{"id":15582,"date":"2025-05-28T23:18:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T22:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=15582"},"modified":"2025-05-28T23:18:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T22:18:49","slug":"take-time-to-sit-and-enjoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=15582","title":{"rendered":"Take Time To Sit And Enjoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9038\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=9038\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/waterCan-2.jpg?fit=581%2C679\" data-orig-size=\"581,679\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"waterCan 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/waterCan-2.jpg?fit=257%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/waterCan-2.jpg?fit=581%2C679\" class=\"wp-image-9038 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/waterCan-2.jpg?resize=169%2C197\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/waterCan-2.jpg?resize=257%2C300 257w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/waterCan-2.jpg?w=581 581w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><em><strong>T<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><em><strong>HE VILLAGE GARDENER<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Take Time To Sit And Enjoy<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Hope you are all pleased with your gardening efforts so far this year. As June kicks us off into the main flowering season, especially with geums and the first flush of the roses, don\u2019t forget to try and take time to sit and enjoy it when you can. People who are patient will always get good results. May was so warm that Silvia Davies had planted out her summer bedding by the middle of the month. It\u2019s probably best for all of us to follow her lead as she really does know her stuff. Pelargoniums that were bought as plug plants and kept under glass until the end of May, then planted out, will flourish and give us colour until the end of September. Lupins are coming into their own now. If you bought some that were grown by Barry Oliver, they would have been brought up in what is known locally as Barry time, meaning they will take a while to be at their best but will form a lovely display and with a little care will last for ages. If you haven\u2019t cleared the mess left by forget-me-nots, then you will now be inundated with this annual next Spring.<\/p>\n<p>Mulching the bare soil will help retain moisture and if it\u2019s put on a couple of inches thick will slow weeds down considerably. The dry weather had certainly stopped the slugs\u2019 movement, but as soon as we have rain, they will be out in force so be on the lookout. Beer traps work wonderfully even if they are a bit messy. If you are thinking of planting a climber on a boundary, put it on the north side of the garden. Putting these on the south side, means that your neighbour will be enjoying the blooms.<\/p>\n<p>Allotments at Twyn Yr Odyn have never looked so good according to the old folk (Bernard &amp; Colin). This is a great effort from the allotmenteers, especially the new folk. A lot of effort will now go into protecting the crops from pests and diseases. The police team up there put their runner beans in early. This isn\u2019t against the law, but you do have to be careful of cold nights, high winds and young rabbits, who have no respect for authority. Rabbit stew and beans will give you all the energy you need to keep on digging, according to Gareth Lewis.<\/p>\n<p>Take care and happy gardening<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE VILLAGE GARDENER Take Time To Sit And Enjoy Hope you are all pleased with your gardening efforts so far this year. As June kicks us off into the main flowering season, especially with geums and the first flush of the roses, don\u2019t forget to try and take time to sit and enjoy it when you can. People who are [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[422,77],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-43k","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14362,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=14362","url_meta":{"origin":15582,"position":0},"title":"So Much To Be Getting On With","author":"Alan Williams","date":"7th June 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"THE VILLAGE GARDENER So Much To Be Getting On With As always there is so much to be getting on with in our gardens. 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