tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post6945813558071878249..comments2024-03-25T13:56:15.075+00:00Comments on Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments: I hope that that the bees like this ...Sue Garretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-42103940946828901862012-08-05T09:30:36.617+00:002012-08-05T09:30:36.617+00:00Have you any edges or patches to the site where yo...Have you any edges or patches to the site where you could do a bit of guerilla gardening Tanya?Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-2165166148184880002012-08-04T18:48:46.957+00:002012-08-04T18:48:46.957+00:00This looks lovely Sue. I would love to grow like t...This looks lovely Sue. I would love to grow like this but don't have room for anything but the veggies on my plot...although I do have my little pond area which is usually alive with wildlife.allotments4youhttp://www.allotments4you.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-36921235529131903942012-08-02T16:59:53.624+00:002012-08-02T16:59:53.624+00:00The pink one certainly looks like a Shirley poppy ...The pink one certainly looks like a Shirley poppy Diana but as it was just a mixed packet of seed I can't be certain. The red one is just a native poppy though.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-24228208391272468042012-08-02T16:34:35.138+00:002012-08-02T16:34:35.138+00:00I am sure the bees love them. The bees at the mome...I am sure the bees love them. The bees at the moment in our garden have to be content with brassica flowers and calendula. <br />Is that Shirley poppy?<br />So colourful.Malay-Kadazan girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692400837667241873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-2126582591349180452012-08-02T09:54:56.684+00:002012-08-02T09:54:56.684+00:00The flowers are more wildflower types than 're...The flowers are more wildflower types than 'real' wild flowers Carrie. One mix was called a Mediterranean mix so not necessarily British wild flowers. I added some extras too. It's more to get the effect than to be correct!Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-33160123022583315112012-08-02T09:51:48.677+00:002012-08-02T09:51:48.677+00:00I think some of the plants (not flowering yet)are ...I think some of the plants (not flowering yet)are perennial Bilbo but I was going to let them seed and see what happened.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-23059217611169980912012-08-02T09:50:45.680+00:002012-08-02T09:50:45.680+00:00That would be one of my dreams too Mark but I gues...That would be one of my dreams too Mark but I guess it will never happen!Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-9929281497047208862012-08-02T07:02:23.527+00:002012-08-02T07:02:23.527+00:00I am in heaven ~ we were far too late, unorganised...I am in heaven ~ we were far too late, unorganised and lazy to do this sort of thing. I tried the first and second years but none of the wildflowers came to anything ~ you have spurred me on. :)Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475182740888543862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-65490770941305118482012-08-02T06:34:44.843+00:002012-08-02T06:34:44.843+00:00Lovely wild patch, well done (she says with envy!)...Lovely wild patch, well done (she says with envy!) I had all the seeds ready to do a similar thing but the weather conspired against me and the ground just wasn't ready in time. Will you just let it go to seed and then cut the plants down?BilboWagginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913801147278606148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-20146962319947297782012-08-02T04:55:59.673+00:002012-08-02T04:55:59.673+00:00One of my dreams is to have a huge wildflower mead...One of my dreams is to have a huge wildflower meadow - about an acre! You need lots of space for something like that.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-11278978940764195982012-08-01T19:13:14.550+00:002012-08-01T19:13:14.550+00:00Ours were sown in rows Elaine. A shallow trench wa...Ours were sown in rows Elaine. A shallow trench was filled with compost and seeds sown in that. The compost was more to demarcate the rows than anything else.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-47806078543204726422012-08-01T18:45:38.921+00:002012-08-01T18:45:38.921+00:00Love your wildflower patch mine has been fairly su...Love your wildflower patch mine has been fairly successful too with corn marigolds and corn cockle - I hope to extend it next year as it looks so beautiful - I did direct sow but they disappeared so I did the next lot in the greenhouse and planted out individually.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-69893832037001872632012-08-01T08:30:23.049+00:002012-08-01T08:30:23.049+00:00I'm looking forward to when all the flowers jo...I'm looking forward to when all the flowers join in VGSue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-52949193976433118672012-08-01T08:29:54.704+00:002012-08-01T08:29:54.704+00:00I think in a garden it will have longer interest v...I think in a garden it will have longer interest value than asparagus awpol. I'm thinking I need to add some blue cornflowers next year and maybe yellow corncockle.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-72828122163342404002012-08-01T08:27:07.908+00:002012-08-01T08:27:07.908+00:00Maybe the insects will repay us by thinking about ...Maybe the insects will repay us by thinking about pollinating our fruit next year BangchikSue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-75465884204054362072012-08-01T08:26:28.132+00:002012-08-01T08:26:28.132+00:00That is such a beautiful display! And to think not...That is such a beautiful display! And to think not all of the flowers are even flowering yet! Beautiful. I'm sure the bees will have a lovely time with all the flowers. :)Veggie Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914328803975022495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-44767293328204672222012-08-01T06:01:18.472+00:002012-08-01T06:01:18.472+00:00It looks beautiful Sue, well done. Its the look I ...It looks beautiful Sue, well done. Its the look I want to achieve next year in the narrow bit we had put by for asparagus. We have decided against the asparagus and I want a long lasting meadowy?? style of planting with beehive compost bins instead.Jo@awholeplotoflovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03525039817338877634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-84590853540992501972012-07-31T22:10:10.115+00:002012-07-31T22:10:10.115+00:00You are very considerate.... thinking about insect...You are very considerate.... thinking about insects too while going on with gardening.Bangchik and Kakdahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12539360678677230463noreply@blogger.com