All weather gardener

I’ve been pottering about the yarden today.

It hasn’t been the best weather, I don’t let it stop me.

I’m happy to see these seeds grow as I’d more or less given up. However I have no idea what they are!! I’ve clearly lost the label. I know they are an exotic and am so chuffed that they have sprouted.

I am sure you recall me chopping g and preparing the comfrey tea. Today I bottled up the smelly stuff!! Six litres in fact. Just hope that the rain clears the smell!

I’ve potted up the Cyperus longus that I bought the other week.

I was soaked to the bone and needed a shower to not only have a good clean and rid the smell of the comfrey but to warm myself up!

Enjoy your green space!

Collection growing!

Dare I say, more and more plants have joined my growing collection today.

When I was heading out I found my expected parcel, earlier than expected which was a nice surprise.

I’ve been looking for this plant for quite some time – Pandanus amaryllifolius. This is a plant that James Wong writes about in one of his books. They are used in Asian cooking to add a vanilla flavour.

I went to collect a Facebook find in a nearby area, to buy a white everlasting pea – Lathyrus latifolius ‘White Pearl’.

The lady was lovely and we chatted about plants and gardening for some time.

We were accompanied by her lovely dog, who seemed to enjoy the attention. I do miss having a dog.

She showed me round her lovely garden and also gave me some seeds for the everlasting peas to see if I could grow them myself.

Or only that she gave me some of these stunning little alpines. These are Rhodohypoxis. I’ve grown these before back when I lived at my parents. Sadly they don’t like being wet in the winter. This tends to kill them. They do form lovely clumps.

After leaving, I collected my friend Stella and we headed to Parker’s to look for some pots. Sadly they were a little expensive and not what we were looking for. I did manage to get a shelf that sits on top of my potting tray.

We headed to one of our favourites – Aqualife. The staff are really friendly.

I came away with an extra Cyperus longus aka Native Sweet Galangale (James Wong book) and a Zantedeschia aethiopica ‘Kiwi Blush’

A Houttuynia cordata ‘Chameleon’ which is another edible in James Wongs book!

I was also given this creeping plant – I believe it to be a Gunnera magellanica.

I was also given a cutting of a rarer form of Gunnera. This has a velvety touch to the leaf. I’m not sure of the variety on this one.

I got home late, ate dinner and started potting up the plants.

Looking forward to more gardening tomorrow.

An all weather gardener!

I was determined to get out in the yarden today, rain or shine. Rain it was.

First job was to get the comfrey (given to me by my friend Shaun) and get it prepared to make comfrey tea.

Here it is chopped up and in a bucket.

I filled the bucket up with water. I’ll wait for it to steep and smell before decanting into bottles and use it to feed my plants.

Here is Hosta ‘Tot tot’ a miniature hosta just potted in to its new pot.

I’ve finally potted up little one up too.

This one is Hosta ‘Dilithium Crystal’ as you can tell I like the blue varieties.

I also potted on two Colocasias, an Akebia, some Tradescantia cuttings, a Persicaria campanulata and a few other bits.

A friend gave me this cutting and I’m super excited. I hope it will grow big and strong. It’s a Ficus lyrata aka Fiddle Fig.

It rained, I got wet, I got wetter in the shower but I’m glad I did it!

Enjoy your green space!

Mix bag of weather

Had a busy day planting and pottering in my parents garden.

The weather has been sunny, with storms, thunder, torrential rain. Sun, rain, thunder, sun and rain!

My mum filmed me whilst planting more lovely plants.

I’m pleased to see the Begonia grandis return this year, it’s bulked up too! I bought this from Village Plants last year.

I went to collect David from Warrington however before I went to visit a friend who was able to give me some manure from his little friend.

More gardening tomorrow but not sure sure at this stage if it will be inside or outside.