The grass in the parts of the garden we are leaving unmown is getting quite tall.
It was interesting to see how many different varieties there were.
I picked a blade of each different grass.
Paul knew quite a few of the different grasses from when he used to take students on Biology field trips. Others we found in a reference book
We found Rye Grass, Oatgrass, Yorkshire fog, wavy hair grass, agrostis, fox tail, cat's tail and common oat grass.
Also in the garden we have some lovely produce and flowers to bring indoors.
All for now. Take care.
I have loads of grasses in my unmown parts of lawn too Rosie. I think I will do as you did and try to identify the different types. Our strawberries have finished now and fed us since the end of May but we don't have any ripened tomatoes as yet. Your sweetpeas look so vibrant and I bet the scent is gorgeous. Hope you have a great (nearly) weekend. x
ReplyDeleteThank you Simone. It's fun trying to identify the grasses, as they get taller you can see the difference between them, they look wonderful blowing in the breeze. The sweet peas do have a lovely scent. Have a good weekend:)
DeleteA lovely idea Rosie and it looks great. Its amazing the flowers and different grasses that have appeared. You did well to id them - some of them are quite difficult!! But it is a fun thing to do. I haven't grown sweet peas this year but yours look so pretty. We have a few ripe strawberries and green tomatoes forming. My son is growing a chilli pepper and loads of those are forming. He's grown cut and come again salad leaves too which are now ready to start harvesting :)
ReplyDeleteThank you RR, we set seeds from last year's sweet peas quite early on so they were quite strong plants when we put them outside. Strawberries have taken a long time to ripen but now they are all ripening at the same time, I'm going to use some in a summer pudding. Have a good weekend:)
DeleteI seldom think to look at all the different grasses, I do know there are an awful lot and I should take pains to identify them. Well done for your identifications. X
ReplyDeleteThank you shazza, Paul knew quite a few of them but he'd fogotten some of the names. It's an interesting thing to do:)
DeleteWow all those different grasses and all beautiful. We made part of our Suffolk garden and wild flower meadow, took hard work preparing the area and it cost quite a bit buying wild flower seeds and I planted wild daffodils so delicate.. We left it to move here to Wales, where there was only weedy grass areas, as it is smaller than our Suffolk garden we have dug flower beds and a small veg patch.. that meadow is beautiful is it near to where you live? Stumbled across your blog and loved reading it.
ReplyDeleteHello Chris, thank you for visiting. I'm glad you enjoyed reading the blog. Your Suffolk garden sounds lovely as does your Welsh garden. The RSPB reserve where the meadow I mentioned in my last post can be found is about ten miles away:)
DeleteHow interesting that there should be so many different grasses. I do like the wild look, our nearby meadow looks much more grassy this year but the insects are still loving it. 😊
ReplyDeleteThank you CK, the difference between the grasses becomes more obvious as they grow taller, lots of the flower seeds that were scattered haven't appeared yet, I wonder if they will. We have poppies in with the grasses. A bit of clover too:)
DeleteI often look at different grasses & occasionally pick a bunch & put them in a vase.They also look pretty with other flowers. Must collect some (when it stops raining) and compare with yours. Ooh, sweet peas, strawberries & tomatoes.......yummy! Things I normally grow too. Take care & hugs.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan, some of the larger grasses look wonderful in a jug or vase. We are enjoying the strawberries and sweet peas too. Take care:)
DeleteI intended to leave some patches at the edge of our lawn to grow long, but before I had a chance to mention it to Mr P he had cut the grass. It's interesting to see the variety of grasses you've discovered after you left places in your lawn to grow long and wild. Our sweet peas are doing well and some of the tomatoes are ripening, but the strawberries are still green. We shall appreciate the few that we have.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda. It seems that lots of produce is taking a long time to ripen this year. The strawberries are doing well now but the tomatoes seem to be small and slow this year as are the potatoes. Have a lovely weekend:)
DeleteA good idea to leave some to grow as it will.
ReplyDeleteThe insects love it in the late summer:)
DeleteWell done on your wild areas. The sweet peas have done really well here too but sadly my tomatoes are very poor. I don’t think they liked the compost I used. B x
ReplyDeleteThe bees love the wild area but we haven't seen many butterflies yet. Our tomatoes are struggling a bit too, not as sturdy and tall as last year so just a few tomatoes for now. The sweet peas have been wonderful and I keep cutting them for the house:)
DeleteWhy are you not mowing all the grass? I don't think we have that much variety in our grass. Typically I can see maybe 2 types. If one doesn't mow here in our neighborhood, you get reported to the city and the city fines you and tells you to mow. Then if you still don't, they do it for you and bill you; and it's not cheap. We had a neighbor down the street that was a real eye sore. Never knew who reported them, but possibly the one that reported my next door neighbor for having too many weed. Your flowers look wonderful. Fresh strawberries sound yummy, but it's way too early for that here.
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Thank you Sandy, wildlife and conservation groups encourage areas of no mowing, there is what is called 'no mow May.' Many people are creating wild areas in their garden to help protect pollinators and other types of wildlife as so many areas have been paved or concreted over or plastic grass put down. Bees and butterflies love the longer grass and many councils over here plant areas of wildflowers and grasses on verges, roundabaouts and etc to help encourage wildlife. The strawberries are lovely and we are enjoying them:).
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