Like so many other gardens mine is constantly changing
and evolving - sometimes I have regretted putting in a particular planting
scheme, or choosing a certain plant, or I have just felt like having something
completely different.
In the fruit cage I have become very disheartened with my
two honeyberry bushes. Ever since I
planted them (about five years ago) they have never produced much fruit and yet
have put on a lot of growth. I have
pruned them, fed them and given them everything they could possibly need but to
no avail - they have remained virtually fruitless. So the other week I decided to replace them
with two different types of fruit bushes.
After some online research I chose Gojiberry synthia and the Chilean
guava Ka Pow (both purchased on line) - I thought these were an unusual
addition in the fruit cage.
The honeyberry shrubs looked very boring so up they came.
After digging up each bush,
I dug out roughly
half the soil from the planting hole and replaced it with a mixture of my home
made garden compost, pelleted chicken manure and fish blood and bone, and mixed
thoroughly with a spade.
I then planted the two Gojiberries close together in the
middle of the bed.
Then in the second bed, the Chilean guava.
Lastly I gave them a jolly good watering. I am hoping that these will romp away and be
more productive than their predecessors.
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The wildflower hedge is putting on a colourful display –
the cerise pink flowers of red campion,
the dainty forget
me not,
the ox eye daisy,
I am not sure what this is I think comfrey, it is pretty
but if it is comfrey I will have to keep it in check otherwise it will take
over the whole area,
and this beautifully frothy cow parsley.
Also in flower is the hawthorne, I am lucky enough to
have the pink variety. I think this goes
very well with the red campion.
In early spring I sowed yellow rattle and am now waiting
to see if anything comes up. I shall
write about this wildflower hedge in a future entry.
Till next time.
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