I've continued pottering, deadheading two climbing roses (with difficulty on a small stepladder!), watered some of the new plants again. Just heard that overall the four open gardens raised just under £3,500 which is brilliant news. The NGS is the major sponsor for Macmillan nurses and other cancer charities, as well as Perennial, the charity for needy gardeners!
Nearly 3 hours trundling round on the lawn mower yesterday afternoon which earned me some pink bits. First tho I moved lots of treasures still languishing in pots to the north side where they will get sun till 11ish and after 5pm so won't bake in the middle. Also had to roll some chunks of ex ash tree trunk out of the way - now marking the front end of a new bed OH is going to dig for me when he gets back from Belgium. He'll be thrilled.
Watered 2 beds last night ready for weeding and some new plants this pm.
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Sounds like you have earned yourself a rest today Obelixx - well deserved from what you did yesterday.
This morning OH & I cut all the seed heads off the wild grasses growing in what we want to make into a wild flower area. There were three barrow loads which have gone into bags. We planted two new ragged robins that I had grown from seed into this new area.
I then harvested 8 beetroot, cooked and ready to bag up - one going to daughter and one to future out-laws (we hope) the rest for us.
I planted an Amelanchia shoot which has been potted on after lurking under my Amelanchia hedge for a couple of years now. I am hoping it will start growing upwards into a tree.
Anyone else's garden dry as a bone? I've got stuff keeling over that has been planted for years and never usually gets watered☹️
Had to start harvesting the grey water from the sink and wash mach like a weirdo, and it is really grey water, sometimes brown🤔
On the the plus side my new larger pond retains it's water much better than the previous smaller one. I think the level won't get much lower than this so today started covering the newly exposed liner with stones. Tried to straighten a flowering rush that wants to grow horizontally.
Trimmed the bits of hedge I can reach that were hanging over my neighbour's gardens. They've each got a bit of sloe I couldn't get hold of.
Chopped down centaurea Jordy. It's one of the best plants in the garden and was still flowering but had gotten trashed in the storm and was starting to mildew up. Shooting from base so cleared it away.
Made further thoughtful plans, mostly for the triangle bed which is really the main feature of the garden as it's the largest planting space. Had been tempted to fill it with all the Heleniums I've got hanging around in pots, but that's just lazy so have thought of some stuff I can move in from the front garden which I'm downsizing.
After looking at such immaculate gardens at Usk Open Gardens yesterday, I thought a bit of weeding and dead-heading was in order today. The ground is so dry and even my Hydrangeas are wilting, so I made an extension for the hose and watered any plants calling an SOS.
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Watered 2 beds last night ready for weeding and some new plants this pm.
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Had to start harvesting the grey water from the sink and wash mach like a weirdo, and it is really grey water, sometimes brown🤔
On the the plus side my new larger pond retains it's water much better than the previous smaller one. I think the level won't get much lower than this so today started covering the newly exposed liner with stones. Tried to straighten a flowering rush that wants to grow horizontally.
Trimmed the bits of hedge I can reach that were hanging over my neighbour's gardens. They've each got a bit of sloe I couldn't get hold of.
Chopped down centaurea Jordy. It's one of the best plants in the garden and was still flowering but had gotten trashed in the storm and was starting to mildew up. Shooting from base so cleared it away.
Made further thoughtful plans, mostly for the triangle bed which is really the main feature of the garden as it's the largest planting space. Had been tempted to fill it with all the Heleniums I've got hanging around in pots, but that's just lazy so have thought of some stuff I can move in from the front garden which I'm downsizing.