Tided over salvia cuttings etc in cold frames, they aren't too bad, not many dead leaves to clear out. Fingers crossed they make it through the rest of the winter! Took off the last of the hellebore leaves.
I also checked my Salvia cuttings, only Amistad in the blow away. Five little pots, no doughnuts but Yeah I was excited. @AnniD Fingers crossed here too for yours and mine. Or we will need doughnuts for consolation.
The Cyclamen coum I pricked out in a big tray a week or so ago are looking alright at the moment. It would be nice if I manage to grow them on so I can have a dedicated patch of them in the future. I have read not to mix them with C. hederifoiia as the coum can get swamped by them.
Going to trim some old Epimedium leaves and mulch. before it gets too dark to see.
I also checked my Salvia cuttings, only Amistad in the blow away. Five little pots, no doughnuts but Yeah I was excited. @AnniD Fingers crossed here too for yours and mine. Or we will need doughnuts for consolation.
Or alternatively, doughnuts for celebration if they survive!
I spent an hour this afternoon having a quick weed. Unfortunately at one point when grabbing a bunch of hairy bittercress and stray grass, I realised a split second too late it was disguising the first shoot of one of the allium caeruluem bulbs I stuck in last autumn. d'oh. Hopefully the bulb will have another go, or at least it's a sign that the other bulbs are on their way (most mentions on here are that it's a temperamental plant in our wet, mild winters)
I started tackling the old berberis hedge by using a small rake to drag out all the old dry debris. Filled a green bin very quickly so have just ordered an incinerator. I think we'll cut it back severely on the road side so it's not so wide and also thin it out a bit, but it will be a horrible job.
@Lizzie27 Thick strong leather gloves and jacket if you have them and whatever you do wear safety glasses. "You only ever have one pair of eyes" something that was drummed into me as an apprentice many years ago and I have never forgotten.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
I got out in the garden yesterday as a treat (it wasn't on my list and I have a deadline to get some house stuff done).
Had a patrol around looking for bulbs. My new early daffs, Spring Dawn, even have buds. Snowdrops are coming up too.
Did some hellebore admin, I don't think I've ever had buds this early, some on both new and established plants so chopped some of the leaves away. Left the leaves that weren't black or in the way because I quite like the leaves. Plus I don't have much bin space.
Dug some bulbs out the front garden (to be paved) and replanted crocus and allium sphaerocephalon.
Did some weeding, moved a marjoram and a self heal out of the path as they were getting a bit trip-hazardy and replanted near the pond. Also left some dandelions that are in convenient places. Dug little tufts of decent looking grass out the borders and put into the bare patches of the lawn. Dug tufts of a wide bladed grass out the lawn and planted them into a clay heap I have under my wildlife hedge, don't know if they'll survive. I like some native grass flowers and thought they'd be nice to have behind the pond.
Moved a drumstick primula and a hefty yellowish leucanthemum. Loads of big slugs in the roots, I just left them and reburied it. I never known a slug to eat a shasta daisy. There was probably a gap in the soil and they slimed in for shelter.
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Fingers crossed here too for yours and mine. Or we will need doughnuts for consolation.
The Cyclamen coum I pricked out in a big tray a week or so ago are looking alright at the moment. It would be nice if I manage to grow them on so I can have a dedicated patch of them in the future.
I have read not to mix them with C. hederifoiia as the coum can get swamped by them.
Going to trim some old Epimedium leaves and mulch. before it gets too dark to see.
Been checking Epimediums and some are just poking through the soil.
Got too dark to do them all.
A A Milne
Thick strong leather gloves and jacket if you have them and whatever you do wear safety glasses. "You only ever have one pair of eyes" something that was drummed into me as an apprentice many years ago and I have never forgotten.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
Had a patrol around looking for bulbs. My new early daffs, Spring Dawn, even have buds. Snowdrops are coming up too.
Did some hellebore admin, I don't think I've ever had buds this early, some on both new and established plants so chopped some of the leaves away. Left the leaves that weren't black or in the way because I quite like the leaves. Plus I don't have much bin space.
Dug some bulbs out the front garden (to be paved) and replanted crocus and allium sphaerocephalon.
Did some weeding, moved a marjoram and a self heal out of the path as they were getting a bit trip-hazardy and replanted near the pond. Also left some dandelions that are in convenient places. Dug little tufts of decent looking grass out the borders and put into the bare patches of the lawn. Dug tufts of a wide bladed grass out the lawn and planted them into a clay heap I have under my wildlife hedge, don't know if they'll survive. I like some native grass flowers and thought they'd be nice to have behind the pond.
Moved a drumstick primula and a hefty yellowish leucanthemum. Loads of big slugs in the roots, I just left them and reburied it. I never known a slug to eat a shasta daisy. There was probably a gap in the soil and they slimed in for shelter.