rodent reaches the perch it drops downwards and the rodent or squirrel can get no footing .
You could always try on, say, half the crop and let us know what effect, if any.
Get an air rifle…
Tried those types and Mr and Mrs Squirrel were intelligent enough to lift the lids – don’t ask me how, but there was clear evidence they accessed through the top. Have also tried the caged feeders and the little birds (tits/sparrows) won’t go in to the cage – plus these are a right pain to clean.
Ended up getting loads of cheap Wilko ones (supply now ceased - sadly), accepting a high rate of attrition
Our squirrels kept jumping on the plastic perches and broke them.