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However, over winter not too much nitrogen is needed.

I meant it more in relation to this post... :oops: I probably should have quoted it, instead of the other.

When woodchips rot down they take nitrogen from the soil so plants could suffer in early spring. Actually any general fertiliser would help balance this. Not a prob in autumn as plants are "closing down"


Be a bit chilly too :unsure:

What? ( :D Wot?)

You think she doesn't have a pot to . . . well, never mind. :whistle:
 
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Should have done an extra Salvia amistad for moi...:whistle:

It's very easy. I can send you some seeds when I collected them. I will put some aside for you. Salvia amistad, Wendy's wishes, Love and wishes (they wish a lot), and probably the blue and black one. So next time when I post a salvia, just make a note if you like them.

I watched The Beechgrove and really enjoy Drummond House or Castle with a symmetrical ? or very rigid parterre. I want to get a job there just to deadhead! Haha! No, I actually prefer Powys ..

This Drummond castle is in Scotland, Perthshire to be exact. I had never heard of it until today.

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A higher tier for visitors to appreciate its parterre! Hope @DeborahJane can get some idea from it. But Box blight is terrifying.
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Doesn't it look like a fairy tale setting?!
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I think @mg guy would be glad that it's HIM lugging the lawn mower! Hehe!

Leave you with my favorite pic

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Source: The BBC The Beechgrove Garden
 

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It's very easy. I can send you some seeds when I collected them. I will put some aside for you. Salvia amistad, Wendy's wishes, Love and wishes (they wish a lot), and probably the blue and black one. So next time when I post a salvia, just make a note if you like them.

I watched The Beechgrove and really enjoy Drummond House or Castle with a symmetrical ? or very rigid parterre. I want to get a job there just to deadhead! Haha! No, I actually prefer Powys ..

This Drummond castle is in Scotland, Perthshire to be exact. I had never heard of it until today.

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A higher tier for visitors to appreciate its parterre! Hope @DeborahJane can get some idea from it. But Box blight is terrifying.
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Doesn't it look like a fairy tale setting?!
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I think @mg guy would be glad that it's HIM lugging the lawn mower! Hehe!

Leave you with my favorite pic

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Source: The BBC The Beechgrove Garden
must be quite a bit of staff just to keep everything so crisply shaped!
Splendid splendor!
 

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View attachment 26721 alp, you're getting to know me!! ;) :D Aww... :love:

:oops: Remember that my mother was a teacher...it's a sign of affection, really. :geek:





@Verdun, since alp is The Great Bargain Hunter, couldn't she throw a couple healthy handfuls of used coffee grounds in with the woodchips this fall? They are a slow-release source of nitrogen, maybe they'd offset the depletion of nitrogen by spring? :unsure: That, and/or pour urine on them? That would help save on the water bill, too! (y)





My, what big leaves you have... View attachment 26722

I will go and get some coffee grinds tomorrow and egg shells as well.
 

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must be quite a bit of staff just to keep everything so crisply shaped!
Splendid splendor!

Er, no. According to the female head gardener, only 2 full timers and 4 part-timers:eek:;).. so she said. I couldn't believe my ears.
 

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Er, no. According to the female head gardener, only 2 full timers and 4 part-timers:eek:;).. so she said. I couldn't believe my ears.


:eek: I wonder how many hours a week is considered full time?!

Those are beautiful pictures, thanks for finding and sharing. :)
 
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I think @mg guy would be glad that it's HIM lugging the lawn mower! Hehe!

I would bring sheep to that slope! lol

(actually, I could cut that with one of my machines, I probably have some slopes that equal that in steepness. tricky but doable.)

would be fun to put a nice pattern on that!
 
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I think @mg guy would be glad that it's HIM lugging the lawn mower! Hehe!

I would bring sheep to that slope! lol

(actually, I could cut that with one of my machines, I probably have some slopes that equal that in steepness. tricky but doable.)

would be fun to put a nice pattern on that!

I was supposed to have typed It's NOT him lugging the mower.

That slope requires serious health and safety guidelines as it is literally 45 degrees. I wonder if there is a competition for creating mowing patterns on a 45 degree slope. Now, that would be fun!
 

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would be fun to put a nice pattern on that!

mg guy, you'll probably get a laugh out of this!

Mowing the yard was my job, weekends, starting when I was about 11 or 12 years old. For months, I mowed the way I had seen Dad do it, ever smaller squares in the yard. The back yard was 2 acres, and it got boring. (Oh, how it got boring!) One weekend, since no one had ever told me why we mowed this way, I went off pattern. I drove the mower "right" for the outer square, then, bored, I started a wide, wavy pattern, weaving back and forth. And when I got done... you could see it. My dad was kind of mad about it. (Mom laughed.)

I can still hear my dad, though. "It looks like I hired a drunken sailor to mow the yard! :mad:"

It took two more mowings for the pattern to fade.:ROFLMAO:
 

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I was supposed to have typed It's NOT him lugging the mower.

