What’s happening in your garden today?

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Given the warmer weather I’m finding myself in the garden more and noticing some lovely things growing and some cute visitors!

So for fellow garden lovers - what’s happing in your garden today?

Pleased to see that our wildflowers are starting to grow where we seeded. Might have to wait a while before we see any real colour though as they look like weeds at the moment!

Edited by W12GT on Monday 17th March 09:48

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jagnet said:

Unexpected emergence of spring kittens:

So cute!

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thepritch said:

otolith said:

It’s what you do with it, not how big it is. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.

Indeed it is!

A large garden requires a lot of work and expense to keep it looking even remotely tidy. Be careful what you wish for!!

Agreed! My wife and I keep talking about potentially getting a gardener in for at least a full day a week. At the moment we’re out there at least 1.5days each and we’re are at risk of losing the battle - we are already behind on the bushes and hedges and probably need a week solid to get on top of them.

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mcelliott said:

Still really pleased with how the meadow is looking - oxeye daisy now slowly finishing, so that means collecting seed. Surprisingly addictive and very satisfying. Sweet peas still producing huge amounts of bloom, running out of room at home.

Envious - our areas we seeded this year have not done very well. In fact the smaller areas are ok but the bigger ones look patchy to say the least! I definitely over seeded the smaller areas and they are looking lush! Won’t be sticking to the prescribed seeding rate next year!

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otolith said:

thepritch said:

A forsythia?

Beautiful plants, have one here - it’s always the first to bring colour to the garden, usually ahead of the daffs. Always found they grow very well, despite how you treat it.

My granny had one in her front garden, which was remarkably resistant to my grandad's somewhat over enthusiastic approach to pruning. She was very fond of that plant, and seeing them in flower in the springtime always reminds me of her.

My folks had lots of forsythia in there garden when I was growing up - i used to prune it and make now and arrows with the lovely straight stems. Being quite a weak wood they didn’t last long, but that meant repeating the excitement of making new ones!