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Re: Self care by growing a garden

Crucifix Orchids (Epidendron).

I should get some more of these.

I used to grow them (had them for years).

Unlike many other Orchids - they can happily grown in your garden bed (ordinary soil), in almost full-sun.

Other orchid types mostly need a bark mix (not soil) to grow in - & only tolerate shade, not full sun.

Epidendrum ibaguense (Crucifix Orchid) - Orange

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@Adge 

I love liliums and phalenopsis orchids. I have an orchid an old neighbour gave me which has kept going for 4 years, it and others I bought need repotting in spagnum moss, will need to check YouTube or the like as to how to go about this. I got told an easterly window position was best, so far so good.

 

Have a few different liliums which I put in ground and am hoping they will come up again.

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@Adge, we got a Phaelenopsis as a present, but it died out. When it started looking sickly, I passed it over to my sister for TLC (she's the orchid enthusiast/expert) but it was already too far gone.
Had Crucifix Orchids in pink, purple and orange when we moved here, but they died in the frost.
I do have some liliums in pots. Two pots of orange ones bought as markdown plants, and a white Madonna Lily. Both are doing well at present. When they die down again I'm hoping to divide them and try half of each in the garden.

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@Former-Member, I splurged some unspent Christmas present money on three packs of tulips last week. They'll be part of this year's garden-brightening material. 🙂
I'm trying to add a few different varieties of tulips and other bulbs every year. Tulips in particular are one of the sweeteners of living in a frosty area.
The "Fringed Duet" pack doesn't name the varieties, but the most likely candidates are "Honeymoon" for the white one, and "Fabio" for the red and yellow.claudia.jpgflaming flag.jpgfringed duet.jpg

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Very nice @Smc 🌷🌷🌷

The fringed tulips are very pretty.

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Lovely to hear your veggie patch is up and running @Determined  

 

Our garden was looking better than when we left to go to the big smoke for Mr Darcy's surgery thanks to some weeding and watering done by a few friends , another blessing was a punnet of snow peas that I was given yesterday.

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Nice that friends were able.to tend the garden for you @Former-Member . 

 

Darling has something eating her seedlings. I'm thinking rats by the bite marks. On tomorrow's agenda is some cages made from bird wire. 

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@Sheila wondering how you a and your patch are coming along.

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The Snails (very large, in large numbers) have been enjoying my Garden very much.

Far more than I have - seen by the amount of munching they've been doing.

The weather is cooler, these past few day - & it's rained lightly today.

So the snails have come out of hiding, in droves - probaby 100 or more (no exaggeration).

I've just spent quite a while, finding & squishing more than 50 snails - before it got too dark to see anything.

They were on their way, up my pots & shrubs - to munch everything.

Yuk, what a mess. I'm all covered in snail Goo (shoes & hands).

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