Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Eynsham Red Jun 2023 5:12pm, 13 Jun 2023 9,737 posts	0 Eynsham Red A Pygmy Waterlily will provide some nice colour and Houttuyia has colourful leaves and some white/yellow flowers. A couple of oxygenating plants like Eloda are useful underwater plants that provide hiding places for any creatures that adopt the pond.
rf_fozzy Jun 2023 5:20pm, 13 Jun 2023 20,211 posts	0 rf_fozzy Mrs J the Q is Why did they die? Not enough oxygen in the water? Too small/hot/big/cold? Not enough sun? Too much weed? Eaten? Rain water >>>tap water for filling them up too. My current pond is just simply too deep (it's probably 1m) - really even for the water lilies in it. Only the rushes type things I have seem to like it. And it gets too much blanket and duck weed and not enough sun. I am going to have carefully extract everything in the pond before I transplant it to the new one and make sure there's no weed on planters/roots etc.
rf_fozzy Jun 2023 5:23pm, 13 Jun 2023 20,212 posts	0 rf_fozzy Btw, I recommend these for planting plants in, rather than the basket things. pondkeeper.co.uk So much neater and stops compost going everywhere.
jacdaw Jun 2023 5:48pm, 13 Jun 2023 3,931 posts	0 jacdaw I'm a fan of a layer of soil on the bottom of the pond.
Hanneke Jun 2023 5:58pm, 13 Jun 2023 104,790 posts	0 Hanneke I use those pond planting bags too, they are excellent! They don't degrade and break up plus you can shape them to fit ito say a crack between a rock, a log and the edge of the pond, making your planting look really natural.
The Terminator Jun 2023 2:31pm, 16 Jun 2023 9,326 posts	0 The Terminator Hello. Spinach advice please? I've started on a new patch this year. I've actually been given a couple acres of land and two huge polytunnels to turn into a community growing project but that is another story. Anyway back to the patch. Lettuce, kale, chard, pots, cabbage etc all growing lovely but the spinach keeps going dry and brown? Too much water, not enough water, a nutrient problem? Thanks in advance ☺
jacdaw Jun 2023 2:30pm, 18 Jun 2023 3,937 posts	0 jacdaw My spinach always bolts, so I can't really help with that. Here's a picture of flowers instead. I assume they'll all be flat tomorrow after the impending storm.
The Terminator Jun 2023 6:00pm, 18 Jun 2023 9,329 posts	0 The Terminator Thanks Jacdaw 🙏 big love for the flowers x
Curly45 Jun 2023 5:25pm, 25 Jun 2023 4,467 posts	0 Curly45 We just found a dead mole Should we leave it for stuff to eat? No obvious injuries or anything. Definitely dead.
Ocelot Spleens Jun 2023 6:48pm, 25 Jun 2023 37,561 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Corn Soon enough, if it stays warm, we may get ears....