Wednesday 10 June 2015

10 June : Box Hedge


I realise that this photo does not touch the soul in the way that apple blossom against blue sky does - sorry about that but I must record my afternoon planting a box hedge. It was hard work dammit. I prepared the ground to a fine tilth, measured every which way, used genuine bamboo canes for markers and then each little plant was puddled in with a cosy blanket of special compost and fed with bone meal. This was Real Gardening and I am sure that Monty Don himself would have been impressed with my endeavours. 

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  1. it actually looks really lovely - all those sweet little plants, all the hope for them to grow. :-)

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    1. Looking at them today I am convinced that they look wonky but am resisting the temptation to dig them all up and start again.

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  2. Hope it grows into a fine hedge for you after all your hard work and that box blight doesn't find its way into your garden.

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    1. I have three other box plants clipped into pyramids and I would be sorry to lose them to blight so I am keeping my fingers crossed.

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  3. I'm impressed. I have box bushes, far too big and inelegant for the spaces they are in.

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    1. You could clip them into bizarre shapes that will bring gardening pilgrims to your door.

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  4. ..and what did you sing to them?? Please don't tell me you planted these without singing to them??

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    1. Gosh. I didn't sing. Is it too late? I might rush out and sing a quick verse of 'Onward Little Box Hedge plants'

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    2. Little Boxes Alice...off you go:-)

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    3. Oh!
      {There's a green one and a pink one}
      Well that's my weekend sorted.
      {And a blue one and a yellow one}
      Hope I can repay the compliment sometime soon ;)
      {And they're all made out of ticky tacky
      And they all look just the same...}

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  5. I am very fond of box and planted some edging last year. They've really filled out and are looking lovely. Might give them their first light prune this year. I didn't sing to them but I do give them lots of admiration.

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  6. I have been advised only to prune box when it is cloudy to minimise scorching of the cut leaves. It is obvious really but I had never thought about it before.

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