It's Time To ...

Good Morning!

I can't believe that tomorrow we are starting October already, this year has flown by! However this month is my favourite and not just because it's my birthday on Monday lol I love seeing Autumnal foliage coming through and the cooler days are a lot easier to cope with!

Back to today's post and it's about what I have done this week.

First up was finding some time to take some Penstemon Cuttings, just incase I lose some over the Winter, it's always good to have some back ups! I have a lovely deep purple and white Penstemon of which I have taken the cuttings from.

First off when taking Cuttings I like to prepare the pot they are going into first. I use a mix of Compost and Perlite for drainage then wet the compost.

I collected 4 cuttings just incase some of them fail.

Stripped them off their lower leaves, dipped into Rooting Powder and then placed down the side of the pot.

I will keep these over winter in my GH and hopefully I shall have some healthy plants for next year.

I also sowed a selection of seeds for next year, can you tell the colour theme?

I'm going for a mix of Reds & Pinks!

This year I thought I would try sowing the Sweet Pea's in Toilet Roll Tubes. Due to their depth they are recommended for Sweet Pea's so that they can develop a good root system, might aswell give it a try!

Lastly it was also time to compost the left over Tomato Plants which included my 3 TomTato Plants! I have to say I wasn't overly impressed with the total amount of Potatoes from all 3 together, especially the size of a couple of them, but it's always worth trying something new.

However there was one Potato that caught my eye, don't you think he looks like a Whale! He even has an eye! lol ... I don't even think I can bring myself to eat him!

Thanks for popping by, what are you up to in the garden this week?

HAPPY GROWING!

XXX

A Bit of Everything ...

Good Morning!

Today's post is a mix of everything from a selection of photo's taken in the past week. They're all photo's of things that are looking good at the moment. To start off with one of the Roses I planted into pots in Winter has shared some of it's first blooms! Unfortunately I don't know what any of the varieties are as they were a mixed lot. However the one that is currently flowering looks like it could well be 'Wendy Cussons' and it has such a sweet perfume.

I also spotted another Rose that was starting to bloom yesterday, and upon the petals fully opening I was able to identify it as 'Rhapsody in Blue'.

The Nasturtiums are doing well and flowering in a lush red shade.

There has been yet more additions after a weekend trip out and as you all know I am unable to go to a GC and not come back with anything!

I couldn't resist this Rhododendron 'Dreamland' that had been reduced and seeing I had this pot and some Ericaceous Compost already I couldn't resist buying it.

The Cornflowers in the garden are starting to flower and I love how vibrant the shade of blue is.

The Brocolli plants in the Raised Bed are doing well and as you can see the Lettuce's are ready to harvest which will be replaced with a row of Marigolds. You can't see but next to the Lettuce's is a row of Chard then Radishes & more Lettuce seedlings.

In the Greenhouse you can see that the Gherkin plant is doing well too, with lot's of flowers and baby Gherkins appearing!

The Cucamelon seedlings are starting to get bigger now and I sowed another batch of Veggies for the Raised Bed yesterday too.

Thanks for stopping by,

HAPPY GROWING!

XXX

New Arrivals ...

Good Morning!

There has been some more new arrivals this week in the GH and not just the leftovers that I've saved from work! Another part of my Thompson&Morgan order was waiting for me when I got home home on Thursday and this time it was some 'Lisianthus' plug plants! As you can see the blooms are rose like which is what drew me to them in the first place.

As explained in a previous post I made sure I pricked them out right away to give them the best chance of success!

The other new arrival which arrived on the same day was the pair of Secateurs I won with my photograph. It was definitely worthwhile sending it in don't you think!

You may also have predicted that I did indeed bring home some more seedlings from work, including some Lobelia, Petunia's and Mimulus. I need to make sure that I don't bring home anymore unless absolutely needed as I don't really have the space! lol

Also do you remember those little Cornflower seedlings? Well this is how they are looking now!

I hope you all have a good weekend planned.

HAPPY GROWING!

XXX