Gardening: Hints and Help!

Thanks for the tip Brue.

We have so many foxgloves coming up from seed I have to "thin" them out, I sprinkle some seed on that border before cutting the spent flower heads down otherwise they would take over 

Yes, seeds😁. I am on with collecting aquilegia, lupin, delphinium at the moment, and the Welsh poppies are doing it for themselves😂 Will have some lovely hollyhock seeds later, the nearly black ones, and some pink. Always overrun by foxgloves, lychnis and violets. I have a nasturtium that I am hoping to get some seeds from as well.

OH has finished renovating our old wooden swing, it’s around 22 years old, but looks as good as new now. We have another comfy lounging swing as well, I quite often end up asleep on there! Newly sorted small pond area looking ok now as well....still full of tadpoles!

Just had to show how the new rose “Bathsheba “ has taken off really love it.

thanks for recommending it .

Not really gardening, but these flowers have appeared in our front garden, there are about 10 of them. Certainly not planted by ourselves!

We’re normally away at this time of the year, and assume they’ve flowered in previous summers.

Any idea what they are, and where they have appeared from? There are no others in neighbouring gardens or locality. 
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Could they be the Common Orchid? Lucky you if they are!

I think they are some sort of orchid, here’s another photo of a couple growing next to the drainpipe. Quite surreal!

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Thought I would include a photo of “Hot Lips “ salvia such a pretty plant .

That’s great timing hostahousey.  We saw this plant at our recent visit to Fountains Abbey and admired it there.  A lady even asked me if I knew what it was called but I had never seen it before.  It certainly is a striking, pretty plant. 

Nice bright plant!

We have baby froglets! Tiny little things, smaller than a thumb nail. Still lots of tadpoles as well. 

The dreaded rat hasn’t been spotted for over two weeks now, so we have put up a feeder again, just with seed, no fat balls. I do feel very sorry for the rat, but it had to go. The garden has been so much quieter without the birds, but they are coming back now. Big flock of Goldfinches, Blue, Great and Coal Tits, Robins, Blackbirds, all are back. Starlings are rarer though, they are all hoovering up the crumbs and crusts back down at Retail Park now it’s back open. 

I am waiting for Japanese anemones to burst into flower next. Love these, got a few different varieties. Bought an almost red one last week, just haven’t found a space for it yet........😁

A few spare Chatenay carrot seedlings grown in a pot, not a bad crop and tasty too.🥕🥕🥕

Note the colour co-ordination..