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December 16, 2015

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Product Review - Gro-Sure Smart Ground Cover

I was asked a few weeks ago if I wanted to trial some Gro-Smart Ground Cover, which is made by Westland. I hesitated a little before agreeing as I am not someone who generally mulches areas of the garden. One look at my weed population will confirm this but I do like to have self-seeders and mulches will keep them controlled as well as the weeds. After some thought I realised that it could be really useful in my vegetable borders where I do want to restrict self-seeders from colonising. A short time later a bag duly arrived.
The first thing I noticed is that it is incredibly light. I braced myself to lift the bag and it was really easy to lift.

Then I set to spreading it out where I am growing beans this year. I am not growing a lot of veg this year but nothing beats the taste of freshly picked french beans.
I spread it so it was a few centimetres thick as the instructions stated. I made sure the bed was well weeded and I also picked a day after we had had quite a lot of rain.…

A plant reminder of a good day out

I do enjoy a good plant fair, I do enjoy a good plant fair attached to a good garden and when the two come together it is always a joy. Add into this the company of a good friend and there is not much else that could be wanted from a day (other than cake, obviously).
Last year I went to the plant fair at Felley Priory with gardening chum and we wandered around the garden oohing and aaahing at the various plants. One plant that caught our eye was Pulmonaria rubra 'Rachel Vernie'. It has this wonderfully bright fresh green leaves with a narrow margin of cream/white around the edges. The variegation is nicely subtle and it adds to the feeling of light.
The flowers are a good clear red, I would call them scarlet. This is a seriously good looking plant. We stood and admired this plant and both made a note of the name. At this point I confess I did pretty much forget about it. I would have remembered had I been pulmonaria shopping at some point, but it drifted into that c…

End of month review September 2019

September has been fairly warm and fairly rainy. Quite a lot rainy on and off, which for my garden has been no bad thing.
The Knot Garden has been giving me concern this year. I thought I might have Box Tree Caterpillar, I am still not quite convinced I have not, so I have been making replacement plans. Making replacement plans is difficult as now I think I like my replacement plans more than the Knot Garden, maybe this phase for the front of the house is over and it is time for a total change. This is still thoughts in progress....
In the front garden the forgotten laburnum that is overwhelmed with ivy has decided to slowly keel over. I am waiting for the tree surgeon to come and remove it as it is far too big and too skilled a job for me to tackle
The border by the front of the house is looking about as good as I have ever seen it. Trev also agrees.
The quince hedge has also had a good year and looks very much like a hedge these days. Trev was spider hunting, he likes a crun…

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