Thank you so, so much. And thank you for the encouragement, especially when someone is not working on an instant makeover project and the final look will take time 💚🌿 It is really appreciated 🥰
And I was happy just to see one plant germinate on my plot!! 😂 absolutely wonderful to see this. Congratulations on such brilliant establishment. It's famously difficult to get going.
🤣🤣 Thank you, JB, your words humble me 🤗 💚 As you see, the trick, really, to get them to germinate is to have an energetic dog with an orange rugby ball to supervise your every move and give his blessing at every turn 🤣🤣
What a beautiful transformation,mother natures friends, bees etc will be so happy with this addition to your homestead. Ive added loads to one area in my allotment,imat home lots of live and let live going on. Well done,you have so many wildlife extra happy.
You're so right 🤗 live and let live 🥰 I have enough of areas where I'm in full control of the nature (except when pests or diseases strike 😉) We wanted to start the meadow a while ago, but didn't find opportunity.Hopefully now we're on the right track 💚🌿
Thank you, Will very kind of you 🤗🥰 I know we're spoilt with the space we have, even though not enough space to may silage (which my hubby would love 🤣🤣) Absolutely delighted to have been able to get the meadow started at least 🥰
Hi Ady, Yes,it slows down the growth of grasses, and that gives other plants a chance, too.the grass is so vigorous here, so to be able to give any flowers a chance, need yellow rattle to help me too 😉
Hi 👋 to beautiful West Cork 😀 Hope you had a lovely Bank Holiday weekend and Thank you very much for your kind words 😊 Getting ready to re-sow here too soon 😀 The grass is growing really strongly still on all areas of the field 🫣 Scarifier will have to come out again.... Best wishes, Maiju 💚🌿
Hello again. I managed to grow some yellow rattle. I just collected some of the seeds and hope to expand my wildflower meadow. How are you getting on with yours? Best wishes Linda
Hi, I feel your pain 💚 Ideally your seeds are fresh, just from the last season, and the seeds also need to go through cold stratification. What I would have done even with my own harvested seed. I would bag it up in paper bag and keep it in the refrigerator and then you can sow it in February-March, or otherwise get the seeds sown in November-December so they'll be exposed to freezing temperatures of winter. Hopefully, this works for you 😊💚🌿
Thank you 😊 Yes, you're correct. 💚 The traditional hay meadows would have been cut only once a year, at the end of summer, and animals left to graze on it after that until winter. We have no animals, and the grass growth is really strong. Perhaps our clay ground is even too fertile and strong to be able to grow a meadow successfully. Meadows love poor soil, where grass wouldn't thrive well. We're trying again this year, but the grass growth over winter was so strong that you wouldn't have even guessed the Yellow rattle had and affect or weakened any of the grass roots. We'll see..... we would really love to have s wildflowers growing there and reduce the constant grass cutting.... You can see the latest update below link: th-cam.com/video/rgx7-Qu3Z_o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ivbMU4-3sEsrYkSi Happy gardening 💚🌿
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Absolutely beautiful how you transformed that into a wildflower area keep up the amazing work on your garden!!
Thank you so, so much. And thank you for the encouragement, especially when someone is not working on an instant makeover project and the final look will take time 💚🌿 It is really appreciated 🥰
And I was happy just to see one plant germinate on my plot!! 😂 absolutely wonderful to see this. Congratulations on such brilliant establishment. It's famously difficult to get going.
🤣🤣 Thank you, JB, your words humble me 🤗 💚 As you see, the trick, really, to get them to germinate is to have an energetic dog with an orange rugby ball to supervise your every move and give his blessing at every turn 🤣🤣
Beautiful, well done.
Thank you so much🤗 💚🌿
What a beautiful transformation,mother natures friends, bees etc will be so happy with this addition to your homestead. Ive added loads to one area in my allotment,imat home lots of live and let live going on. Well done,you have so many wildlife extra happy.
You're so right 🤗 live and let live 🥰 I have enough of areas where I'm in full control of the nature (except when pests or diseases strike 😉) We wanted to start the meadow a while ago, but didn't find opportunity.Hopefully now we're on the right track 💚🌿
@@spudsandroses well worth waiting for
What a fantastic start to your meadow Maiju……this is going to be beautiful. What a great space! 😁🌻☀️
Thank you, Will very kind of you 🤗🥰 I know we're spoilt with the space we have, even though not enough space to may silage (which my hubby would love 🤣🤣) Absolutely delighted to have been able to get the meadow started at least 🥰
@@spudsandroses I’m looking forward to seeing updates! 💪🏼🌻
@@theflyinggardener Absolutely 💯 👌
It was interesting to read up and watch how yellow rattle feeds of the grass roots.
Hi Ady, Yes,it slows down the growth of grasses, and that gives other plants a chance, too.the grass is so vigorous here, so to be able to give any flowers a chance, need yellow rattle to help me too 😉
Wow looking good
Thank you very much 🥰💚🌿
That's so informative thank you. I have my yellow rattle seeds ready to plant. Best wishes from West Cork ❤
Hi 👋 to beautiful West Cork 😀 Hope you had a lovely Bank Holiday weekend and Thank you very much for your kind words 😊 Getting ready to re-sow here too soon 😀 The grass is growing really strongly still on all areas of the field 🫣 Scarifier will have to come out again.... Best wishes, Maiju 💚🌿
Hello again. I managed to grow some yellow rattle. I just collected some of the seeds and hope to expand my wildflower meadow. How are you getting on with yours? Best wishes Linda
I’ve planted dozens of packets of yellow rattle. I just can’t get it to germinate!
Hi, I feel your pain 💚 Ideally your seeds are fresh, just from the last season, and the seeds also need to go through cold stratification.
What I would have done even with my own harvested seed. I would bag it up in paper bag and keep it in the refrigerator and then you can sow it in February-March, or otherwise get the seeds sown in November-December so they'll be exposed to freezing temperatures of winter. Hopefully, this works for you 😊💚🌿
Do you just cut back, reared and wait for next year? So cut once a year? I'm new, interested and I am going to try this. TY your great!
Thank you 😊
Yes, you're correct. 💚 The traditional hay meadows would have been cut only once a year, at the end of summer, and animals left to graze on it after that until winter.
We have no animals, and the grass growth is really strong. Perhaps our clay ground is even too fertile and strong to be able to grow a meadow successfully. Meadows love poor soil, where grass wouldn't thrive well.
We're trying again this year, but the grass growth over winter was so strong that you wouldn't have even guessed the Yellow rattle had and affect or weakened any of the grass roots.
We'll see..... we would really love to have s wildflowers growing there and reduce the constant grass cutting....
You can see the latest update below link:
th-cam.com/video/rgx7-Qu3Z_o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ivbMU4-3sEsrYkSi
Happy gardening 💚🌿