{"id":5873,"date":"2019-07-21T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T15:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/?p=5873"},"modified":"2019-07-21T16:38:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T15:38:12","slug":"my-patch-a-garden-update-june-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/my-patch-a-garden-update-june-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"My Patch \u2013 A Garden update: June 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 3rd – The borage has started to form buds \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

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I wanted to plant some plants in the garden this evening but first I had to make the decision to pull up the Forget-me-not!  It was taking up a huge amount of space and the majority of flowers had gone over.  I am sure it spilled lots of seeds so I’m sure I will have lots more next year.  <\/p>\n

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I managed to plant out 18 common fleabane, 6 lady\u2019s bedstraw, 6 red campion, 10 oxeye daisy and into a pot, 4 marigolds. <\/p>\n

June 4th – The cat has decided to use one of the garden pots as a toilet! I have discovered that last year the scarlet pimpernel had self-seeded and is growing again this year \ud83d\ude42 I planted out another 2 teasel, 2 perennial flax and 3 birds-foot-trefoil, put 8 field marigold and 3 borage in pots and tidied up the tomato area!<\/p>\n

June 5th – planted out some of the herbs; mint, thyme and marjoram in a trough container and also potted on the cucumber.   Its the first cucumber I have tried to grow so we will see how it goes! <\/p>\n

June 6th – Planted out 5 cornflowers, 1 marigold, 1 common fleabane, 1 red campion, 6 oxeye daisies, 1 rudbeckia, 2 love-in-a-mist, 4 birds-foot-trefoil, 1 teasel and 2 perennial flax! I moved a sow thistle to the field. One of the poppies has started to flower \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

June 7th – I noticed today that the hazel has started to develop this years fruit<\/p>\n

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June 10th – It has been raining heavily all day.  What I had forgotten is some of the trays on the racking don’t have holes in the bottom.  I had put the plants out to get acclimatised and… well…. bless them they went for a swim today!  I had to go out in my waterproofs and rescue them.  Thankfully there were not too many but I had to find any empty pots or trays I could to put them in, they have been moved to the glasshouse to dry out!<\/p>\n

June 11th – I put out the stakes for the sunflowers I would have done it sooner but it has been raining on and off for nearly a week.  I have had to put the tomatoes back in the greenhouse as they are too wet and looking a little unwell.  There are however 5 baby tomatoes starting to appear.<\/p>\n

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June 14th – I thought it best to start to feed the tomatoes seeing more fruit is appearing.<\/p>\n

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June 17th – The red campion in the pot has started to go to seed, the lavender and scarlet pimpernel are starting to flower and the cornflowers and roses are starting to show their first buds \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

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I had to remove a few nettles that had crept into the garden to put in the sunflowers.  I checked them over before removing them and put them over the fence in the field so any creatures I may not have spotted could safely escape.  I planted out 7 sunflowers, 6 rudbeckia, 6 field marigold, 2 bird’s-foot-trefoil, 2 love-in-a-mist, 6 oxeye daisy, 6 red campion, 1 lady\u2019s bedstraw and 4 borage in a pot!<\/p>\n

June 18th – Tonight I only managed to plant 6 rudbeckia and 4 marigold’s in pots.<\/p>\n

June 19th – The cat has trashed the rudbeckia!  I have dug them back out but I don\u2019t know if they will survive.<\/p>\n

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The Penstemon I bought earlier in the year has started to come into bud, the cornflower and marigold have started to flower and I found a black medick in the raised bed. I like it when wildflowers start to fill the bed without me having to plant them.  <\/p>\n

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I decided the best way to try and deter the cat was to put some hawthorn in the pot!  I just hope it makes him think twice!<\/p>\n

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I planted into pots, 4 borage and 10 zinnia.  I staked the tomatoes and tidied the left side of the garden as it was just untidy; it was starting to annoy me.<\/p>\n

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June 20th – The borage has started to flower <\/p>\n

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I planted out 6 cornflowers, 6 lady\u2019s bedstraw, 6 common fleabane, 6 red campion, 4 love-in-a-mist, 2 perennial flax, 3 oxeye daisy and 9 bird’s-foot-trefoil.<\/p>\n

June 23rd – The cat has pooed in the pots AGAIN, but not just one pot THREE!!! he’s now killed three of my zinnia!  I’ve stupidly planted more as I guess he will probably dig them up again \ud83d\ude41 <\/p>\n

June 24th – deadheaded roses and removed some of the weeds from the front garden. It looks better than it did – honest! – it still needs more work.<\/p>\n

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June 26th – I planted the buddleja into the front garden.  I had to dig though the gravel and cut the weed suppressing membrane and then dig a hole to put it in! hopefully it will be happy there and won’t mind too much that it is surrounded by gravel. <\/p>\n

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The love-in-a-mist, marigolds, sunflower, and poppy are all flowering, or starting to.<\/p>\n

June 27th – The jasmine has been producing lots of growth so today it needed to be supported.  I couldn’t tie it up so some canes have been weaved into the top of the metal support to make it a little wider so it is all held up (I forgot to take a photo!)<\/p>\n

June 30th – the sweet pea has started to flower \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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