#538 |
Cleared some more of a bed in GH1. Most normal people would have ripped out all the bolting plants and consigned them to the compost heap - but, as you know, I'm not normal I'm digging up all the living plants I can find and replanting them in odd spots in the random garden. Its amazing what you find growing in a sea of chard - brassicas ?kale, Japanese mustard, an allium -either elephant garlic or Babington leek (I can only tell them apart when they flower), lettuce and lots of chard/spinach.
The problem with replanting them, is finding a space that is ready. Therefore, I have to weed before I can plant!
Also dug up a lot of the white comfrey as its flowering and about to set seed. As well as not wanting it to spread anymore, the seedheads are bristly and stick to the dog's fur and my legs (trouser legs, not hairy legs). I chopped off the flowers and roots straight into the green bin and spread the leaves around the fruit bushes.
When I plant random plants in random spots, I can picture the end result and how the combination of plants will look. There's rhubarb chard alongside daylilies and mint, unknown brassicas and strawberries; White stemmed chard alongside gooseberries and lovage with wallflowers, More chard next to the blueberries, underplanted with Ajuga, now covered with purple flowers.
It would be impossible for me to plant in rows or follow a plan.
The problem with replanting them, is finding a space that is ready. Therefore, I have to weed before I can plant!
Also dug up a lot of the white comfrey as its flowering and about to set seed. As well as not wanting it to spread anymore, the seedheads are bristly and stick to the dog's fur and my legs (trouser legs, not hairy legs). I chopped off the flowers and roots straight into the green bin and spread the leaves around the fruit bushes.
When I plant random plants in random spots, I can picture the end result and how the combination of plants will look. There's rhubarb chard alongside daylilies and mint, unknown brassicas and strawberries; White stemmed chard alongside gooseberries and lovage with wallflowers, More chard next to the blueberries, underplanted with Ajuga, now covered with purple flowers.
It would be impossible for me to plant in rows or follow a plan.
The Moneyless Chicken says:-
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.