We made a late start to things today, as we had a team round to survey for wall insulation. That done, we donned boots, and got out to plant our spring-flowering bulbs.
- 100 mixed daffodils
- 70 mixed dwarf daffodils
- 300 Puschkinia Libanotica
- 100 Iris Reticulata 'Pixie'
- 200 mixed Chionodoxa
- 50 Narcissi Tête-à-Tête
- 25 Purple Blend Tulips
- 40 Ard Schenk crocuses
- 20 mixed hyacinths
- 200 mixed species crocuses
- 20 Camassia quamash
- 10 Fritillaria meleagris
- 12 Nectaroscordum siculum (honey garlic)
- 16 Allium aflatunese
- 24 Allium sphaerocephalon
- 50 Allium caeruleum, and
- 10 Allium 'Purple Sensation'
We haven't done all 1300 today, but made a good start. The daffodils have gone into the beds either side of the septic tank, and we enlarged the bed on the games-lawn side, making it more like the other one, and curving out into the lawn (less mowing!). The puschkinia, chionodoxa, and crocuses are for the sweet-pea/wildflower bed and the heuchera bed; the camassia, snakes-head fritillaries and honey garlic are for the copse bed; while the rest of the alliums are going at the garage end of the long bed. The irises will go at the kitchen end of the same bed, and the hyacinths and tulips are for pots.
We got as far as the light would let us, and then came in to bottle some apples. Each 2l kilner jar takes a kilo of apples, peeled, cored, and sliced. They go in the oven at 140°C for 50 minutes, then you add boiling water and seal. Very straightforward, and they will hopefully keep for a year.
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