What have you done today in the Garden?

Hello young Master Rufus!!

Everything looks so great Daniel. I really like how you've built raised beds with the concrete blocks and the curved bricks. I have your raised beds Stewing in the back of my brain for the future. And Raspberries already! My bees are busy in the raspberry patch. Lots of whitelumps with the promise of future berries.

So chamomile....I have a wild plant here that I was always told was chamomile with a wee yellow bump for a flower. And I have wild daisies that look much like your chamomile. I'll try to post photos soon and see what you think.

 

Logan I'm trying this tomorrow with my brassica patch. They didn't get the early lawn clippings, and the weeds are taller than the plants. I'm slowly recovering my gardens - every day a little bit. But this suggestion makes sense for me this year.

 

Today was a recovery operation on the Polaris and Northblue blueberry patch. I hope they forgive me for the neglect they suffered this year. Everyone has been weeded, loved, mulched, loved, winter kill cleaned up, apologized to, fertilized and watered three times. Forgiveness for next years crop is hopefull.

 

Mel, I think mine is German Chamomile. I grew it from seeds many years ago, and for some reason it decided it liked the chicken yard. There is also Roman Chamomile and Yellow Chamomile. They aren't related to each other.

 

@Daniel W Well My Friend....I have just had a really cool learning curve once again thanks to you .

The wild chomomile I grew up withis also called Pineapple Weed. ( Had Nooooo idea)

https://www.growforagecookferment.com/foraging-pineapple-weed/

And the "daisies" that grow everywhere, ranchers consider a weed that the animals don't eat ( rightly so as they take over grazing land) and I love walking through touching their petals every early morning in the summer is "scentless chamomile".

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/e...vasive-species/alerts/scentless_chamomile.pdf

Thanks for this Buddy.

 

That's great and your welcome.

 

The hot weather has gone here and back to a bit of sunshine and a lot of showers.
So I've started potting on the wallflowers.

 

Good work, Loggie. What colour are they?

 

Thank you Sjoerd, they're called Fire King

 

Those are very pretty Logan.

 

Loggie, your red wallflowers are splendid to see, Will they bloom for you next year? My word those things are red! Lovely.

 

Logan I have never seen red flowers wallflowers…red are rare in my garden other than the bulbs that are blooming now.

 

Thank you Melody and Pacnorwest, Sjoerd they will flower for next spring, the colour is a orange red, can get a blood red one. Pacnorwest your crocosmia is a lovely colour.

 

Pac— my Crocosmia are blooming now as well. They do make a statement, don’t they.

Loggie— I do quite like your choice of flowers. Mt Cosmea are finally beginning to bloom.

 

Thank you Sjoerd, great that your cosmea are blooming.

Hubby deadheaded the roses and we covered over the rest of the blueberries.