Weeds

All the bright, lurid, low growing stuff is a delicate little weed. I don't know what it is called, it even flowers so is probably a good eco-friendly weed. But it is trying to smother any other plant life. I've pulled it out of other plants but - obviously - not laboured any further. Planting is more fun than weeding.  I have added in 3 more Euphorbia Robbiae and 2 mystery plants from a lovely neighbour. The blue foliage looks rather iris-like though I've yet to see it flower. Plenty more to go. If you feel like weeding, don't hold back!

The Ends of Guerrilla Gardening

Just as I've been posting in the Southwark thread on the Community bulletin board on the main GG site, Richard goes and ditches that part of the site. Well, I guess not many people were up to speed having devolved into the amorphous squelch of facebook. Anyway, I hope Rosebud finds this site and contacts me re continuing the bee-fest planting on Dog Kennel Hill this spring. And other like minded people.

Hm. It all seems to be back in place now:

Pimping the Pavements?

I have 2 pots of mint (potted up that is... there is so much mint here I could easily pot more) and I'm looking for a Camberwell/East Dulwich pavement to pimp as they say (NB. must think of a better term). I vaguely have my eye on one in East Dulwich Grove near the Vale Practice. Suggestions welcome.

whether it is winter, or not

Last week 5 days of hard frost. This week we are back in double figures and I have seen a bee in our SE5 garden. Wondering whether to risk putting some more plants in the Dog Kennel Hill patch. The traffic flow either side of it should help... It is certainly cultivating the weeds. Yet I can't help thinking we need a bit more cold.

I did meet a fellow guerrilla working on a large patch near the carwash; daffs, herbs and sunflowers (as far as I could gather - she is not a native plantswoman so there was a lot of guesswork at work). Her top tip was salvaging the piles of plants dumped behind major DIY stores. I do however have a major supply from my parents and a neighbour so I may not be trying that out. Yet.

Guerilla Gardening @ Dog Kennel Hill

The patch I've started on is on the central reservation going down dog kennel hill - next to where the unknown GG planted the hollyhocks (in fact not quite so unknown - a council garden worker planted them from seed out of his own pocket). There's quite a lot of neglected space and its quite easy to dig. So far I've added 3 x hardy geraniums (two types, both pale pink sadly), 4 x bronze fennel, 1 x teasel [dipsacus], 7 x euphorbia robbiae, 3 x some kind of lilac flowered aster, 2 unknown types of ground cover [possibly Lamium] and a variegated vinca. Plus 1 x acanthus mollis - this is the only plant that is at all demanding [water!] but hopefully the donated bag of compost from Dulwich Garden Centre will help it survive. In the meantime, if you feel moved to join my troop [me] - dont hold back - even to water them when you visit Sainsburys [fill up an empty bottle in the loos].

So far only 1 fennel and 1 lychnis have given up and died - entirely due to lack of water... Everyone else is digging in.

anti-heroes

so Claire's head was cut open and Sylar poked about in her brain. and she was awake at the time, but it's ok because she regenerates and the script can make knowing jokes about the dismally bad Hannibal film. can the cheerleader please save the world for a change (rather than remain trapped in the never-ending sequence of having to be bloody saved)? this could easily be achieved if Joss Whedon was pulled in to rescue the  plot from such cliches. 

definite article

Sweden in person, or The Issues (in contemporary culture and aesthetics) in print? 'Seeks-zoos: some recent correspondence with animals' is going live in October, just not sure whether the print will come out first. But the proofs are coming along. Oh, and I will have to work my MA lecture around it too. Can I refrain from pictures of Dax or Finn draped across When Species Meet?