Will make a note to wear my old motorcycle helmet if I decide to work on the roses. It's just a shame that they're being overtaken by who knows what. (that's @Uncle)


This just happens right after I planted the two azaleas, and was putting all my succulents in pots. I love this cat and it's "don't give a fuck" attitude. Not too long ago he dared to brush against my leg when he wandered into the garage when I was doing laundry, I think he even scared himself by showing so many emotions.




I'm quite happy with it. One corner of the patio has (thai) basil and mint that doesn't look like mint at all (probably a variation). Then I have my succulent barrel. I only know one is called Dragon's Blood. The plumeria was a gift from the neighbours when we started living here. She propagated it from her own and this is the first time it has flowers. There's sage that seems to be recovering since I took it from the long stretch and put it in a pot, my lemon verbena looks dead but there's a lot of small leaves coming. 

My long stretch is the area I was allowed to use from the landlord (I don't think he even cares about the garden, wanted to take out the bigger palm tree you don't see, but is to the right of the seating area). I have two azalea's that I planted this morning, in the empty bit to the right of them I planted some nasturtium seeds that came from the flowers, then there's a lavender I'm not sure about if it will survive (it was planted in a different spot, it gets sun all morning in it's new spot, so hopefully it'll grow), rosemary, two tomato plants that I thought were dead but have some nice green leaves on them, so planted those into this sunnier spot as well, nasturtiums (I wouldn't have picked orange ones if I knew I was gonna plant more flowers a year later), scented geraniums, oregano and parsley that's on its last legs. Under the trees are my coleus and a plant that's gonna give red flowers, but I forgot what it is. The card was blown away by wind at some point.

In the first picture you can also see the roses and the other plants that randomly got there.

It kinda makes me wish we had a place we would know would be ours for a longer period. I'd definitely would attempt more vegetables (had a few last year but with that space it's hardly worth it), and I really enjoyed thinking about the flowers and choosing them. I hope the red/pink/purples will attract hummingbirds, and the azaleas seem to give flowers that are deep, which is what the hummingbirds like. Hopefully they'll provide a nice area for the lizards as well. I don't really know what they need but there's plenty running around the place all the time.


These are the holes in the coleus leaves. Am I gonna lose those or is there still something I can do?

Love the bonus gecko on the wall in your last photo Nina. You’ve got that garden looking like a really nice place to hang out. Pots and planters are perfect for a rented place.

We’ve grown asparagus by accident. Our plan has been to ignore the big polytunnel this year and start using it next year … but when I took a look inside yesterday I found loads of almost fully grown asparagus. It’s looking a bit sad and growing wonky because it hasn’t been watered - not even once. I’m gonna try looking after it for a couple of weeks and then harvesting the lot. What could possibly go wrong?

I'd quite like a gang of copper beech trees that get super dark purple.

Not really. The market for it has gone nuts because of lockdown easing and people being allowed to meet up outdoors.

I was buying a fire pit last week and ended up spending fucking ages looking for anywhere in the UK with some in stock. Ended up having to buy from a place in South Wales.

We had asparagus. Grew year in year out. Pluck the tips when we wanted them and then leave it alone.

Cheers Dino will check it out

@Chaice, these lot do nice outdoor stuff but I’m not sure what your idea of pricey is?  To me it’s mid range pricing for really decent stuff but ymmv.  Oh, the price lists I could show you guys.  9K upwards for plant pots.  3.5k per sun lounger.

He's teasing us

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/dealer-caged-after-planking-9000-12789045

Mrs poprock’s getting quite good at growing stuff from seed. This is her latest batch, almost ready to move out of the house and into the greenhouse. Up until now it’s been too cold outdoors overnight. This lot is mostly for food - tomatoes, onions, peppers, beans and herbs.

Yeah, it’s a nice day today. Blazing sunshine already.

God fence painting is so dispiriting.  It takes ages to get anywhere.

On the plus side, you now know karate.

I’d like to send Reg’s garden some plants to finish off it’s refresh.