tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post362253124674786349..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: TuesdayThe Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-62520123207862441792019-05-29T11:11:17.827-07:002019-05-29T11:11:17.827-07:00Thanks for your various comments everyone. I wil...Thanks for your various comments everyone. I will post photos of my garden once the sun comes out - if it ever does. My bit that I have done looke quite pretty and is filling in nicely. My long border has been very colourful but now the tulips and most of the forget me nots have gone it is rather bare. Yes - digitalis are planted in the Autumn - but these are plug plants ordered from a magazine (I have just had an e mail to say they have been despatched today)and they are for flowering next year. (hopefully)<br />As to the mares tail - my book on the subject says never hoe it up, cut it off at ground level so as not to disturb the roots and encourage them to multiply. One more lot of weed killer to administer and then I intend to plant up with shrubs.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-57529243113015201222019-05-29T04:59:01.298-07:002019-05-29T04:59:01.298-07:00Must admit I need my fruit fix as well, usually a ...Must admit I need my fruit fix as well, usually a pear and a tangerine. Dried fruits are not bad as a backup. I think the method of tackling the mare's tail as it comes up, thereby weakening it is probably a good solution.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-55372406620964927192019-05-28T22:23:27.842-07:002019-05-28T22:23:27.842-07:00Just like some of the others here have said, I'...Just like some of the others here have said, I'd love to see pictures of your garden. I so enjoy lokking at the gardens along my way to the station every morning.<br />Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-71223178257914751192019-05-28T21:35:24.901-07:002019-05-28T21:35:24.901-07:00My foxgloves, all growing really well on clay soil...My foxgloves, all growing really well on clay soil, are all out in flower, so isn't it a bit late to be putting your's in. I normally put foxgloves in,in the autumn and then after they've flowered leave them to seed themselves round the garden. I've found the best solution with mares tail in my partner's garden, is to hoe it off as soon as it pokes it's head out of the soil. That way you don't see it for a week or so and it also weakens it. Over several years we have reduced it by about 60% but doubtful we'll ever completely eradicate it.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-3972315084020354472019-05-28T20:50:28.932-07:002019-05-28T20:50:28.932-07:00I feel for you with your Mare's Tail; I have O...I feel for you with your Mare's Tail; I have Oxalis which is a nightmare.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-43650552598249700142019-05-28T18:36:28.206-07:002019-05-28T18:36:28.206-07:00I have some pinks in bloom. Do yours smell like ci...I have some pinks in bloom. Do yours smell like cinnamon?Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-18230426803766304612019-05-28T14:33:29.828-07:002019-05-28T14:33:29.828-07:00Have some preserved fruit as back up Have some preserved fruit as back up John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-71351010633397316022019-05-28T14:05:54.981-07:002019-05-28T14:05:54.981-07:00I had three lovely clumps of phlox in my garden, a...I had three lovely clumps of phlox in my garden, a white, pink and a lilac. I do love their peppery scent. I am sure that when your garden is more established and the shrubs have filled out. the mares tail will not be so obvious but I do hope the treatment to get rid of it works even if only to reduce it's vigour.<br />Enjoy the birthday breakfast, poetry afternoon and friend's visit.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-2879641138915850342019-05-28T13:28:47.372-07:002019-05-28T13:28:47.372-07:00I don't do well with foxgloves Weave, we have ...I don't do well with foxgloves Weave, we have clay soil. What do you have and do they grow well there? BevBeverleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13890150929382264192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-53007281492232570852019-05-28T13:17:00.094-07:002019-05-28T13:17:00.094-07:00I would still have breakfast at 7 regardless. I would still have breakfast at 7 regardless. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-91359752663637495412019-05-28T13:09:35.081-07:002019-05-28T13:09:35.081-07:00I just don't get on with apricots in any formI just don't get on with apricots in any formSimon Douglas Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-86851960313766420972019-05-28T12:48:57.761-07:002019-05-28T12:48:57.761-07:00And me!And me!justjillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253881958131548009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-18197423729173198452019-05-28T12:29:37.412-07:002019-05-28T12:29:37.412-07:00I also would love to see how your gardens are grow...I also would love to see how your gardens are growing.<br />parsnip xoangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-42497606893802652322019-05-28T11:35:27.995-07:002019-05-28T11:35:27.995-07:00I hope you will be posting some photos of your han...I hope you will be posting some photos of your handiwork when it comes into flower. It all sounds quite delightful.<br />We have had a lovely sunny day today, although cool, but more rain on the way tomorrow. Good luck with the Mares Tail eradication project.JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.com