Just finished trimming the long Yew hedge at the front of the house. Pulled loads of Ivy from it too. It’s not Stately Home standard - but it looks much neater.
Spent a few hours at the allotment this morning, had an old PVC lean-to greenhouse frame (the cover gave up last year) so I have recycled it and put it in the new poly tunnel and covered it with two layers of fleece as extra protection for the early seeds.
Brought home seed and gravel trays then spent the afternoon washing and disinfecting them ready to start sowing tomorrow.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
Thanks Hampshire Hog - I always think of my mother when I type that, she was one as well, born in Winchester! I'm a Wiltshire Moonraker though. I've got the gloves and did wear my safety glasses as I ended up in A&E twice last year with garden related eye injuries, fortunately not serious. Just ordered some heat resistant and fire retardant gloves for use with new incinerator when it arrives. All I need now is some hob nailed boots the spikes can't through. It's an expensive business, this gardening lark. I was going to ask you if your wife liked gardening as well? I know she's had to use a wheelchair but it occurred to me that I use an old plastic garden table as a potting table and it looks possible to get a wheelchair underneath?
We were going to attack the hedge again today but decided instead to hike up to the Cotswold Way and walk to Kelston Roundhill. It's a very steep hill up to the track and I haven't been able to do it for well over a year but the view is stunning so I'm glad I made the effort.
Sorry - I've wandered off the gardening today theme.
Did some weeding with my little helper in the front garden and laid my homemade wood chip mulch that’s been stewing in bags for most of a year. Lots of red worms in there(!)
I’m hoping this helps improve the soil in the Garden of Desolation, and protects my new dogwoods (watered lightly) from what could be snow on Thursday as temps drop to freezing around here.
@Lizzie27 My wife has the occasional go but these days prefers to sit back and give the orders
I have built a seating area at the new allotment with scented rose gardens on three sides it will give her somewhere to sit in the warmer months and all the paths are hard and level even the poly tunnel is wheelchair friendly so she can keep a check on me
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
Fed birds and hedgehog. It seems to go for dried mealworm but I added cat food. Checked sweet peas and pinched out tips. Penstemon cuttings doing well. Planted broad beans in pots to transplant in March if soil not too cold and wet. Deadheaded violas in pots took pleasure in spotting all the bulbs poking through. Nice little corner with a hellebore underlain by cyclamen in abundant pink flowers and an early yellow primula.
Sounds like lots of signs of spring! Our hellebores are getting started, and I pinched out some sweet peas yesterday. Really pleased how well they've come on under cover, as I usually plant in March. Got all my morning glory seeds (red, white and blue varieties, and some moonflowers!) but have to be super patient as they can't go in until it's warming up. Sigh.
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Brought home seed and gravel trays then spent the afternoon washing and disinfecting them ready to start sowing tomorrow.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
We were going to attack the hedge again today but decided instead to hike up to the Cotswold Way and walk to Kelston Roundhill. It's a very steep hill up to the track and I haven't been able to do it for well over a year but the view is stunning so I'm glad I made the effort.
Sorry - I've wandered off the gardening today theme.
I’m hoping this helps improve the soil in the Garden of Desolation, and protects my new dogwoods (watered lightly) from what could be snow on Thursday as temps drop to freezing around here.
I have built a seating area at the new allotment with scented rose gardens on three sides it will give her somewhere to sit in the warmer months and all the paths are hard and level even the poly tunnel is wheelchair friendly so she can keep a check on me
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
Nice little corner with a hellebore underlain by cyclamen in abundant pink flowers and an early yellow primula.
Got all my morning glory seeds (red, white and blue varieties, and some moonflowers!) but have to be super patient as they can't go in until it's warming up. Sigh.