On our way back from a night in town we stopped at The Range in Fort Kinnaird to have a look at the gardening section, we can’t seem to go past a garden centre or shop …
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Plant Food Maker – has anyone got/used one?
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This Weekend – Taiwanese Orchid Fair at the Botanics
A little something for Orchid lovers this weekend at Edinburgh’s Royal Botanical Gardens – if the picture below is anything to go by – it’ll be stunning! Fri 27 June to Sun 20 July Come and …
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My home-made natural slug killer is ready!
I was quite surprised when I removed the lid to still see some of the slugs alive - hardy little wotsits - oh, and the smell....! (it didn't seem to put Cosmo off though - he was definitely up for having a taste, thankfully this brew is only harmful to other slugs).
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Meet Mandy Bailey – Edinburgh Gardening Entrepreneur
Plant-n-Grow sprouted to bring you a product that provided you with everything you needed to get starting growing your own and the knowledge to grow, harvest and cook. We collaborated with award winning cook school Edinburgh School of Food and Wine who created a range of easy to cook recipes designed around the contents of each box.
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Sun, Champagne, Sabrage & Stuff!
In fact it was rather an outdoorsy week - after gathering some elderflowers from a neighbour's garden on Wednesday, Bees & I made some elderflower 'champagne' followed by a day at The Royal Highland Show. On Friday I was given the chance to do a Champagne sabrage in Drumsheugh Gardens as part of a lunch hosted by Piper Heidsieck at The Bonham Hotel.
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We Have a Rockery – Sat 14th June
It was also time to dig over our rockery area and plant an assortment of Heathers, Saxifrages and a Lavender, they don't look much just now but once they've grown a bit, I think it'll be a lovely part of the garden and a big attraction for bees and butterflies.
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Broccoli, Brussels & Borage – Weds 11th June
Now my first batch of seedlings have all been planted I did some more - some fancy ornamental grass (Pennisetum Cream Falls - needed to check the spelling on that one! ;) that we bought at the weekend for our borders as well as some more Nicotiana and some Borage - hopefully with the warmer weather they'll spring up quickly.
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The war on Slugs begins – nematodes are my friend!
So the 30 odd slugs collected last night (there were literally hundreds) are now happily infecting each other. Unfortunately, I read to the end of the method and discovered it actually takes 2 weeks for the potion to be ready but once it is, it gives up to 6 weeks slug protection so I might need to check out the 'beer method' in the meantime, lest the rhubarb & parsley don't make it!
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If Carlsberg Did Days in the Garden…. Sun 8th June
Our weekend guests got stuck in to help with weeding, digging & sowing grass seed and I planted the wells at the front of the house with the wonderful smelling Vanilla Lady (Nemesia) and Silver Falls (Dichondra). We also found a garden vac in the shed (left by the previous owner) and S had much fun hoovering up the old beech leaves still floating around. S also managed to tape up and replant our broken upside down tomato grower - this time with less soil to overbalance it all!
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Another Day Another Garden Centre – Sat 7th June
A wee trip to Pentland Plants and we ended up with some lovely scented Vanilla Lady, Nemesias and some Silver Falls Dichondras for the 'wells' at the front of the cottage. Some Heathers and a couple of Saxifragas for the rockery, and a Lavendar plant, some ornamental grasses, another tomato plant and some grass seed.
