tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post6860961830360320544..comments2023-10-17T15:55:47.102+00:00Comments on The Inelegant Gardener: The Inelegant GardenHappyMouffetardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09157145094611234176noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-40262863177216367972008-08-13T18:27:00.000+00:002008-08-13T18:27:00.000+00:00Love your front garden!...it looks like it belongs...Love your front garden!...it looks like it belongs to a warm, comfortable kind of person ...I don't care much for gardens that are too so-so.spookydragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05972127156968863571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-90696627007851937722008-08-12T16:03:00.000+00:002008-08-12T16:03:00.000+00:00Thanks very much for your blog (sorry for my engli...Thanks very much for your blog (sorry for my english) but you have a beautiful garden with beautiful flowers !...<BR/>And it is very important to have three generations of gardeners !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-82740413192381344972008-08-06T14:24:00.000+00:002008-08-06T14:24:00.000+00:00I've just done a 'catch up' on your posts.Clearly,...I've just done a 'catch up' on your posts.<BR/><BR/>Clearly, I've been relying too heavily on my Blotanical Favourites list. 'The Inelegant Gardener' doesn't show up on it. I hadn't realised. (Feedburner?)<BR/><BR/>I'll go back to using my Reader more!<BR/><BR/>Lucy<BR/><A HREF="http://picturesjustpictures.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">PICTURES JUST PICTURES</A>Lucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-36920608648179979562008-08-06T13:42:00.000+00:002008-08-06T13:42:00.000+00:00By coincidence I just came back to this minutes af...By coincidence I just came back to this minutes after digging a load of alchemilla mollis out of the paving cracks.<BR/><BR/>I have got quite a few self-seeded geranium 'pink spice' (? the one with cadbury's drinking chocolate colour leaves and pink flowers)between the patio stones but I'm leaving most of those in as they are quite pretty. You could add some of those to the nursery list though Happymouffetard - I'm sure I paid £8.00 for the original plant!Arabella Sockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936438011119860497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-70038653241377622832008-08-05T17:47:00.000+00:002008-08-05T17:47:00.000+00:00Frances - yes, my seedlings also come up through g...Frances - yes, my seedlings also come up through gravel & paving best of all;<BR/><BR/>Threadspider - Thank you. I did have veg mixed in before I got the allotment. It wasn't a success, with red cabbages the size of sprouts. I do have 3 'super-column' apple trees in there, which are doing well.<BR/><BR/>VP - thanks for your comment & I have emailed you, as requested.<BR/><BR/>Arabella - Thanks for your comment. I'm thinking of setting up a nursery selling just Verbena, Alchemilla mollis, and Aquilegia. There must be plenty of new gardeners who don't know that these buggers self seed like crazy and will be willing to pay a fiver a plant!HappyMouffetardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157145094611234176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-78480605637260747672008-08-05T16:47:00.000+00:002008-08-05T16:47:00.000+00:00I love your front garden too. I have verbena bonia...I love your front garden too. I have verbena boniarensis self seeded absolutely everywhere too I've just spent half an hour digging it out from in between the patio stones.Arabella Sockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936438011119860497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-23684721959260332522008-08-05T14:37:00.000+00:002008-08-05T14:37:00.000+00:00I love your front garden - it's nice and relaxed a...I love your front garden - it's nice and relaxed and easy living :)<BR/><BR/>Now to the not so nice part - can you please email me about an issue with my blog that I hope's not affecting you too (see today's post for some of the detail). I don't want to put a long comment about it all in here, but I need to give you some further details AND you may be able to help me a bit with it too.<BR/><BR/>My email's vegplotting at gmail dot com<BR/><BR/>Thanks!VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-34074023514888222502008-08-04T19:13:00.000+00:002008-08-04T19:13:00.000+00:00Hi Happy, your front garden is glorious. I love i...Hi Happy, your front garden is glorious. I love it. The seedlings seem to do better in our gravel than in the garden beds. Maybe it keeps the moisture in and the roots cooler during our hot dry summers. Maybe your neighbor will notice the abundance of butterflies around the verbena bonariensis and be even happier.Frances,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03616568389165362993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-53660371891964008392008-08-03T21:15:00.000+00:002008-08-03T21:15:00.000+00:00Now that's what I call a front garden. I'm fed up ...Now that's what I call a front garden. I'm fed up with manicured and if it weren't for the rampant beech hedge I think I'd convert my lawn to vegetables.<BR/>Thanks for stopping by-I will come and visit you again for a proper read tomorrow.Threadspiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780634324037593398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-9830167694256951512008-08-02T14:47:00.000+00:002008-08-02T14:47:00.000+00:00Thank you :)Easygardener - I've just grubbed up ab...Thank you :)<BR/>Easygardener - I've just grubbed up about 200 seedlings!<BR/><BR/>I can't grow Acanthus (Bear's Breeches). They keel over, despite tring in 3 gardens of 3 different soil types. I have one in the current front garden, just about hanging in there, but no flower spike.HappyMouffetardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157145094611234176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-19536196125593765522008-08-02T13:59:00.000+00:002008-08-02T13:59:00.000+00:00I agree, your front garden is very attractive. Luc...I agree, your front garden is very attractive. Lucky neighbour - I must be the only gardener who can't grow Verbena bonariensis. I've lost half a dozen plants and not a seedling to be seen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-367435060110424192008-08-02T02:52:00.000+00:002008-08-02T02:52:00.000+00:00Your front garden looks lovely. There is nothing w...Your front garden looks lovely. There is nothing wrong with it. It is a natural looking garden. I can't stand regimented grown plants.Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403418150146893599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750459.post-33134329927095521252008-08-01T13:16:00.000+00:002008-08-01T13:16:00.000+00:00It looks great! A lovely natural mix of plants. ...It looks great! A lovely natural mix of plants. Who wants a Victorian grave in front of the house anyway???chaiselonguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11372135992072231446noreply@blogger.com