Our Fantasy meadow at the
New Forest Showground is looking superb,
it's hard to image it looking any
better, and that's a worry as there's another 10 days until the show begins. The garden area is still to be planted but the meadow was on perfect form for the Press day on friday.
It's encouraging to see a good lot of poppy buds ready to take over when the Gypsophila begins to go over. The Cosmos and Coreopsis are there as a failsafe in case we get very hot weather that pushes everything else on too quickly.
Our decision to hold off applying fertiliser appears to have paid off, the plants are strong and healthy and have withstood the downpours and wind very well.
The undergound irrigation hasn't been switched on since we sowed the seeds back in early May - I don't think we'll be needing it now.
The turf paths have been down for about 2 weeks and thanks to the wet
have taken very well.
We are very grateful to
Suttons Seeds for blending the seed mix to our specifications and for sponsoring our effort at the show this year.
Thanks also to Susie Stewart for bringing some human interest to the meadow for press day - and also to Fudge, Susie's dog who was both decorative and well behaved.