{"id":1554,"date":"2012-06-03T14:09:25","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T13:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/?p=1554"},"modified":"2012-05-27T14:30:22","modified_gmt":"2012-05-27T13:30:22","slug":"gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/2012\/06\/gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To say that we have a garden at the rear of our house might give you the wrong idea. What we actually have is a 20 foot by 10 foot walled, concrete, yard &#8212; which is fairly traditional for 100 year old, urban, terraced houses in the UK. <\/p>\n<p>However, I haven&#8217;t let the lack of grass &#038; soil deter me as I love container gardening. In fact, I think grass is nothing but one big chore &#8212; especially if you have a 60ft plus lawn as I did in one of my  previous gardens. Mowing that every week in summer was definitely not fun. This &#8220;garden&#8221; I have now is about 12 years old (we&#8217;ve been here 13 years) and I&#8217;m fast running out of space for new pots. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The list of plants is now pretty impressive (if I say so myself) and includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Holly<\/li>\n<li>Parsely<\/li>\n<li>Mint<\/li>\n<li> Lavender <\/li>\n<li>Foxgloves<\/li>\n<li>Alpine strawberries<\/li>\n<li>Pansies<\/li>\n<li>Geraniums<\/li>\n<li>Primulas<\/li>\n<li>Conifers<\/li>\n<li>A wild orchid<\/li>\n<li>Nasturiums<\/li>\n<li>Ivy<\/li>\n<li>Campanula<\/li>\n<li>Two dwarf Japanese maple trees<\/li>\n<li>Bay<\/li>\n<li>Ferns<\/li>\n<li>Some other perennials whose name I can&#8217;t recall<\/li>\n<li>Sundry other wild flowers grown from seed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One of my favourites is the Holly as it was one of those wonderful &#8220;gardening accidents&#8221; that happens every now &#038; then. About 6 or 8 years ago, I bought some sprigs of holly for Xmas and in the post-Xmas clear up, I noticed that the (now pretty shrivelled) berries had fallen. Thinking that they might as well fertilise some soil, I dropped them into a little trug &#038; forgot about them. Eighteen months later, I was rewarded with a stack of 2 inch high baby holly plants.<\/p>\n<p>I now have a 5 foot holly bush in a large pot at the front of the house (and another group in a second pot that I recently transplanted &#8212; ouch!) and a 4 foot bush in the back garden.<\/p>\n<p>The white metal shelf unit was originally in our tiny bathroom until it was replaced by a custom wall unit. It&#8217;s great for smaller pots. I&#8217;ve also hung wind chimes on one side and some bead &#038; button suncatchers off the shelves.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1554 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/2012\/06\/gardening\/garden5\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden5-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden5-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden5-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden5.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/2012\/06\/gardening\/garden1\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden1-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden1-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/2012\/06\/gardening\/garden2\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden2-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden2-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden2-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/2012\/06\/gardening\/garden3\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden3-150x135.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden3-150x135.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden3-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden3-700x632.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/2012\/06\/gardening\/garden4\/'><img width=\"110\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden4-110x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden4-110x150.jpg 110w, https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden4-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden4-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden4-516x700.jpg 516w, https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/garden4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To say that we have a garden at the rear of our house might give you the wrong idea. What we actually have is a 20 foot by 10 foot walled, concrete, yard &#8212; which is fairly traditional for 100 year old, urban, terraced houses in the UK. However, I haven&#8217;t let the lack of grass &#038; soil deter me as I love container gardening. In fact, I think grass is nothing but one big chore &#8212; especially if you have a 60ft plus lawn as I did in one of my previous gardens. Mowing that every week in summer&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[86],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1554"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1574,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554\/revisions\/1574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackwidows.co.uk\/iad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}