Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Hanneke Mar 2023 4:10pm, 17 Mar 2023 100,768 posts	0 Hanneke I haven't planted my onions yet! Nor my spuds... So my friend picked them up from the garden centre yesterday. Hoping for a clement day this weekend so I can plant them.
Ocelot Spleens Mar 2023 4:31pm, 17 Mar 2023 36,694 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens My garlic has been in since November, likewise some onions but they took a massive beating with the weather, so I need some more sets. Waiting a little longer for outside seeds as we still had a hard frost 2 days ago and the soil is cold.
Hanneke Mar 2023 4:33pm, 17 Mar 2023 100,770 posts	0 Hanneke My garlic went in in January. Much later than normal but at least it has had some frost to bulb up!
Velociraptor Mar 2023 5:12pm, 17 Mar 2023 62,934 posts	0 Velociraptor I have a lawn full of fritillaries at the point of flowering The reticulata irises I buried in another lawn last autumn didn't come to anything.
Hanneke Mar 2023 5:26pm, 17 Mar 2023 100,772 posts	0 Hanneke Are both lawns damp? Also reticulatas don't like competition from grass...
Garfield Mar 2023 5:39pm, 17 Mar 2023 17,184 posts	0 Garfield Our camellia tree is in bloom.
Cerrertonia Mar 2023 5:46pm, 17 Mar 2023 18,544 posts	0 Cerrertonia I planted 20 bare root shrubs today - a mix of dogwood, hazel and hawthorn, to form a native species hedge area. Also planted some sea buckthorn shrubs in a sunny area in front of some full grown birch and rowan trees - I like their fruit. Also put up the posts and wires for the raspberries planted a few weeks ago.
Red Squirrel Mar 2023 8:16pm, 18 Mar 2023 22,821 posts	0 Red Squirrel I love fritillaries. That snakes-head one is my favourite thing to see in a garden or indeed anywhere. Cerrertonia - that sounds lovely. I helped to plant (slit method) the same mix to form a hedge at a local organic farm. I also harvested sea buckthorn at a wildlife trust garden where I used to volunteer - I love that plant too. Your garden must be large, no?
Cerrertonia Mar 2023 8:30pm, 18 Mar 2023 18,549 posts	0 Cerrertonia It's about an acre. About a quarter of it is a walled garden with a lot of nice plants, just needs some work to recover from a few years of neglect. The rest of it was pretty overgrown.
Velociraptor Mar 2023 8:39pm, 18 Mar 2023 62,943 posts	0 Velociraptor I shall post a photo when the fritillaries flower, which it looks as if they're preparing to do en masse The ones that have done best are in a really soggy lawn.