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  1. Kelc

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    Yeah making a start today, hoing to be a hard slog but i just keep thinking eventually it will be worth it :)
     
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      20220508_092208.jpg 20220508_092057.jpg Do you know what these are?

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      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      First one looks like crocosmia or montbretia, won't like to guess at no 2.
       
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        Would i pull the frazzled looking brown ones out?
         
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        No 1 looks to me like a bamboo but not sure. Yes pull the dead leaves off
        No 2 the leaves look like an Echeveria but not the flowers, could you get a better photo, more close-up ...?
         
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          pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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          No2 could be some kind of sedum
           
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            I think No 2 is a sedum
             
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              You'll soon find out if No1 is crocosmia because they will be abundant with orange red flowers by mid summer. I've got some swathes of them and they are pretty, albeit very tenacious in free draining soil and can spread all too easily.
               
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                The second one looks like Echeveria.
                 
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                We had the perfect storm on Friday a breeze in the morning wafting thousands of dandelion seeds followed by heavy rain in the afternoon, seeds in the greenhouse and the garden too, just do your best to remove them.
                 
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                  The first one looks like crocosmia. Could be the common orange sort ? Still a nice plant but its evasive.

                  The second is a sedum , I have several mine has yellow flowers .and the other with white.
                   
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                    If you have a large area of weeds try smothering them with old carpet pieces or similar .
                    They don't like it but it works !!!!!:love30:
                     
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                    Nowadays I only use a border fork as it fits in between plants better and is much lighter so not as much of a strain on the back. I would go for a polished stainless steel one because it doesn't clog very easily with with mud. An angled D shaped handle makes the digging easier.

                    With all border forks you need to be careful about using them too vigorously as the tines can bend if hitting ground with rocks in it.

                    Not suitable if you are tall - would guess that up to 5' 10" would be OK. Don't buy online as you need to get a feel of whether it is comfortable. In the old days (pre PC era) it was sometimes called a Ladies Fork. :whistle: :heehee: That was simply because it was lighter and smaller.
                     
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