I thought it might be an idea to include a video Zigs made of my efforts at creating some flower beds on the camping site here. I promised myself that one day, when I got old, I would give up the camping business and dig all the land up just to grow stuff. This was the beginning of the new venture. Not sure about the choice of music
Thanks for your reply Annie, I'm hoping to get some more snaps of the beds when they actually start growing well (if the sun ever comes out again) I need to assess where the gaps are that might need filling, as bad weather and some neglect have taken their toll over the last couple of years. I lost all the dahlias for starters, as well as a few other plants. Never mind, it just means the housekeeping money will just have to be spent at the nursery again ......
Are you going to replace the dahlias with tubers or those lovely little seed grown varieties? I want to grow dahlias from seed next year, if I remember !!
I have grown them from seed before. I chose ''Bishops Children'' because they are neat and low growing and single flowers which are more attractive to bees etc. This time though I think I'll see if I can get some tubers to start off in pots. April is a good time to do that here, and it's best to plant them out in May or June when there is little risk of frost. I love Dahlias. My granddaughter in Tasmania grows prize ones, and has a good supply of customers for them too!
That was expensive - easily took this week's housekeeping money We found these mini scarecrows too. I suppose they are for scaring away the goblins! Someone sneaked a bag of potatoes in the trolley when I wasn't looking
You've got a lot there Tetters. Never been good at growing them and the slugs ate them in wet weather.
I've made some new slug traps. I followed a video on youtube, and it involves making little holes around the bottom of an ice cream tub (or similar) - about 2 inches up from the bottom, and putting some flour and yeast in the bottom. When ready to use the trap add warm water and a bit of sugar to activate the yeast - put the lid on the container so that pets don't get to the contents ( it's poisonous to them evidently) and the slug can get through the little holes (about 1/4 inch) and that's that. It's a step up from beer traps, and it is the fermenting yeast that attracts the slugs. Zigs tried one out in one of the tunnels and for a couple of days it stayed empty of slugs - then it started to work!! Some big fat slugs and some of those nasty little tiny ones that are hard to find - so Success!!
I'm impressed with the slug traps, planning on making a video to show how well they're doing These are flowering on Tetter's big long bed at the moment
