The almost continuous rain over the past couple of weeks has ensured that the new plants have settled in. Now what is needed is a bit more sun as most of the plants were chosen for their tolerance to drought and a hosepipe ban was in force when they were planted. Doh!
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| The circular bed after a lot of rain |
There is a mini rain shadow in the roof overhang of the raised bed against the wall and the back of the bed is dry. The plants don't seem to mind apart from the oriental poppies, which are just underneath it; they seem to be putting down roots though not doing as well as my Mrs Perry this year. Before it got battered by the rain, that is. Here is a photo of the first flower to open, on Jubilee weekend. I love the blowsy, opulent flowers. Who is Mrs Perry? Amos Perry, nurseryman, who discovered this salmon sport in his Winchmore Hill garden in 1906, named it after his wife.
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| Papaver orientale 'Mrs Perry' |
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| The 'rain shadow' at the back of the raised bed |
More on lasagna gardening
A pile of grass clippings the height of the compost container was deposited a couple of weeks ago, the result of mowing the community centre grounds. Some went into the heap and about a third was left to be rained on and start the process of decay. Some of the pile was layered on top of the cardboard in the prospective veg patch. I am keeping the different piles separate at the moment. Doesn't look much like lasagna to me! or at least one that I'd fancy eating. The compost heap/layered garden is now the lucky recipient of a similar sized pile of nettles which are slowly rotting - I'll give this plenty of time as the last thing I want is another load of nettles.
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| Another 'lasagna' layer - semi rotted grass clippings |
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