Chelsea Gem

 I was just reading a blog post by Veg Plotting and it's prompted me to post a few pictures of a new Pelargonium  called Chelsea Gem that I have bought this summer along with a few others. I keep buying them from time to time and am getting quite a collection. I'm not sure that anyone else around here appreciates them but I think they're great.

A Good Day To Feed Grass.

Hello everyone, I hope all is well with you. Today I want to show you some pictures from the South Front as it's all very bright and cheerful at the moment.

Today we have had the first drop of rain since the airplanes stopped flying which I'm sure is just a coincidence but it's been nice to look up and see fluffy clouds instead of the long straight ones. Anyway the thing is, because rain was forecast I decided it was a good time to give the lawn a bit of a feed so after calibrating the spreader I got on with that job after lunch. I think it took longer to calibrate the spreader than it did to apply the feed so much so that there was enough time at the end of the day to plant 72 Geraniums in the South Front wall beds. It is still a bit early to be putting out summer bedding but Geraniums will stand a slight frost and we haven't been having anyway so I am risking it as the plants are ready to be moved on. This year all the plants for the South Front walls have been grown from cuttings taken from last years plants.

Jasmine & Pelargoniums

This week in the conservatory the Jasmine is in full bloom so you can imagine the scent that greets you as you open the doors. I have two plants growing in there, below is one of them.

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Also worth taking a look at are the Pelargoniums which are just starting to come on now.

Louise and Strawberry Ripple

Lord Bute