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The weather has affected the garden in ways I’ve not seen before. The acorns are massive and keep hammering the house everytime they fall. Then this Yucca has flowered outside like I’ve never seen before:
I understand it's a mast year, basically there's a glut of acorns so they can't all be eaten.. fascinating!
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I understand it's a mast year, basically there's a glut of acorns so they can't all be eaten.. fascinating!
Mast seeding - Wikipedia
Cool.
I understand it's a mast year, basically there's a glut of acorns so they can't all be eaten.. fascinating!
Mast seeding - Wikipedia
There's an oak tree round the corner from us and not only has it produced an ridiculous amount of acorns they're all absolutely huge too.
It’s not just acorns, there a loads of trees which have what I can only describe as tiny apples on them where I live. They all have 3-4 times as many on them and they are making a right old mess because nothing eats them other than insects.
I’ve swept up hundreads off my driveway from my neighbours tree alone and that’s just a few overhanging branches.
I’ve swept up hundreads off my driveway from my neighbours tree alone and that’s just a few overhanging branches.
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Finally continuing with the garden works after having the raised bed and greenhouse put in in the early spring. It should be finished tomorrow and then I will start the work with planting the border up. Will start with some roses and plum trees and fill it in slowly.
One issue I am having is that the paving slabs are much nicer than existing patio
Temptation to have that replaced next is high...
Will take some photos of the finished garden tomorrow!
One issue I am having is that the paving slabs are much nicer than existing patio
Temptation to have that replaced next is high...
Will take some photos of the finished garden tomorrow!
So the garden has been finished (for now). This is what we started with few years ago when we moved in:
Although it blocked the view of next doors extension and playhouse, we took down the tree as it blocked all of the evening sun in our garden and we are also not big fans of leylandii trees. This is what we were left with for a while:
And now as of today:
Little test to see how this rambling rose fits:
Plan now is to get fruit trees and plant climbers and other tall plants to block the fence and next doors from the view. I also want to get a shed (or a sauna) for the back corner eventually.
Although it blocked the view of next doors extension and playhouse, we took down the tree as it blocked all of the evening sun in our garden and we are also not big fans of leylandii trees. This is what we were left with for a while:
And now as of today:
Little test to see how this rambling rose fits:
Plan now is to get fruit trees and plant climbers and other tall plants to block the fence and next doors from the view. I also want to get a shed (or a sauna) for the back corner eventually.
I honestly don't know as I did not ask more about it. It obviously has something to bound it and the guys doing the work said it is annoying to compact down as it keeps sticking to the tools. It seemed to me to behave much like the type of sand you fill paving slab gaps with but without any smell. All I was told is that it is similar to what they use for paths in those national trust sort of places.
Think it's something like hoggin
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