The Hanging Garden(ing)

Is that an olde worlde iron? I do like household items in the garden. We've got a vintage mirror on the ground that the pheasants keep pecking at

Kerp it as is, all rusty and cruddy. It kind of looks like an old rocker!

Incidentally, re the previous photo.
The flecks you can see on the soil are crushed up eggshells.
They are rich in calcium & help to bring the ph of the soil down. So, if you use eggs, don't chuck the shells away. Smush them up and sprinkle them on your soil & then turn the soil over to mix them in a bit. They'll soon be absorbed

Got the bugger. & the other one

Hmmm, yes, I see... Got me curious.

Here is a video of a very soft spoken man with a soothing voice explaining how to make a basal cutting, which seems to be one method of propagating columbine. This would be the season to do that since you're taking new growth. 



If you're able to easy take it out by the roots (and it looks like that might be easy because your plant is pretty small), you can divide it at the roots. Could be more traumatic for the plant, but you don't have to pray that a clipping will take root.

The wild strawberries are starting to get a move on. Little flowers today


The runner beans are getting battered by strong wind today but are hanging in there

Nope. But that's not a problem because I really hate cream