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| Back garden in July 2015 |
I did my first ‘picture speaks a
thousand words’ post in May of this year and it’s interesting to revisit the
garden two months later to see how things have progressed.
You can see there is plenty of
lush growth and flowers, with the grass is looking a little dry, which is no
surprise given that we’ve had no rain in June and very little in July.
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| Hosta in pot in border |
To the upper left you can see my
half baskets are in full flight at this point, with a blaze of colour from
geraniums, Bidens and Mesembyranthemums. Their care is simple, water every two
to three days, feed every 14 days and dead head regularly. Similar care is
applied to the other containers below them, in this area too, with most of the
plants being annuals, so they really are geared up to flower their hearts out.
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The Hemerocallis that were
growing in the shelter to the rear of the greenhouse have now started flowering
and I’ll be covering these in a separate blog post. The Fuchsia, which were in
the greenhouse a couple of months ago are now in the garden and mostly flowering
out of sight of this picture, however you can read about them here.
The dark foliage around the
corner from the containers are Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff’, which are now
starting to flower too, and looking very well for it.
The frames you can see on the
lawn are the tortoise enclosures I referred to previously. These have been well
used since the start of June and are moved about once every two weeks, to give
the little guys some fresh grass to chew.
The decking area is mostly clear
at this stage, and we’ve noticed the boards are not in good condition, so there’ll be changes afoot in this area. 
The border to the front of the
glasshouse is now in summer mode with the Hosta in full bloom. This is a Hosta
in a pot, sat in among the other plants, with some slug tape around the base of
the pot, which has really worked well. I find this is a very practical solution
for me otherwise the Hosta would be munched to nothing.
As always, there's plenty more to
write about for this little space, such as plans for the left hand side of the
shed, revamping the decking area, etc. however this is a nice snapshot for now, the
second of three I’ve planned for this year.
Happy gardening
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