Things that should have been planted out last weekend
Whoa I've worked out how to download pictures. Unfortunately they are not of Berryfield. 
No, these are things are I should have planted out over the long weekend, but the rain kept me in.
It's been a week of late nights. I get home, go check on the slug damage, dinner and bed. I'm itching to get this week over so that I can plant them out this weekend. The Persicaria in the left hand corner is P. neofiliformis, a Chinese species for damp, semi-shade. Couldn't resist it when I saw at my local ironmongers. The rest are odd and sods, some Cosmos 'Purity', a 69p packet of Dahlia 'Mignon Shade' to feed the slugs. Some Eryngium planum nestling at the back. Behind them are wine boxes full of radish and corn salad and then the mess that is my garden beyond. Oh how spoilt am I to have two gardens on the go? This glimpse of my other world feels a little adulterous.
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hi Alys, last night I was fortunate enough to see your garden spread across my computor, it was wonderful,the small picture doesnt give a sense of what your garden is really like! I too hope to do some gardening this weekend,the bindweed has gone mad in all this rain.I'm looking forward to seeing all the wild creatures at Berryfields in tonights GW
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sorry forgot to sign my name Liz
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Hi Alys. Hope you found some time for planting this weekend. I managed some extra hours in the garden last week. And it was a real treat.
Wondered if you could help. I planted a Viburnum tinus a few years back. It's grown well, but this year the leaves have been shredded by something. Starts off with small holes, that become big holes, then leaves turn yellow, curl and die back. Any ideas what it might be and what I could do to stop it?
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Hello Hampshireweed,
All the plants, bar a few munched dahlias are happily in new homes. I've spent every evening in the garden building things and singing to my tomatoes. Not sure what your pest is but I know a woman who'll rellish the challenge. . . and by the miracle of morden technology. Here's Dr. Claire
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Hi folks
any chance of doing an item on the show to teach us novice gardeners how to recognise the 'good guys v the bad guys'?
I'm trying to garden organically yet practically. A constant query for me is how can I tell the good bugs from the bad ones?
We'll probably all recognise the slugs, snails, caterpillars, and the good earthworms etc and the books show vine weevils, leatherjackets, but... the other little things I come across ALL tend to get 'squished' in case they're doing harm. I must have 'teminated'! some the of the good guys just 'cos I don't know enough.
My Mum gave me a rule of thumb that the "good guys will try to get away but the bad guys just curl up tight". I think I need a bit more info though!!
Thanks
digsaroony
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