Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Columba May 2023 10:23pm, 22 May 2023 22,204 posts	0 Columba Fuchsias always seem to take a long time to get going in the spring. Chicory has pretty flowers. I once forced some "chicons" from a chicory plant, but it was too much like hard work to do it regularly. Re my buddleia davidii, which I assumed had survived the winter: further inspection has revealed no new growth, so maybe it hasn't.
Turtlemama May 2023 8:07pm, 23 May 2023 1,917 posts	0 Turtlemama No Mow May would have been fine if husband had bothered mowing in April. Gardens are now foot high with grasses/weeds/whatever. He's agreed to sort it on Monday. Mowing won't do, it needs a scythe. Which we don't have. I'm not making this my problem! I spent this afternoon clearing out the far patio and chucking loads of old slates, bricks etc in the skip that's still here after our friends/builders did our near to house patio last week. Also got tomatoes into their final places, did some pruning, and cleared some undergrowth so the back gates actually open onto the field. Veg update: Strawberries and blackcurrants rampant Runner beans happily established Peas starting to shoot but I may be battling rabbits Courgettes OK, but needing nightly slug patrol Beetroot and parsnips have sprouted, not doing much yet Potatoes all happy in multiple beds Spring onions iffy Need a day free with family to go and get a firepit and lights for new patio, but shifts and commitments mean that could be weeks away!
jacdaw May 2023 9:12pm, 23 May 2023 3,908 posts	0 jacdaw Is that not the point of no mow May? I'm doing no mow June, and at least 3/4 of July! At least on half of my lawns.
Columba May 2023 9:49pm, 23 May 2023 22,207 posts	0 Columba I have no-mow-Mayed, but am now shearing a few paths through it.
jacdaw May 2023 10:25pm, 23 May 2023 3,909 posts	0 jacdaw I have had paths and edges all along. Makes it look more intentional!
Hanneke May 2023 11:00pm, 23 May 2023 103,849 posts	0 Hanneke No mow May going well here too... I haven't gardened since February. Makes it no mow April & May
Hanneke May 2023 11:01pm, 23 May 2023 103,850 posts	0 Hanneke I will scythe it in the Autumn, when hopefully, I am better...
Hanneke May 2023 11:04pm, 23 May 2023 103,851 posts	0 Hanneke It is an interesting process: watching your garden do its own thing! A friend did send his gardener to sort my veg beds, so I can still grow some veg when I can... I cannot currently get to my "food forest" area but it looks interesting! I think this is salvageable and a great learning curve.
Turtlemama May 2023 11:25pm, 23 May 2023 1,918 posts	0 Turtlemama No mow May has essentially been no mow Spring. Which is all good and well if I/we have a plan to sort the resulting jungle. Which we didn't. And no mower is now going to get through it. I'd like to think it will be sorted before Turtle's swimming pool goes up next week, but I have a sinking feeling that TP will use that as a "weed suppressant"/excuse not to mow 🤣
Curly45 May 2023 8:08am, 24 May 2023 4,433 posts	0 Curly45 Strimmer is how we do ours when we've left it for a while then mow. Yours might be too long Turtle. Hanging out in hear now as we've bought a house with a beautiful garden. Aim is not to kill it 😂doing as little as possible in year 1 as waiting to see what comes up.