Cool but otherwise a lovely evening which I spent potting up seedlings on my bench and other quick chores in the garden.
Seen my largest number of bumble bees so far this year - and other insects too. The foxgloves are proving very popular, and the sage, just in flower, is a hit as well.
The plants I know as "Grandmothers' bonnets" are going to seed now, so I am cutting them down as they selfseed like weeds! They were oopular with the bees when out.
Here are pictures of the garden which unfortunately don't show how colourful it is at the moment.
Met a friend today who has a garden in Sudbury. She tries to grow wildflowers in her front garden and cottage garden flowers in the back. She has had trouble getting foxgloves to grow from seed to last year I gave her 3 first year plants from my garden which are flowering this year. I forgot I was planning to give her some more this year so all the ones in the way in the vegetable beds ended up either in the compost bin or the womery. But found several tiny plants in the corners of the bed (there are advantages to not being tidy) so able to put those in some soil in a plastic mushroom tray and give them to her.
Met a friend today who has a garden in Sudbury. She tries to grow wildflowers in her front garden and cottage garden flowers in the back. She has had trouble getting foxgloves to grow from seed to last year I gave her 3 first year plants from my garden which are flowering this year. I forgot I was planning to give her some more this year so all the ones in the way in the vegetable beds ended up either in the compost bin or the womery. But found several tiny plants in the corners of the bed (there are advantages to not being tidy) so able to put those in some soil in a plastic mushroom tray and give them to her.
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