Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Majs update/Corn update
Jag hade nastan gett upp hoppet om att majsen skulle gro men har ar den!! Det ar ju langt kvar tills den kan agera insynsskydd men man far vara glad for det lilla. Den har iallafall inte drunknat vilket jag fruktade ett tag efter en veckas ihardigt regn.
I'd almost given up hope of the maize ever showing, but here it is!! It's a long way away until it can act as screening but at least it hasn't drowned like I feared for a while after a weeks constant raining.
Clematis bild/Clematis picture
Here's the raised bed with the Clematis I planted yesterday. It looks a bit pathetic at the moment after I cut it down so I'll just have to wait and see if it will recover or jut wilt and die like the two I bought last summer did..
Mystisk buske identifierad!/Mysterious shrub identified!
The mysterious shrub is not mysterious anymore! I visited my parent in-law this weekend and they know all about gardening and plants and they could tell me that it is a Viburnum Opulus 'Sterile'. I think it's a pretty young shrub because the mature ones can grow to almost 2 m high!
Monday, May 29, 2006
Ny clematis/New clematis
I'm having some problems with the blog tonight so no photos unfortunately. But I can tell you the exiting news that I have planted a Clematis Armandii in the raised bed. I carefully followed all the instrucitons for planting a clematis, i.e deep and then cutting it down. So now I'm terrified that it's going to die after I cut down all the nice new growth. Picture to follow tomorrow hopefully. If it survives the night....
Lambi
Det har ar inte fran var tradgard utan fran Dorset dar vi campade i helgen. Valdigt sot. Och den hade varit bra att ha i tradgarden, grasklippning och godsling i ett litet sott paket!
This is not from the garden but from Dorset where we were camping this weekend. Very cute. Also, would have been great to have in the garden. Would keep the lawn short and would fertilize it! All in one cute package.
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Philadelphus
I've finally planted the Philadelphus that I bought a month ago. I hope it will settle well. Rich has built the raised bed infron of the shed today. I plan to put an evergreen clematis there, probably an Armandii which has small, white, scented flowers. I'm also thinking of putting another clematis next to it that flowers at a different time of the year.
Hemlig buske/Mysteriuos shrub
Har ar narbilder pa blommor och blad av den mystiska busken vi har. Har ingen fortfarande ingen aning om vad det ar, men skulle garna vilja veta for jag tycker den ar fin och dessutom verkar den trivas i var ogastvanliga lerjord.
Here's a close up of the mysterious shrub. I still haven't got a clue what it is but I would love to find out because I think it's pretty and it even seems to like our unfriendly claysoil.
Vakt katt/Watch cat
Clematis update
The clematis is in full flower now. I haven't dared to prune it yet since I've not been sure what type of clematis it is. But now I'm pretty sure it's a large flowering hybrid so next spring I'll cut it down to the ground and keep my fingers crossed that I got it right. If so, it should grow a bit bushier and have more flowers.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Rosenknoppar/Rosebuds
Ooops, I thought this picture would come out at bit better... but it'll have to do. Rosebuds! They'll open soon! Unless this stormy, rainy, cold weather continues for much longer, in which case the will probably blow away. It's so cold and windy at the moment. Don't know where the spring went.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Klattervaxter/Climbers
Rich put up trellies for the Honeysuckles and the Sweetpeas this weekend. We bought the Honeysuckles a few week ago and they've already grown loads so I think I'll have to re-pot them next year. We've got one on each side of the decking.
Plantering/Planting
Here's the flowerbeds in the front "garden". It was time to do something about them now.
Sa jag har planterat Lobelia i mitten av all betong och Alyssum Lavender i rabatten med rosorna. Tanken ar att de ska vara marktackande och stoppa ogras. Jag planterade Lobelia i mitt rabatten forra aret och de vaxte pa bra. Planen ar att gora oss av med all betong och fa det hela att se mer ut som en tradgard och mindre som nat fran osteuropa. Men det ar mycket jobb och det far vanta till nasta ar nar vi forhoppningsvis ar klara med huset. Men for tillfallet sa far minirosorna vara kvar...
I planted Lobelia in the middle of the concrete and Alyssum Lavender underneath the roses. The thought are that they should cover the ground and stop all the weeds from coming up. I planted Lobelia in the middle flowerbed last year and it grew well so I hope it will work thi year too. The big plan is to break up the concrete and make it look a bit more like a garden. But it's a big job and will have to wait until next year after we're hopefully finished with the house. So I'm leaving the little miniature roses for now but they will have to go at some point.
Vattenbrist?/Water shortage?
Friday, May 19, 2006
Antligen fredag! /Finally Friday!
