tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798548726043864530.post5167872309539714676..comments2023-06-30T11:04:59.779+01:00Comments on Gwirrel's Garden: Late SummerLizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640322232670777125noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798548726043864530.post-19581411688034965132010-08-26T23:15:26.301+01:002010-08-26T23:15:26.301+01:00Gardeners Delight are hard to beat; common or not ...Gardeners Delight are hard to beat; common or not - I love them. Happy to stand by a plant in the sun and eat my way through a whole crop.<br /><br />We've had a sudden burst of ladybirds and hoverflies here too in the last few days. I hope their late appearance will deal with next year's greenfly.<br /><br />EstherEsther Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412078991551799972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798548726043864530.post-87662898617556816752010-08-26T08:53:21.342+01:002010-08-26T08:53:21.342+01:00Hi Debs,
I’d love to have been in their minds whe...Hi Debs,<br /><br />I’d love to have been in their minds when they chose a Portugal Laurel though… Of all the shrubs to pick up… Why… Oh my. Perhaps they planned on chopping it heavily every year? I truly cannot fathom why. I imagine it was cheap and they bought it, not caring to check how it grows.<br /><br />I hope you get some respite from the heat soon, dry heat I can cope with… Humidity, I cannot. As much as I would love to go to somewhere like the Seychelles, I know I could not manage.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640322232670777125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798548726043864530.post-11279654686515122672010-08-26T08:52:54.860+01:002010-08-26T08:52:54.860+01:00Hi Cheryl,
My Crocosmia have actually been flower...Hi Cheryl,<br /><br />My Crocosmia have actually been flowering for the past month… I don’t know if that’s a long time? I mentioned previously that it was odd mine were flowering later than my neighbours. Hers were in full bloom when mine were budding yet hers are right under her front window in full shade – north east facing houses. Yet mine in the back garden are in full sun, and those in the front garden are down the side so do get a good few hours of sun a day… Strange.<br /><br />Your tomatoes sound to have the same fate as mine, that’s exactly what I did – ate them as I did the rounds in the garden… I am determined to save some though and eat them with a little feta cheese and balsamic vinegar. Nom nom nom.<br /><br />Indeed, the Ladybirds do seem to have done well, I’m not used to seeing quite so many. In the last house I lived in there was a large Solanum and that seemed to be crawling with them too, yet I’d never see any aphids on it and couldn’t help but wonder what they were eating… these thankfully are scoffing the aphids off the Gaura (never seen them on Gaura before??!!!), Yarrow and Sea Holly. The Yarrow especially is suffering, and I am very grateful for the Hoverflies and Ladybirds.<br /><br />The air pressure may be a woman thing, although I don’t think anyone else in the office seemed to be suffering as I was… perhaps they also had headaches, but I just wanted to curl up somewhere.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640322232670777125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798548726043864530.post-52309035493833479662010-08-26T08:52:42.996+01:002010-08-26T08:52:42.996+01:00Hi Barbara,
I do not wish to jinx myself regardin...Hi Barbara,<br /><br />I do not wish to jinx myself regarding the Tomatoes, because I am pretty certain it will not be long before my luck runs out!!! I haven’t yet had a problem with them, although this is only my second year. I’ve always grown them outside – don’t have a greenhouse – so perhaps it’s a ventilation issue, greenhouses I would imagine can be a field day for spores with little to no breeze??<br /><br />We had problems with the slugs/snails eating the peas which are also growing up the same canes as the Tomatoes, but I don’t think they touched the Toms… Sometimes they confuse me, one year they will attack a plant and the next not, you just never quite know!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640322232670777125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798548726043864530.post-24037807130879391272010-08-26T08:52:34.409+01:002010-08-26T08:52:34.409+01:00Hi Frances,
Thanks for stopping by, I’m glad you ...Hi Frances,<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by, I’m glad you liked my post :)<br /><br />Today we’ve been hit with rain, I guess I ought to be glad it’s only just come as there have been weather warnings for the past few days now – almost thought for a moment then, we’d get away with it! <br /><br />It is invariably awful weather for every ‘bank holiday’ here in the UK, and as we’re coming up to one this weekend of course the weather has to be bad. (A bank holiday is a public holiday)Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640322232670777125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798548726043864530.post-56643221074132701452010-08-26T02:46:41.133+01:002010-08-26T02:46:41.133+01:00What wonderful photos! I am always amazed at how o...What wonderful photos! I am always amazed at how often people plant things with no idea of their growth habits. I guess they think they will stay forever as they bought them! Of course, I have planted some things that were supposed to grow to two feet and they ended up triple that! So we never know for sure.<br /><br />We will have to live with the heat and humidity for a while yet, but sometimes now we get a cool breeze with promise that milder temps will come later.debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798548726043864530.post-77329093073071231052010-08-25T20:49:57.953+01:002010-08-25T20:49:57.953+01:00Hi Liz....cannot believe your crocrosmia are just ...Hi Liz....cannot believe your crocrosmia are just coming into bloom. Mine finished long ago. I really like them, especially mixed with yellow flowers.<br /><br />Tomatoes look good. I eat them like sweets if they are warm and ripe. I love the smell of them to, always reminds me of staying with my grand-parents in the summer holidays.....<br /><br />I have had lots of ladybirds as well. Must be a good year for them.<br />Butterflies have disappeared, due to torrential rain. It has chucked it down tonight........<br /><br />Humid weather affects me in much the same way. I think it is a woman thing, don't you?Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802468583972118464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798548726043864530.post-43250680461400072392010-08-25T19:51:57.618+01:002010-08-25T19:51:57.618+01:00Your tomatoes look so healthy. Mine seem to have a...Your tomatoes look so healthy. Mine seem to have all contracted a disease this year, and they're also being attacked by the slugs for the first time. Sigh, I thought they'd leave at least the tomatoes alone. Love your other pictures, too.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956948481990170675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798548726043864530.post-60126628443081566732010-08-25T10:59:51.501+01:002010-08-25T10:59:51.501+01:00Hi Liz, how delightful to see your visitors in the...Hi Liz, how delightful to see your visitors in these scrumptious photos! A very pleasant way to begin the morning, thanks! Your tomatoes and crocs are superb. Glad to hear the weather is more to your liking now. Across the pond, we understand the meteorological terminology (what a mouthful!) of *cannot breathe*. Cooler here as well. :-)<br />FrancesFranceshttp://fairegarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com