The Potting Shed

[Tâf]

Their young are really bad pests that stay underground and eat the roots of anything from grass to trees, so it was squish time as they can produce thousands of eggs.

They are also called May Bugs.

[Lisa]

OO i've seen them

[Tâf]

The missus squirmed, then ran away.

[Tâf]

Moved some Physalis (Edible Chinese Lantern) outside. Hopefully I'll get fruits this year.

[dogsmum]

Their young are really bad pests that stay underground and eat the roots of anything from grass to trees, so it was squish time as they can produce thousands of eggs.

They are also called May Bugs.

Ahhhh those! I was just thinking the other day how I'd not seen any this year

I have lots & lots of flowers on my Dwarf Broad Beans

[Tâf]

We have a really strong drying wind, so I've just done the tour of the garden watering everything in pots and planters.

I suspect I'll have to do it all again this evening.

[dogsmum]

We have a really strong drying wind, so I've just done the tour of the garden watering everything in pots and planters.

I suspect I'll have to do it all again this evening.

Yeah, I've given all my planters a good soaking this eve too

[Tâf]

Just harvested the Pinkl Fir Apple sopuds from the greenhouse.... I thought I had taken them all out last Autumn!

Blueberry to plant later.

[Tâf]

Blueberry planted in a big tub where the previous one died, I dug right to the bottom but could not find any reason why the last one died.

[Tâf]

Transplanted about a dozen Viola plants as the missus wants the space for HER flowers.

[fred]

The second batch of runner bean seeds have gone to Austrailia as well.

[Tâf]

Mine are all up in the greenhouse, but no-one locally has got any up in the garden yet... must be something eating them?

[dogsmum]

The second batch of runner bean seeds have gone to Austrailia as well.

Mine too

[fred]

nothing eating them.  small pots in the  greenhouse as usual.  A dig around shows intact seeds. No growth.

[Tâf]

I have just repotted most of the beans and put a few out to harden off. Ditto all the sunflowers which are romping away this year.

The peas I have sown (Meteor) have an instruction on the packet I have never seen before "does not require staking or support" so the ones I raised in the greenhouse will be tried in a large pot to see if there is any difference in crop size.