Yippi, finally Friday! Got so much to do in the garden and have been planning it all week. So I can't say I'm surprised that the weather forecast has promised pouring rain and really windy weather. But it will have to be done anyway.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Kruka och varme/Pot and heat
I bought this flower at Fanny's farmshop this weekend. I've planted a red and a white one in the flowerbed. We had a gigantic red one in the flowerbed last summer. The thing in the background is our infrared heater which should keep us warm in the evenings. Looks a bit like a space ship.
Blommande korg/flowering basket
Snart jordgubbar! Soon strawberrytime!
Klematis blommar! Clematis flowering!
Popcorn!
I've planted maize today! This is what the seeds look like. They're not a round and smooth as popcorns. My brother said that maize plants needs lots of water and grow really fast so I'm hoping they will like our we clay. Since they are fast growing I plan to use them as background screening in the flowerbeds. So I'm not really growing them for the corn but it'll be a bonus if they decide to grow!
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Blommande saker/Flowering things
Eftersom jag skrot haromdagen om den tokblommande rhodedendron men la ut en jatte dalig bild sa kanner jag att jag maste visa den igen. Sa har ar den, pa bilden nedanfor. Busken ovanfor har borjat blomma ocksa. Den var har nar vi flyttade in men jag har inte sett den blomma innan. Har ingen aning om vad det ar for buske sa om nan vet - beratta!
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Jordgubbar/Strawberry
My little strawberry pot that I planted today. I never quite understand how to water those pots without losing water and soil through the openings at the side? Also, I need to put some copper tape around the pot to try to keep the slugs away.... doubt it will work, I think our garden is the breeding ground of England for slugs.
Painting/Malning
Very producitve garden day today! I've painted the fruit boxes we brought home from Borough Market last weekend so they're nice and white now. My little pepper plants and some of the tomato plans lives in there.
Jag fick plantera om tva av tomatplantorna i en storre kruka for de borjar bli lite stora nu. Fasen vilka grona fingrar jag har!
Two of the tomato plants have grown so much I had to re-pot them into a big pot. I'm feeling very green fingered!
Rich malade skjulet och delar av planket som behovde lite mer farg. Kolla in mini rhododendron till vanster i den lilla tre-busks rabatten. Den tok blommar!
Rich painted the shed and parts of the fence that needed a bit more colour. Check out the mini rhododendron to the left of the three shrub bed. It's flowering like mad at the moment!
Vi har kopt tva kaprifoler som ska klattra upp for husvaggen vid altanen. Ska bara hitta nagra stora, snygga krukor forst. Och en Philadelphus buske som jag inte har bestamt plats for an. Jag ar helt besatt av plantor som luktar! Philadelphus kallas for "latsas apelsin" pa engelska och ska lukta jattegott. Och kaprifolerna ar ocksa stark doftande. Jag far nog se till att ladda upp med antishistamin tabletter att erbjuda gaster....
We've bought two honeysuckles and one Philadelphus shrub this weekend. The HS are going on the decking, hopefully climbing up the housewall. All those plants are strongly scented so I better start stocking some antihistamins to offer guests - our garden is gonna be smelly! Nice smellinghopefully...
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Kattgras uppdatering/Catgrass update
Have planted some sweetpeas which I hope will grow and smell lovely in the summer. Bought at Fanny's Farmshop where we also indulged in some lovely cream tea on Sunday.
Och sa har min Rosmarin fatt sallskap av en Lavendel. Eller rattare sagt tva Lavendlar. Ha,ha, skoja bara, sa dalig ar inte min svenska an. Eller nu blev jag faktiskt lite osaker, en Lavendel, tva Lavendel eller Lavendlar....??
And my Rosemary has now got some company by a Lavender.
Och till sist en uppdatering pa kattgraset. Som ni ser har det vuxit till sig ordentligt. Men tror ni att de otacksamma katterna har vett att uppskatta det? Jag har inte sett dem sa mycket som lukta pa det! Amy verkar vara mer fortjust i Lavendeln. Bortskamda sma monster.
And at last an updated picture of the catgrass. It's grown really nicely. But our ungrateful cats have not shown any appreciation at all! Not even a little interested sniff! Amy seem more keen on the Lavender. Spoilt little hairy monsters.
Klart! / Done!
Rich is putting down the turf! Yippi! No more mudfield!
Var fina grasmatta! Nu ar det bara att hoppas pa lite regn eftersom vi inte far lov att vattna med slang. Det ar vattenbrist har. Sager de. Svart att tro nar fram tills nagra manader sedan hela trdgarden var som ett trask. Our lovely green lawn! Now it's just to hope for rain since we're not aloud to water it with the hosepipe....
Invigning av altanen pa 1:a maj! Arets forsta grillning med hedersgaster fran Svedala!
BBQ premiere on 1st of May! With special guest from Sweden. Lovely.