The Potting Shed

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HoN and I went shopping for summer plants and shrubs yesterday. So, of course, it lashed down today.

We put up the gazebo and worked under that, potting up the summer bedders and hanging baskets.

I also planted a hazel tree, potted on a fuchsia  and some home-raised echiums, and HoN decided we need to paint the summerhouse when it's dry.

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Oriental poppies that I got seed for last autumn

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A slug got all my Electric Daisies, but more have come up, as have the edible chrysanths, asparagus peas and salsifi.

Repotted more chillies into their final pots and just sowed Peruvian Inca Berries (Physalis) and English Mustard (Tilney).

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Planted out the last of the Alderman peas. Moved the final little chilli plants out to the greenhouse.

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Gave almost all the plants out the back and in the greenhouse a seaweed feed to give them a boost.

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Reduced the Bay tree from 12' to 6'.... and found half the waste material was next doors' ivy and honeysuckle.

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Moved strawberry plants that popped up in the wrong places. Pinned down some runners and cut quite a few off. I want more strawberry fruits not just extra plants.

I have cuttings to take from the Aronia to keep it in shape, but also for plants for friends.

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Almost the last of the chillies are now in their final pots. It got too hot in the greenhouse so I gave up until later.

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Frau Schindler strawbs... the best in the world 

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Blueberry and Gooseberry overload this year

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Pinned down another dozen Frau Schindler strawberry runners.

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Planted out Lobelia that I grew from seed. Dropped some chili plants down a level on the staging, some grew 2" in the last 2 days! Potted-on some Electric Daisies. Picked the first peas... the missus is freezing them until there are enough for a big meal. The First French Climbing Beans are ready, but they are being very slow this year.

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eated two ripe tomatoes from the greenhouse

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Only 2 Chilli plants left to flower: Malagueta, and a slightly blotchy Sugar Rush Cream.   

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Trimmed the grapevine, carefully slid past the bees and dumped them waste in the compost bin that has not been invaded.

Planted out Edible Chrysanthemums, moved some Purple Toadflax.

Picked the first French beans and yet more peas.