Well we've finally had some rain. Not much rain, but rain all the same. It arrived around lunchtime yesterday and stayed for a few hours. Just enough to give all our plants a little drink.
In amongst watching the Royal Wedding last Friday and continuing with seed sowing, watering, taking cuttings and potting on, some of our flowers have peeped their little heads out a little earlier than normal. We've already had the first of the Sweet Williams flowering. Our Alliums have been in bloom for a couple of weeks now and our Peony plants are covered in buds that are just starting to burst open. All in flower and it's still the first week of May!
Usually our first Peonies are in flower towards the end of May ready in time for all the lovely June weddings. This year after all the warm sunshine everything is a good few weeks ahead of itself. Which is good in some ways but it could pose a few problems in June and July when the typical wedding flowers such as Peonies are all but over. Mind you there should plenty of lovely Sweet Peas, Larkspur and Cosmos ready at that time.
Other exciting news is that the drip hose is still working a treat. How exciting I hear you say! Well, it's exciting stuff for us here at Brecon Blooms because we can spend more time on the fight against weeds happy in the knowledge that all our little plants in the polytunnel aren't dying of thirst. And, hats off to the farmer he's come up trumps during this spell of dry sunny weather - he's been using his water tanker/bowser to provide a much needed source of water for our outdoor flower plots. 20-30mins of water gently sprayed out of the tanker and the plots have had a jolly good watering. As a certain Meercat would say "Siimples!"
So off I must go to get on with some quotes and to make a start on the bouquets for a wedding this weekend.
Cheerio
Cathy
www.breconblooms.com
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