Here’s a recent addition to the Weeds HQ garden, a couple of white speedwells (AKA Veronica) which have gone in next to a poppy that is on its way out (and now producing seeds to be distributed around the garden/to mates).
Also, a few weeks ago when we moved one of the Belfast sinks that contained a climber, we stuck it by the trellis halfway down the garden. We then stuck a couple of pots of pelargonium cuttings we took from the kind folks at Honor Oak station on the top.
We think the humble pelargonium has a bit of a bad reputation, as someone we know calls them “Granny flowers” and we were told pollinators go nowhere near them. It was through the success of those cuttings (they are doing great and so easy to propagate) that we have been trying more, as we never were that interested in taking cuttings before. Anyone got any good “cuttings” tips?
If you look closely, you will see the famous Theatre of Hate stone, that gardening legend has it, that Kirk Brandon used as a prototype for the band’s logo. More on that famous stone here.
Here’s some of that new fangled dub stuff from
The last post about Bauhaus reminded us of a gig many moons ago in Birmingham when they supported Theatre Of Hate. While the headline band were playing, we could see from the circle above there was some sort of chaos developing in front of the stage. A man in distress was frantically shouting at Kirk Brandon but couldn’t be heard through the roaring din of the band playing their garden fire classic “Incinerator.”
On one page it features some great gadgets in a “I’m skint but I used to watch Blue Peter and have a jam jar full of screws and some old wood knocking around the house though” stylee.
And some gardening “don’ts” that even after all these years still apply. Brilliant stuff.
Go out and get a copy, it’s worth it even just for ripping off his great gardening look!
Weeds up to me knees 