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Originally Posted by goosey  I thought I had included everything but seeing Lords and Ladies bog garden has given me another idea to work on - thanks! |
That sounds intriguing goosey..
If it's anything to do with growing sphagnum moss, I wouldn't bother too much with the hanging basket stuff. But if you find a good way of growing it please let me know!
I hoped that today I might be able to buy one or more of the three native sundews, as I went to a plant sale where a carnivourous plant guy had a stand (at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, not far from Sheffield). He was there but didn't bring any of the natives he has...
Anyway, I've now got some pics of the opposite, sunnier side of the backyard.
The insect border is coming along now. There's a few more early flowers and some more colour. The leek-like looking thing in the top right of the border is an ornamental onion (
allium aflatunense - 'purple sensation') and is now shooting up flower spikes nicely. Between the fence and the back wall of the border are lots of pots:- teasel is in there, the globe thistle is shooting up, the long green grassy mass near the centre of the picture is a pot of planted birdseed; other thistles, alliums and nettles are back there too. The thing trailed up the fence is a grapevine, just now starting to get its leaves.
This one almost looks like a flower border
. Hopefully, the grape hyacinths will multiply.
Everything needs to 'grow out' a bit. I'd like to get to a point where I can't see soil, eventually..