I planted out the Dwarf French Beans Slenderette and safari either side of the Climbing French Beans Blue Lake . I might try and find some twiggy sticks to support them a little bit , at least keep the beans off the ground .
I managed to get Ricardo to plant the remaining lot of Dwarf beans -slenderette into the veg-trug . It is not filled up to the top because we intend to move it when the new fence and gate is done . I have a feeling that these Dwarf French beans will do better in this veg -trug and at the moment they are sheltered from the annoying northerly breeze .
He has also put some into a couple of tubs with Dahlias . ...I just hope he remembers to water them as I have enough to do !
I spent hours this morning trying to get out the old rotary washing line hole thing . I fixed up a temporary line , but I am not happy .
It was run over by a lunatic on a ride on lawn mower . The new one has arrived and I want to hang the washing out while the weather is dry and sunny .
Anyway , while I was sitting there ,feeling cross and trying to cut the weed membrane with blunt scissors , I found this fossil seed ...some sort of pine nut seed I think .
Difficult to photograph but it is lovely and smooth . No idea what time period it's from . It was in the gravel that we had delivered and I don't know from where it has been quarried .
Anyway ....it cheered me up ....and actually made my day !
Another of my rose cuttings is delighting us with it's blooms .
I think this might be Rosa moyesii . This cutting was kindly given to me by one of the lady gardeners at Godolphin Manor a couple of years ago . I am thrilled to bits with it !
Another of my favourite plants is blooming .....it's one of my more weird and wonderful plants .
... and the day just got even better ! Yay ! He fix it up ! I am the happiest launderess in the village !
Crafting news - Youtube K3n Wonky Wednesday - Heart Log Cabin .
Can't do it ! I did try really hard last evening .....I really couldn't get my brains around that one .
It does sort of resemble a heart doesn't it ? It was late ..I was very tired ...... stop laughing ! 🤣
What method do you use for taking rose cuttings? I have been planting dwarf beans too and watching the wind batter them.
ReplyDeleteHi Sue , as I explained in my last post , I don't really have a "method" . More of a "way" really 🙂 I have best success taking non flowering shoots during the rainy old Autumn . I pull off the lower leaves and just stick them in any of my tubs outside and forget about them over Winter . Sometimes, if I have it to hand ,then I might use a little hormone rooting powder , but most often I don't bother .
DeleteMy mother's way , was to stick the cuttings in deep pots of damp sand , also over Winter .
Yes , I wish that North wind would stop now too !