That slope requires serious health and safety guidelines as it is literally 45 degrees. I wonder if there is a competition for creating mowing patterns on a 45 degree slope. Now, that would be fun!

piece of cake! lol

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mg guy, you'll probably get a laugh out of this!

Mowing the yard was my job, weekends, starting when I was about 11 or 12 years old. For months, I mowed the way I had seen Dad do it, ever smaller squares in the yard. The back yard was 2 acres, and it got boring. (Oh, how it got boring!) One weekend, since no one had ever told me why we mowed this way, I went off pattern. I drove the mower "right" for the outer square, then, bored, I started a wide, wavy pattern, weaving back and forth. And when I got done... you could see it. My dad was kind of mad about it. (Mom laughed.)

I can still hear my dad, though. "It looks like I hired a drunken sailor to mow the yard! :mad:"

It took two more mowings for the pattern to fade.:ROFLMAO:

good story!

and ironic in a way, as now we actually will do a wavy stripe from time to time!
 

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mg guy, you'll probably get a laugh out of this!

Mowing the yard was my job, weekends, starting when I was about 11 or 12 years old. For months, I mowed the way I had seen Dad do it, ever smaller squares in the yard. The back yard was 2 acres, and it got boring. (Oh, how it got boring!) One weekend, since no one had ever told me why we mowed this way, I went off pattern. I drove the mower "right" for the outer square, then, bored, I started a wide, wavy pattern, weaving back and forth. And when I got done... you could see it. My dad was kind of mad about it. (Mom laughed.)

I can still hear my dad, though. "It looks like I hired a drunken sailor to mow the yard! :mad:"

It took two more mowings for the pattern to fade.:ROFLMAO:

I admire you for being independent in thinking.. What should we follow the norms or convention, especially with regards to mowing a lawn. Hahaha! Bet your dad a conservative nice man!
 

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and ironic in a way, as now we actually will do a wavy stripe from time to time!

Well. whaddaya know?! I was ahead of my time! :D Telling my age, but this would have been back around 1979, maybe 1980.

Take a pic for me next time? :)


I admire you for being independent in thinking.. What should we follow the norms or convention, especially with regards to mowing a lawn. Hahaha! Bet your dad a conservative nice man!

Nice man, yes. :love:
Conservative? Not by a long shot! :ROFLMAO:

But this was his yard, alp!! (Wait...)

His yard !! :notworthy: "Aaaahhh" (-> Sound of chorus of angels.) :notworthy: :notworthy: :whistle:
 

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Well. whaddaya know?! I was ahead of my time! :D Telling my age, but this would have been back around 1979, maybe 1980.

well, I'll show my age and tell you that the last pic I posted is a lawn I've been cutting since the time you've mentioned!
 

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2 acres.. My mouth waters .. He's lucky to have such a big yard! Not so good for the person mowing it though! Haha!:eek::p;)
 
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Nice to see the patterns from the top, @BigC , but close up the plants are really nothing to write home about. I prefer @Verdun 's border to such rigid parterre. I must say the first look took my breath away. Wish they had an area for informal planting. Drifts of heleniums, rudbeckias, and echinaceas are what I am after.
 

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2 acres.. My mouth waters .. He's lucky to have such a big yard! Not so good for the person mowing it though! Haha!:eek::p;)

Now, hold on a minute, alp! :cautious: Flowers were only allowed to be planted around the house!! That big yard was his dream, though. (The yard...Aaaahhh!!) First thing he did was plant a line of pines across the front, and an ornamental maple in the middle of the front. A small "orchard" of fruit and nut trees in the back. And a small veg plot.

I got the job of mowing because my mother had a habit of daydreaming, and ran over too many of the pines! :ROFLMAO:

A couple years later, thieves came in the middle of the night and stole the maple.:eek: Dad called the sheriff.. "You're not going to believe this, but..." Turns out there was a group going around our county stealing all the expensive trees! :eek:
 
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I like your emojis .. really made me laugh, @MaryMary .. Your mum did know how to get out of a tight corner .. :LOL:

I had a genteel lady pinching my alstroemeria seeds. She told me that and she told me that she put them in the freezer (clever sly genteel lady - I have to admire her cleverness!) for a day and it worked. There are loads of precious plant thieves. Someone had his expensive snowdrops stolen and even I had a hole in my front lawn. After that, I haven't planted anything precious in my front border as there are tons of people walking pass.

Here, some woman was captured on CCTV pinching a lawn! :eek: I ask you! And in another incident, a line of tree as windbreaker was stolen ... RHS and National Trust properties said that they had precious plants stolen as well. Acer could be a very expensive tree. We are lucky that because of intensive and calibrated farming / culture, a lot of plants such as orchids have come down in prices dramatically - democratisation of gardening (plants have become so much more affordable if you know where to look) Of course, there are still a lot of places asking for silly prices. My friend said she was thinking of buying a bamboo for her daughters but the price was like £100. I told her that the English didn't buy them at that price, and the moment the sales started, shops looked like they were being burgled... :eek:
 

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