Sunflowers

Snapshot October 08

STeve — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:21:01 +0000

rain rain rain rain rain….. sunflowers still hanging on. The extra grass seed that we planted is starting to come up.

June 4, 2008 -- June 2008
September 30, 2008 -- Wigwams down
September 14, 2008 -- Autumn Grass Seed
September 5, 2008 -- September 08 Snapshot
August 11, 2008 -- w17 - Sunflowers at the front
August 11, 2008 -- August 2008
August 11, 2008 -- w17 - Sweetpeas
July 31, 2008 -- w15 - Sunflowers in front
July 28, 2008 -- New Lavenders from Gardener’s World
July 10, 2008 -- Buddleia escapes!

Gardeners World Lavender Potted Outside

STeve — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:44:36 +0000

I have been meaning to pot these outside for weeks now, each morning they were looking a little worse from the day before. Since coming via the post they have been in small pots on the window sill. It really wasn’t a nice day to be doing this, rain and wind and cold - so we did it quickly in a couple of big pots that we got from freecycle a couple of months before. This won’t be their final destination, but they should like it outside in a bigger pot for a while. We added a lot of old shingle from the driveway which over the months/years of it sitting in a bag has mixed with soil and now is quite a nice free draining base for these plants.

August 11, 2008 -- w17 Lavender cuttings keep going
July 28, 2008 -- New Lavenders from Gardener’s World
June 26, 2008 -- Lavender and the Bee
June 24, 2008 -- Lavender looking good
May 31, 2008 -- Lavender - the Parents
May 31, 2008 -- Lavender Cuttings Planted Outside
September 14, 2007 -- Lavender Cuttings

Wigwams down

STeve — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:30:16 +0000

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.

September 7, 2008 -- Wigwams blown down
May 30, 2008 -- Second Wigwam
May 21, 2008 -- Wigwams
October 5, 2008 -- Snapshot October 08
September 14, 2008 -- Autumn Grass Seed
August 11, 2008 -- w17 - Sunflowers at the front
August 11, 2008 -- August 2008
August 11, 2008 -- w17 - Sweetpeas
August 11, 2008 -- Beans Beans Beans
July 31, 2008 -- w15 - Sunflowers in front

RIP Big Sunflowers

STeve — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:03:07 +0000

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.

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
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
July 31, 2008 -- w15 - Sunflowers in front

Autumn Grass Seed

STeve — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:55:55 +0000

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!

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 5, 2008 -- Snapshot October 08
September 30, 2008 -- Wigwams down
August 11, 2008 -- w17 - Sunflowers at the front
August 11, 2008 -- August 2008
August 11, 2008 -- w17 - Sweetpeas

Autumn Flowers

STeve — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:42:38 +0000

Well, it feels like autumn now!

September 5, 2008 -- The Late Seeds - Result
June 10, 2008 -- Last Seeds of the Year
June 9, 2008 -- More Seeds - Too Late?
September 7, 2008 -- Spotted - Chrysanthemum!

Spotted - Chrysanthemum!

STeve — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:48:05 +0000

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!

September 9, 2008 -- Autumn Flowers
September 5, 2008 -- The Late Seeds - Result
June 10, 2008 -- Last Seeds of the Year
June 9, 2008 -- More Seeds - Too Late?

Wigwams blown down

STeve — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:41:51 +0000

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.

September 30, 2008 -- Wigwams down
August 11, 2008 -- Beans Beans Beans
July 24, 2008 -- @w14 - beans
June 27, 2008 -- @10 weeks - sweetpeas and beans
June 17, 2008 -- @week 9 - Beans and Sweetpeas
June 4, 2008 -- @Seven Weeks - Runner Beans
May 30, 2008 -- Second Wigwam
May 21, 2008 -- Wigwams
May 13, 2008 -- @Four Weeks
May 12, 2008 -- Beans planted

Amaranthus looking good

STeve — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:27:18 +0000

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.

August 20, 2008 -- w18 Amaranthus is focal point
August 11, 2008 -- w17 Amaranthus starts to flower!
June 23, 2008 -- Amaranthus Planted Out
June 4, 2008 -- @Seven Weeks - Amaranthus
May 13, 2008 -- @Four Weeks
May 8, 2008 -- @Three Weeks
April 30, 2008 -- Amaranthus starts to show
April 27, 2008 -- Amaranthus Planted
April 25, 2008 -- Seeds from Ebay

The Late Seeds - Result

STeve — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:13:33 +0000

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.

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

Sunflowers

Snapshot October 08

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