24th OCTOBER 2025

 

There was a beautiful sky over Fraisthorpe beach tonight.

Hopefully promising another lovely gardening day tomorrow.

Red sky at night .....

My day began in the greenhouse transplanting the lupin seedlings into pots.

I knew I was stalling on getting outside to plant the spring bulbs but it still felt cold out there ....

so I stalled a bit more by collecting and sowing some hosta seeds.

By then the bulbs had waited long enough ...

I started digging down at the pond with 15 mixed crocus and 50 small allium bulbs ...

... then ten colourful rockery tulips and more small alliums went among the rocks.

I planted a a pale pink japenese anemone in this bed where a dark pink one is doing well so it should survive.

I added 25 daffodils (citrus sorbet) around here together with 25 scillia bulbs, about 25 anemones (blanda mix) and more small alliums.

Some time was spent digging out the creeping buttercups and small neetles before planting 50 ixia bulbs.

I have a bag of iris to go behind the pond but the rain arrived so I went back to the greenhouse.

I found a large pot in which to plant the frilleries and placed it near the kitchen window.

5 Camassia were planted in another large pot and positioned in a sunny spot ... I have never grown these before so looking forward to seeing what they look like.

When I created the paths near the shed I dug up quite a few daffodils and bluebells so they went back into the ground ... then it was time for a cup of tea.

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