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Susan Band:
This winter I was a bit over zealous in ordering my American seed and now they are germinating with no where to put them.
I have decided to renovate the long defunct Rockery and thought if I wrote a blog it might make me finish the task!
It started with a little bit of prunning and removal of a few dwarf conifers.
All that will be left before reconstruction is the Blue Cedar, the Sorbus vilmorinii and a large fern.
Here's the result of the first 2 days work. Hopefully the blog will continue ;)

David Nicholson:
Looking forward to it Susan, I suffer from the same problem!

mark smyth:
I need to update my garden also. The peat bed needs all plants to be removed and replaced with the smallest Rhododendrons I can find. Maybe Maggi will help? Two other beds  have never been good and although bulbs grow well mosses grow too well

I'm watching what you do Susan!

Susan Band:
Luckily Mark there wasn't anything worth saving in the rockery. Peat blocks do need replacing often and some plants do too well in them!

Just in from clearing of the grass and moss, too dark now to take pictures.
I am wondering how to rebuild. The bulk was made well with round boulders in the 1950's and although I prefer more terraced look I think I will have to keep it all in the same style. I have plenty of flat stones for a crevice garden but I think it will look out of place.

Susan

Tim Ingram:
Susan - having just ordered a whole lot of seed (a bit late) from Alplains, and got a nice lot from Euroseeds I would be really interested in your plants from seed, especially in a really different environment. I am keen to try a lot more legumes on sand beds, and possibly also male an all year round covered bed for real drylanders (so far I have't been able to source any tufa but will keep looking). Best wishes - I don't think there is ever much chance of finishing but a lot of fun trying!

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