STeve @ 4:30 pm
It must be autumn, not only are the mornings so dark and depressing, but after last weekend of bringing the sunflowers down, this weekend it was the turn of the wigwams. I didn’t actauly have to dismantle them too much as one had been resting on the wall for a couple of months due to the wind (which had uprooted the peas and beans growing up which had since died) while the other one was leaning quite a bit with half uprooted giving one side of nice green and flowers and the other all dead. They are now all down and stored for next year. I am rather chuffed that painting them red and green seemed to work and so will do the same again next year.
Related:
- May 30, 2008 -- Second Wigwam
- May 21, 2008 -- Wigwams
- September 7, 2008 -- Wigwams blown down
- August 11, 2008 -- w17 - Sweetpeas
- June 27, 2008 -- @10 weeks - sweetpeas and beans
- June 17, 2008 -- @week 9 - Beans and Sweetpeas
- June 4, 2008 -- @Seven Weeks - Sweetpeas
- May 13, 2008 -- @Four Weeks
- May 8, 2008 -- @Three Weeks
- October 11, 2008 -- Sunflowers in the front still looking good
STeve @ 11:03 am
They have been still standing tall but with bowed heads and died flowers for some time. At the weekend we decided it was time for them to come down and so we saved the seeds from one head and the others put onto freecycle (and had someone wanting them straight away). We could have had saved them for feeding the birds but next door feeds the birds already and the mess that it creates is a constant problem for us!
Meanwhile, the smaller multi-headed sunflowers in the front are still doing well. Certainly a good idea I think.
Related:
- August 11, 2008 -- w17 - Sunflowers finished in the back
- July 28, 2008 -- Small Sunflower
- July 14, 2008 -- @week13 - sunflowers
- June 27, 2008 -- Patio cleaned up
- June 13, 2008 -- Radishes and Rocket Planted
- October 11, 2008 -- Sunflowers in the front still looking good
- September 5, 2008 -- The Late Seeds - Result
- August 21, 2008 -- Baby Sunflower Child
- August 18, 2008 -- w18 sunflowers are grinning
- August 11, 2008 -- w17 - Sunflowers at the front
STeve @ 7:55 pm
We bought some top soil, the first time ever I had bought it! Normaly I have managed to find someone on freecycle wanting to get rid of some, but not this. So, bought a little amount and covered some of the worst areas in the front where the seed just hasn’t managed to get going yet. If we keep doing this every year, should have quite nice grass after six or seven years!
Related:
- June 23, 2008 -- First Cut
- June 4, 2008 -- @Seven Weeks - Grass
- May 8, 2008 -- @Three Weeks
- April 28, 2008 -- We have grass
- April 21, 2008 -- Grass Seed
- October 11, 2008 -- Sunflowers in the front still looking good
- October 5, 2008 -- Snapshot October 08
- September 30, 2008 -- Wigwams down
- August 11, 2008 -- w17 - Sunflowers at the front
- August 11, 2008 -- August 2008
STeve @ 10:42 pm
Well, it feels like autumn now!
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STeve @ 8:48 pm
Just when I thought we would not see any, I have noted two flowering chrysanthemums and two more in bud. Not a great deal when I think of all the seed I put in, but they are here in the end all the same!
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STeve @ 8:41 pm
The first one came down the other week during the strong wind and rain we had. The second one is halfway down following once again the strong wind and rain. Note for next year to put them further into the ground! Mind you, saying wind and rain is a bit of an understatement, more like strong gales and torrential rain would be better. The front garden has been flooded which makes me slightly happy that I didn’t get round to adding top soil and grass seed to the grass in the front, all of which would have had floated away by now.
Related:
- September 30, 2008 -- Wigwams down
- June 27, 2008 -- @10 weeks - sweetpeas and beans
- June 17, 2008 -- @week 9 - Beans and Sweetpeas
- May 30, 2008 -- Second Wigwam
- May 21, 2008 -- Wigwams
- May 13, 2008 -- @Four Weeks
- September 5, 2008 -- Sweetpeas along the side
- August 11, 2008 -- w17 Sweetpeas at ‘the side’
- August 11, 2008 -- w17 - Sweetpeas
- August 11, 2008 -- Beans Beans Beans
STeve @ 8:27 pm
A note to make for next year, plant flowers in groups. The Amaranthus I am really pleased with, giving something different in the garden now that it is coming the end of the gardening year, and espically this year when things that have not been ruined by the constant rain have been wrecked by the strong strong winds. In the middle of it all, there are small bits of red flowing down towards the ground.
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STeve @ 9:13 pm
The seeds that were planted a little bit late (see http://sunflowers.moleville.co.uk/more-seeds-too-late/) have had semi success. They took a long time to do anything, and the cats didn’t help too. This means that the Canterbury Bell, Larkspur, and Chrysanthemum have not been seen - or if they have they failed to flower which I suppose is not unlikely. The Viscaria and Candytuft have done better, started off with lots of leave but now has flowers and is making quite a nice simple country wood type feel, especially under the shade of the tree.
Related:
- June 10, 2008 -- Last Seeds of the Year
- June 9, 2008 -- More Seeds - Too Late?
- September 9, 2008 -- Autumn Flowers
- September 24, 2008 -- RIP Big Sunflowers
- September 7, 2008 -- Spotted - Chrysanthemum!
- August 11, 2008 -- w17 - Sunflowers finished in the back
- July 28, 2008 -- Small Sunflower
- July 25, 2008 -- Seeds were maybe too late…
- July 14, 2008 -- @week13 - sunflowers
- June 27, 2008 -- Seeds in the Back
STeve @ 8:56 pm
This little project was all about trying to tart up the ‘bit down the side’ and while it is still a long way from finished, it looks a lot better. The idea of growing sweetpeas to hide it all has been good and it is looking much better (because you can’t actually see a lot of it anymore!)
Related:
- August 11, 2008 -- w17 Sweetpeas at ‘the side’
- July 14, 2008 -- @week 13 - sweetpeas
- June 19, 2008 -- Sweetpeas tied up
- June 10, 2008 -- More Sweetpeas Planted
- September 30, 2008 -- Wigwams down
- September 7, 2008 -- Wigwams blown down
- August 11, 2008 -- w17 - Sweetpeas
- June 27, 2008 -- @10 weeks - sweetpeas and beans
- June 26, 2008 -- More rustic things ‘down the side’
- June 17, 2008 -- @week 9 - Beans and Sweetpeas
