{"id":28873,"date":"2019-06-02T06:59:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T06:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=28873"},"modified":"2019-06-02T06:59:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T06:59:08","slug":"more-bits-of-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=28873","title":{"rendered":"More bits of the garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we were originally planting this garden we put in a couple of groups of purple alliums. For a few years they looked amazing but then the original groups just vanished. However they self seeded around the garden as singles.<\/p>\n<p>Then a few years ago I read an article by Alan Titchmarsh. He said that if your leeks have gone to seed you should leave them because they would give a spectacular allium display. This year our leeks went to seed so I left them in place. Well spectacular doesn&#8217;t really describe them!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28888\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=28888\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28888\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28888\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28888\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/alium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/alium.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/alium-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/alium-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A single self seeded allium<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_28889\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=28889\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28889\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28889\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28889\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/and-another.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/and-another.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/and-another-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/and-another-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And another one<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_28890\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=28890\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28890\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28890\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28890\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/leeks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/leeks.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/leeks-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/leeks-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leeks gone to seed<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hardly spectacular. They remind me of wild garlic.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28891\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=28891\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28891\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28891\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28891\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/chives.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/chives.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/chives-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/chives-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chives<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The chives give a better display. I grew these from seed and they multiply each year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28893\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=28893\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28893\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28893\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28893\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/single-white-rose.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/single-white-rose.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/single-white-rose-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/single-white-rose-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Single white rose<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_28894\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=28894\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28894\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28894\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28894\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/rose-over-the-cabin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/rose-over-the-cabin.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/rose-over-the-cabin-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/rose-over-the-cabin-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rose over the cabin<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_28895\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=28895\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28895\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28895\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28895\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/adding-colour-to-the-chimney.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/adding-colour-to-the-chimney.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/adding-colour-to-the-chimney-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/adding-colour-to-the-chimney-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adding colour to the chimney<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This chimney pot had a grass in it which I liked because of it&#8217;s spiky shape but it had been here too long and was looking drab and tired. My husband said that he would like to see some colour here for a change so we bought this pot and just dropped it in and it&#8217;s a perfect fit.\u00a0 It gives an instant pop of colour and it&#8217;s only just getting started. I may photograph this again later in the year.<\/p>\n<p>I love watching the patches of colour develop throughout the garden at this time of year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we were originally planting this garden we put in a couple of groups of purple alliums. For a few years they looked amazing but then the original groups just vanished. 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