Diary of a weekend gardener

one happy gardener

Took out the last of the misfit shrubs and planted up the new arrivals. If the Himalyan poppies don't thrive, well, I give up. They're in a sheltered border, in dappled shade, in loamy acid soil with their roots in 2 feet of leaf mould, manure and compost. Grow, babies, grow. I've left the Trilliums in their pots and buried them in situ as suggested by the grower.

Moved the big phormium - took half a dozen rooted segments off it and potted them up. Could easily have got 20 good sized plants out of it. Planted out the onion sets, Red Baron, and bagged up the spare strawberry plants to give away.

I'm using these new 'safe' slug pellets but have to admit to being sceptical. They look too blue to be environmentally friendly. But I bought them from Chase Organics so I'm keeping faith for now.

Record high for the year at 21.3C. Warm and mostly sunny all day. Bliss. Oh, and we saw a Peacock butterfly. One more for the phenology record.

posted by Sue Beesley @ 6:44 pm