tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post3631049264271826942..comments2024-03-19T14:28:03.565+00:00Comments on welsh hills again: A gardening blogElizabeth Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-33115287281472575012007-10-17T22:13:00.000+01:002007-10-17T22:13:00.000+01:00So maybe I'll grow into having the time for bulbs,...So maybe I'll grow into having the time for bulbs, Mum asks me every year if i want any and I always say know, she can't understand why, but I like you before do not have the time to bother with themMilkmaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00716345769421948237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-42534766645762768412007-10-16T16:29:00.000+01:002007-10-16T16:29:00.000+01:00Now I see that I shall have to come in the Spring ...Now I see that I shall have to come in the Spring to see the results of all this industry. I shall look forward to that.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588437065757203375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-75380916191670638112007-10-15T21:25:00.000+01:002007-10-15T21:25:00.000+01:00Well sunday saw all the daffodils and the crocuses...Well sunday saw all the daffodils and the crocuses planted out - and very hot and sweaty it was too! The big tulip marathon must wait until November.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-63957782149482355212007-10-15T10:47:00.000+01:002007-10-15T10:47:00.000+01:00Elizabeth, I think I am the same as you - only get...Elizabeth, I think I am the same as you - only getting in to bulbs now despite years of buying them to watch them rot in the bag because I couldn't quite face the planting. I love the cheeriness they bring to the garden and sooo envy your alliums as I only seem to have success with the miniature ones. I also loved your blog before about energy; again I think we are very similar as I swing from days of frantic energy to a 'droopy' day or three, but I actually like both so am happy (apart from when I really need to be doing things and find myself sitting staring at the garden!) xxPipanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048984447721169350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-35425692821286412112007-10-14T22:31:00.000+01:002007-10-14T22:31:00.000+01:00You remind me that I have 300 bulbs awaiting my at...You remind me that I have 300 bulbs awaiting my attention - I too have planted hundreds of crocus bulbs, none of which have ever come. Can't decide whether it's mice or they simply don't like our soil.@themillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17644636690850127781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-79215111414629471542007-10-14T15:52:00.000+01:002007-10-14T15:52:00.000+01:00Wow, they all sound lovely, it's worth planting so...Wow, they all sound lovely, it's worth planting so many so they have a really strong impact. <BR/>S is in the garden now digging over a bed for mixed border alliums and white tulips. I have red and yellow tulips for the verge next to the new chimney and pale apricot and white parrots for the bed around the weeping pear. We planted a sack of mixed daffs last year and this spring they were beautiful. I am waiting for the orchard trees to go in to plant drifts of pheasant's eye narcissi, bluebells and snakeshead fritillaries. Then we'll put in snowdrops in the green next spring.Such an exciting time!Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378174162151683519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-80765332961049426602007-10-14T15:33:00.000+01:002007-10-14T15:33:00.000+01:00That's a lot of bulbs! I've seem to have been plan...That's a lot of bulbs! I've seem to have been planting them non stop lately yet my amounts are miniscule compared to yours. Tulips are my first love in the bulb world too, closely followed by alliums. I never bothered much with crocuses, but suddenly remembered when we used to live opposite a churchyard in Hertfordshire, and how the sight of them all in Spring cheered me immensley, so I've just bunged a load in.Suffolkmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123007594112557168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-58796069832292218622007-10-14T13:33:00.000+01:002007-10-14T13:33:00.000+01:00I'd offer to help you plant them but i'm busy that...I'd offer to help you plant them but i'm busy that day lol... your as bad as us we buy a sack every year of what ever is going cheap..Worth it though xxbodran...https://www.blogger.com/profile/11838798193878553386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-27540189102676402222007-10-14T05:25:00.000+01:002007-10-14T05:25:00.000+01:00I've purchased daffodils, crocus, and iris to plan...I've purchased daffodils, crocus, and iris to plant on our new lot under the trees and coming down the hill. I'm just waiting for it to get a bit cooler, as we're still in the 80s every day.<BR/><BR/>I planted crocus at my old house, probably about 50 in a bed underneath my dwarf ornamental peach tree. Maybe 10 bloomed. I am pretty sure that the squirrels and rabbits got them because they were used to eating the tiny peaches in the summer. Maybe that's what happened to yours?Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05655321325607087357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-3389470380749351982007-10-14T01:01:00.000+01:002007-10-14T01:01:00.000+01:00200 daffodils! how gorgeous all this will be.200 daffodils! how gorgeous all this will be.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-71577019733926345172007-10-13T23:16:00.000+01:002007-10-13T23:16:00.000+01:00You must have spent a fortune, but well worth it. ...You must have spent a fortune, but well worth it. I wish I had your land. I've planted so many bulbs over the years there is hardly any room to squeeze in anything else. You've also reminded me, I haven't put my foxtail lillies in yet.Norma Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12403421235388770309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-64807126947202754372007-10-13T22:26:00.000+01:002007-10-13T22:26:00.000+01:00That list is exhausting. You're quite right - for ...That list is exhausting. You're quite right - for impact you need quantity and patience. I would love the snowdrops seen in old orchards and under old hedges. They didn't happen overnight.<BR/><BR/>We put in the Tenby daffodil - mainly because I didn't want towny cultivars out here in the countryside. No one else seems bothered though.<BR/><BR/>Hope you get a good day tomorrow - I can picture you now.mountainearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.com