Apologies for my tardiness, but I have now been able to get out into the garden. I normally write this on a Friday but got caught up in work yesterday and totally forgot. Still, better late than never…
1 – Crocus, yellow. When I was potting something daffs for the garden table I found some crocus bulbs already occupying this pot. They are holding the fort till the daffs emerge.
2 -Rose ‘Ali Baba’ pre and post pruning. This rose went nuts last year and was draped all over the garden. It needed taking in hand. I’ve removed some stems, removed the leaves and tied it in. It should respond with lots of side shoots and eventually blooms
3 – Allium roots. When I was planting the too-many alliums I bunged 4 or 5 each into 2L pots with the idea I’d plant them out “later”. I need to get on and do that now I’ve cleared most of the borders and can see the gaps.
4 – Talking of alliums these onions (possibly shallots) were left in the ground last summer during my extended “can’t be arsed” phase. I need to dig them up and bin them. I’m not going to grow any veg this year, I might use the patch for a nursery bed. Except I’m not planning to grow any new plants either…
5 – Rose Mme Isaac Pereire, a side shoot. I thought this rose might have died behind a bunch of clutter, starved of light. It’s fine, moght even have some flowers this year.
6 – Daffs. Unlike my very belatedly planted new daffs, these are established and emerging at the expected time. Tete-a-tete, I think.
Back next week!
I’ll leave my earlier placeholder here so that the comments below make sense!
I’m not going to get around to this until this afternoon, so putting this here for now so you can all get going!
I’ve been undertaking a similar prune of rose Blush Noisette. I always go just a bit too lightly on it and after five years it is beginning to show. I’m hoping this year’s more ruthless approach isn’t too harsh, but I think roses are pretty tough bunch. Have a good week.
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Yeah they can take it. A hard prune should encourage new growth from the base.
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The rose pruning looks good, and I love the sight of healthy white roots! I am incredulous at the thought of growing no new plants. Is that a firm resolve?
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I just didn’t have time to manage them last year, huge waste of seeds and compost, and i still haven’t finished clearing away the mess. Going cold turkey this year.
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Here is my entry.
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“No new plants…” ???
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Well I might (will) buy some, but I won’t grow any myself. In theory…
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That’s good news regarding the Rose Mme Isaac Pereire.
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We live in hope…
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Oh I love a good rose pruning! And by that statement, I mean when someone else does it. I am planning to do mine at the beginning of March (perhaps the end of February). 🙂
Here’s my link: https://mominthegarden.com/2022/02/05/snowdrops-and-hellebores-in-a-february-garden-six-on-saturday/
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Good luck! Dig out your chain mail gloves.
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I know I’m really new to this weekly meme, but if it is becoming hard to fit in, perhaps it’s time to pass the baton to a new host? I’m sure someone would volunteer and then you can join in without feeling pressured.
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I see, here 5 minutes and already muscling in on the host job!? 😃. Thanks, its fine, just got caught up in work, forgot to pop out and take pics while it was light.
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Ah that’s good, oh no I wan’t volunteering for the job, just concerned for you. Hangs head in shame and creeps back under a leaf!
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I was just teasing, don’t worry!
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That is the first crocus I’ve seen this year! Hope your rose Mme Isaac Pereire comes right about for you and flowers magnificently.
Here are my six: https://wp.me/pM8Y1-8xt
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I haven’t seen any in the ground, perhaps this one is a bit warmer up on the table, in a pot.
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Don’t bin the shallots, they will be lovely used just as they are in the green in salads or stir fries. My link was posted much earlier in the day,
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Sunday morning here in NZ and here are my six. Lovely yellow crocus there! https://thistlesandkiwis.org/2022/02/05/six-on-saturday-05-02-22/
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Hope you had a good Sunday! Just getting started here.
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Didn’t think to attach link here earlier!!!
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That was a mammoth rose pruning job, and certainly a job well done! 👍 Thanks for hosting – my six are here:
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Plenty more of the spiky buggers still to do.
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😁
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It’s definitely the time when we notice all the pruning that’s needed. That crocus is a lovely, cheerful yellow.
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Hello, yes, time for clearing and pruning, I still have quite a lot of it do to
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I have a suspicious feeling that the running obsession might be more of a priority now than the propagating. Still, you have more than enough in your garden already to keep you busy enough.
