Post Comment Love 4-6 June

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Hasn’t the weather been glorious this week? Though that could be the prompt the weather needs to change. That and our upcoming trip to the Lake District, while I’m sure they do have good weather, it can change quickly. It’ll be good to get away, finally on our postponed 2020 holiday, though other parts and the main reason for our trip have been delayed until next year. Even so, having a hot tub for our own use is massively appealing, even if pre-booking and planning what we’ll be up to isn’t.

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The Garden Year: June 2021

Hello there and welcome back to my garden linky, which opens on the 1st of the month and stays open for the whole month - you can link up at any time. You’re welcome to link any posts that have a garden theme - this could be your garden, the plants you’re growing or the gardens you visit, or anything in between - just so long as it’s related to gardening.

I’m continuing with inspiration from the gardening legend Alan Titchmarsh and collating information in these posts which is widely available in the public domain.

June is the start of what Alan refers to as the “blowsy season” when big over the top summer flowers make their first appearance, they may be later than usual though given the bad May we’ve had here in the UK.

It’s a busy month, so let’s get on shall we?

Plants in their prime this month

• Roses - today our first Gertrude Jekyll bud flowered, it’s definitely the month for roses and there’s so many different varieties I’m sure you’ll find one you love.

• Philadelphus or Mock Orange - ours is in bud, and the tree is huge - mainly because we haven’t had it cut for a year or two. Once the flowers are done, this year it’s for the chop.

• Bedding plants - look out for alyssum, aquilegia, calendula, dianthus, violas and more. They’re a good way of adding an instant shot of colour to your garden.

What to do in the garden this month

• Water and deadhead plants regularly, and plenty of weeding. If your garden is anything like mine then you’ll be discovering weeds almost in every place you look.

• Remove suckers from roses - they’ll suck the life out of your rose if you don’t, and you’ll miss out on many beautiful blooms.

• Sow some salad, including lettuce, rocket, spring onion, radish and oriental leaves - your future salad bowl will thank you for successional sowing.

Watch out for, get ahead and last chance

• Watch out for lily beetle; blackspot, powdery mildew and rust on roses; black fly on broad beans and anthills and nests around your garden, especially in paths and patios.

• Get ahead and protect any soft fruit from the birds before the fruit starts to ripen.

• Last chance to plant peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes in the greenhouse or in pots.

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Post Comment Love 28-31 May

Welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - a friendly linky which I co-host with Suzanne, where you can link any post published in the last week. We know you’ll find some great posts to read, and maybe some new-to-you blogs too, so do pop over and visit some of the posts linked and share some of that love. If you were here last week it was great to have you along, if you’re new here this week we’re pleased you’re here. It’s a bank holiday here in the UK so the linky will stay open until 11pm on Monday evening to give a bit more time to link up.

This week, by the time you read this post, I will have ventured out and socialised twice. That’s twice since the latest lockdown restrictions have eased. I don’t even know myself! Last weekend we headed out for afternoon tea with MOH’s family to celebrate my SIL’s milestone birthday - in 2020. It was peculiar wearing proper shoes, heels at that, but good to be out in the West Sussex countryside having posh sarnies and cakes.

And last night I met up with some colleagues, some whom I’d not met before despite working with them for a good six months. A trip to the pub after work has never been more momentous, especially as I’m still working from home.

My photo this week is from last weekend and is of some wooden coat hangers complete with their price tag from Woolworths. I shared it on Instagram and it has been getting some love over there. What’s puzzling me is that the 15p label looks more pristine than the 22p one. Not withstanding the actual price, I’m trying to work out if there was a price reduction or a jump in inflation. Who knows?!

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