The first activity of the morning was to investigate a hyacinth bulb that was coming out of the ground, upside down. We were slightly surprised to find well-formed leaves and a flower 25cm into the ground. The leaves had clearly not been exposed to light. Most odd!
While weeding was the main order of the day, we used our own compost, emptying a bin. Most has gone into the sunken area near the Laverockbank Road gate. It’s now almost level with the surrounding borders.
The plants in the park seem to be ignoring the temperature and flowering with gusto.
Another magnificent day. We finished off blocking the main gaps in the hedges, did a chunk of tidying on the terrace and planted some cuttings. Not bad for a day off!
The hedge should fill the gaps without the need for more plants but the cuttings are a good insurance.
I can’t resist inserting another photo of the primulas which are amazing.
And I can’t resist a bad joke.
Digging up the muck in Newhaven
Great morning at the park, sunny, warm and no wind! Spring is bursting forth with lots more daffodils out, a magnificent show of primulas and the witch hazels adding colour too. We’ve dug over the east border and it’s looking good.
There has been a lot of damage to the star this winter and we are blocking up the gaps in the terrace hedge to reduce the animal traffic through the hedge, down to the star. We hope it makes a difference.
A cold and windy but dry morning, we stopped just before the rain started. Tidying was again the order of the day. At least the park is looking pretty good.
I spotted a fern, with spores, growing on the south wall.
Starbank Park features in the BBC website – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-31751407 – it’s image 14.
Spotted this morning in the Newhaven Heritage boat planter.
All of a sudden, we’ve had a glorious spring morning. Where did that come from? More tidying in the park and it’s really looking good.
I gave a talk on the Park at Wardie Church Guild on Wednesday. Everyone was very nice and Justin set up the projector, avoiding my blushes! I therefore had a day off gardening but the Friends and Julie more than made up for my absence by getting loads done in the east border.
The park is looking good. The daffodils are shooting up and there’s plenty colour. We even had a visit from a pheasant on Friday.
If you look hard, you can see the pheasant
Friends of Starbank Park 