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Last year I had hundreds of seedings and small plants and nearly all of them died of neglect, just a waste and source of stress. I’ll still enjoy the garden but there isn’t time for everything.
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No. Got to get your priorities right.
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That looks like a lot of Daffs! Good work! Here is my post for today! Cady
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“A lot” is the only way to go with bulbs. Except with planting them.
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Hope everything is okay, here’s my link https://wp.me/p2Eu3u-hIU
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I wonder if that means yo are shovelling manure. Or perhaps you are running. You have everyone intrigued.
Here is mine: https://wordpress.com/post/thebloominggarden.wordpress.com/17409
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I usually write mine on Friday but was busy with work, and forgot all about it. Busy this morning (yes, running). Off out to take some photos now. Standards are slipping!
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Well, every week is a bit of a treadmill. I don’t know how you do it.
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Here are mine. Garden is still sleepy but I am enjoying these herbs for cooking. https://wordpress.com/post/mensgardenvestavia.wordpress.com/144
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That link didn’t work for me. Did you publish the post?
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Looking forward to checking in later. I have gone bonkers trying to photograph snowdrops in my garden, and work out which cultivar I’m looking at: https://kasmaty.blogspot.com/2022/02/sixonsaturday-galanthomania-in-garden.html
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They all look the same to me!
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Newbie here with my first ever Six on Saturday post. I’m enjoying reading everyone else’s posts.
https://whatcathyreadnext.wordpress.com/2022/02/05/sixonsaturday-my-gardening-week-cavershamjj/
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Hello, welcome to the gang, hope to see you again soon.
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Nice umbrella! https://davidsgardendiary.com/2022/02/05/six-on-saturday-49/
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I quite like the idea that when the Propagator finally removes the ‘Work in Progress’ sign, all the comments about Umbrella Testing and Shovelling Muck will be pretty incomprehensible. 🙂
Here’s my six for the week: anticipating six more weeks of winter, and enjoying the flowers of early spring… https://doingtheplan.com/2022/02/05/six-more-weeks-of-winter-on-saturday/
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Yes good point, I left it in there in the end…
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Well, this is all a bit weird, like the ghost of The Prop …….. Anyway, here are my six, come back soon https://offtheedgegardening.com/2022/02/05/six-on-saturday-first-and-last/
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Haunting gardeners since 2016
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I so nearly joined you with an afternoon post, but somehow things fell into place and a morning post is possible! I’ll be showing my age if I mention umbrella testing – but there, I have done it! Here’s my post https://n20gardener.com/2022/02/05/six-on-saturday-thinking-aloud/ I have some crocuses in flower!
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Well done, top marks.
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Looking forward to reading your post! Here is mine for the week https://hairbellsandmaples.com/2022/02/05/six-on-saturday-w6-2022-leaving-home-tidying-up-and-some-colour/
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How kind of you when you are obviously very busy. Here are my six; https://noellemace.blogspot.com/2022/02/six-on-saturday-5-february-2022.html
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Morning! More forgetful than busy, to be honest…
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Ah, the man emptying compost heap sign. See you later; meanwhile, there’s this lot: https://wp.me/p6bCCa-3aF
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Or peeing into a pile of coal…
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Yes, its time to do more work, more raking of leaves, more weeding and then mulching!
My 6 are here….https://www.leadupthegardenpath.com/
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Sounds busy!
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Maybe you didn’t find a “Watch out for running” sign if that’s the reason for the postponement to this afternoon? Here is my contribution https://fredgardenerblog2.wordpress.com/2022/02/05/six-on-saturday-05-02-22/
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Well that was the reason for yesterday morning, I was out all morning running, but I just forgot to take photos on Friday
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I had guessed correctly! 😁 A bit of rest today …
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Been for my run today (again…) and I have painting to do, maybe a bit of tidying in the garden is it isn’t 🌧☔
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Nothing for me today because I’m going to visit my parents and there’s a storm with wind++ and rain
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Look forward to reading your Six later. For now, here are mine: https://roguegarden.wordpress.com
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Well, . . . thank you. I would not be able to share this later.
These are mine.
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Looking at that sign has reminded me that I never did get around to mulching the border in the front garden… https://onemanandhisgardentrowel.wordpress.com/2022/02/05/six-on-saturday-5-february-2022/
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You’re too kind! Here’s my Six:
https://kindheartsandcorydalis.co.uk/six-on-saturday-5th-february/
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