🌿In My Happy Place ! 🌿

 

                                   🌿 Me in my happy place 🌿

So the first thing I had to do was fix up the rigging to support the tomato vines , which are now fast coming up through the greenhouse bench . 

I must give credit to YouTuber -Tony C Smith on his garden channel for the idea of using paracord for this job . It doesn't biodegrade and is easy to wind up on to it's reel at the end of the season . Nice and neat , ready to re-use next year .  This is the second time I've used it . Much better than the string I used to do it with .

So with that job done, on to the next thing .

Repotting this Davallia tyermanii/Humata tyermanii 

Also known as  The Tarantula Fern .....

              ....... because of those aerial rhizomes , which resemble the legs of a Tarantula Spider !

            It has been outside hanging from a bough of an Apple tree , enjoying the rain .

I thought this old hanging basket would be nice .

A quick trip to B&Q  to get a couple of basket liners , because I remembered I have another little fern that also needs repotting . 

Also came home with a tray of six dying Pelargonium plug plants that had been reduced to half price .

Here's the little fern that I bought on our last trip . " Mixed Ferns" it says on the label . Not very helpful really is it ? ! 

But I think it might be either a Staghorn Fern or an Elkhorn Fern . I'm pretty sure it's one of those 🤔

Anyway he was all on his own , and now he's mine !

I already had a basket for this one , I just needed a liner for it . The liner is a bit small but it'll do .

I started with the Spider Fern. 

I tend to move this fern around to different places as we go through the different seasons of the year .

Bathroom , front porch , in the shade outside in the garden during the hot summer months , and if it's warm rain or our Cornish mizzle , he is very happy hanging up in the apple tree by the back door . 

So when I give it water indoors , it needs to drain into a saucer . It took me ages to find the right size for it .

Then I had to be very careful not to break any of it as I took it out of the old hanging pot .

Then I tried to film myself putting it into the new basket and putting the compost in . This was not a good idea .

I am not happy with it ......sigh ...it is ridiculously heavy now  !

I potted up the other little fern and dunked them both in the pool under the water-butt tap .

I'm happy with the little one . I think as it grows bigger , it will grow out it's adult leaves which will help me to identify  it .

Maybe someone out there can tell me what it is ?  I'd love to hear !

It would really help me if I could know for sure as the Staghorn fern is epiphytic and the Elkhorn fern is terrestrial . I might need to change how I am growing it . 

Then  into the greenhouse to keep them warm and settle them in for the night .

 I quickly potted up the dying Pelargoniums and I am keeping my fingers crossed for them .

                           That's all for today folks ! Love Debbie x 

The Bean Frame

Yep , in case you were wondering ....I did get the other bean frame fixed up yesterday !

 I did it quite early in the morning .  Then I got all over excited talking about my new toy in the shed and completely forgot about it !

It's not quite as neat as the one I did last year . It's an x-frame one , so the beans hanging down are easy to see and pick . It worked very well for me last year .

                   A little bit wonky. Just needs a little fine tuning ! 

                        Fine tuning and tie in the canes .

I've sown the first lot of my Climbing French Beans "slenderette " and "cobra " in the shed .

I'm just waiting on the postman to bring me two more propagation boxes with the long root training pots , then I will get some Dwarf French Beans , maybe some Runner-beans and maybe some Sweetcorn on the go . 

I usually sow more seeds direct as I plant out the young bean plants .

Meanwhile up in the greenhouse ....

The Tomatoes are almost up to the bench and I really need to get the strings fixed up , from the bench up to the rafters .

Those tatty looking things in front are some spares I potted up . No idea what to do with them .I am not good at growing Tomatoes outside .Maybe I'll squeeze them in somewhere .... 🤔🌿🍅

Epiphyllum update -  🥰😍💗

                                           The buds are fattening up !

                                                So exciting !

Next post - I'll be showing you this  ......  🤩 .......

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                                    ⛅  Have a really nice day ! ⛅

Davallia humata tyermannii 🌿 The Tarantula Fern 🌿

 

Another plant that has been enjoying all this rain is my Tarantula Fern .

I took it outside to catch some rain just before the cold spell of weather started and forgot about it .

We've had a couple of days of torrential rain now and I remembered that I'd left it outside , but it looks quite happy .

                        It's  rhizomes look not unlike a Tarantula Spider's legs .

                         Hopefully I can get a couple of cuttings off it . 🌿

The offshoots will be in amongst the leaves at the top of those trailing furry rhizomes  . 

I have brought it back indoors again , so it can enjoy the warmth of the porch .

                          

                                                          

 

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        Today's weather .......  ( on the Lizard Cornwall )

 

                             

                                           🌧️ .....but feeling a bit warmer  🌧️