My Garden is My Space: Recent Comments

Comment on First Frost and Last Dahlia

Akinobu Nakashima — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:53:26 GMT

There is also a mountain ash in my garden. A dusky thrush also comes to my garden, and a fruit is eaten.

Comment on Tomato Plant Experiment | Honey Fungus

Emma — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:56:00 GMT

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Comment on Late September and it Feels Like High Summer

Anthony — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:57:59 GMT

I liked this very true article it was great to work a little more

Comment on Late September and it Feels Like High Summer

Akinobu Nakashima — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:58:17 GMT

It is a very beautiful autumn tint. However, it turns red very early.

Comment on Have You Seen My Butterflies?

Violet — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:58:53 GMT

Creating a natural balance in your garden is any gardener's dream. Needless to point out what a single butterfly means to a gardener's heart. I'm only halfway there, restoring my nan's old wildflower borders, and messing with Buddleias really made me realize how the Butterfly bush came about. Unfortunately, my cats were just as witty ;-)

Wishing you even more success in your future gardening quests. Cheers!

Violet

Comment on Have You Seen My Butterflies?

Graham Cliff — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:32:09 GMT

It is becoming increasingly clear that the "hidden" harm being done by LAN (light at night) is having far reaching consequences. It sucks insects from habitat areas like a vacuum cleaner. No insects and so no pollinators and no food for insectivores. No night and therefore no nocturnal habitats. Whip-poor-wills are dying out and so too are night jars. The modern 24 hour day is quite simply creating severe circadian disruption. It is killing off Life On Earth?

Comment on Global Warming or Global Cooling? My Garden Needs to Know!

Rodger — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:15:45 GMT

Hi Norma

A very good question and one that is difficult to answer. For one thing it depends upon where you live and also the type of soil you garden on.

Take the last three years in my garden. The last two years the summers have not been very hot, perhaps about three weeks that have been quite hot this year but the rest has been a mixture of warm, wet and cold winds. Three years ago was a long, hot summer

What I can tell you is the plants that have survived and flourished on my free draining sandy soil:
Crocosmia, Dahlias, Hardy Geraniums, Salvia, Hostas, Marjoram (both golden and green), Day Lilies, Eupatorium, Bamboo, Rosemary, Hebes, and Foxgloves. Roses have fared much better this year than they did in the very hot weather.

There are still many differing opinions as to how climate change will affect our gardens and the timescale for that change. My current garden is pretty full now with trees, shrubs and perennials. I know the mix will change along with the climate but I do not expect to rip out the lot overnight and replace them with plants from desert regions. It will be a gradual change over many years and the good news is many governments are now taking note of what the scientists have been warning us about for quite some time.

At the moment I would advise you to plant whatever flourishes at the moment in you location. Check what is selling at your local garden centre or nursery and take note of what is growing well in your neighbourhood or even make visit to any large gardens open to the public in your area.

Rodger

Comment on Global Warming or Global Cooling? My Garden Needs to Know!

Norma — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:00:53 GMT

Do you know of plants that are particularly good at combatting global warming? I am not looking for trees. Thanks

Comment on The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Rodger — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:07:17 GMT

Thank you for your kind comments.

Yes, I have reported it to our friends at the RHS.

The good news is that being very diligent and removing infected buds as soon as I have noticed them seems to have done the trick for this year anyway. I have been rewarded with some beautiful flowers.

Next year I will be looking as soon as the buds are formed!

Comment on The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Opal Giger — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:08:51 GMT

Thank you Rodger for your diligence and dedicated inspection to do the bud-picking.

Your garden diary is excellent.

I just wanted to leave the comment that...

in the UK, it is very much appreciated when findings of Hemerocallis gall midge is reported to the Royal Horticultural Society.

The form which can be filled out online can be found at:

http://www.rhs.org.uk/surveys/submitrecord.asp?type=8

The information will be used to update its data each year.

Thank you.