Felt guilty after watching GW and decided to get on with some division. The Astilbe was tough. It took me 2 hours to pot up or replant it. I have enough to start a shop. The Nepeta can wait for another day though as I am putting my feet up.
Noticed one of my thalictrums was leaning over and dashed out to stake it, went round the back of the arbour to collect two spare steel spirals, turned awkwardly, tripped over supporting prop to arbour, did a very inelegant sprawl forwards and managed to very painfully scrape my forearm down another wooden square tree stake. Said a few rude words and limped indoors for tea, Dettol and sympathy. Feeling very battered!
Not yet. I have been nuturing a home made soughdough loaf for a couple of weeks and I am about to put the first one I have ever made in the oven to bake. I feel like an anxious mother.
Noticed one of my thalictrums was leaning over and dashed out to stake it, went round the back of the arbour to collect two spare steel spirals, turned awkwardly, tripped over supporting prop to arbour, did a very inelegant sprawl forwards and managed to very painfully scrape my forearm down another wooden square tree stake. Said a few rude words and limped indoors for tea, Dettol and sympathy. Feeling very battered!
Long overdue weeding beds, more deadheading, planter twelve more pansies to pick up from the ones that are extremely leggy.
Trimmed lavender, and some kind of creeping plant I don’t know, and ripped out lots of that vine type thing that grows rapidly everywhere.
Removed all the dead leaves from everything - my palm has only two fronds now, another candidate to move into a sheltered area methinks.
Lots of dead root systems pulled out too.
And just took some time to just appreciate the life that is flush at the moment; the neighbours grapevine and apple tree (that corner of the garden will be name The Orchard henceforth).
The gladioli look like they’re on they’re way home from a party at 4am. Half of them bent double, all of them leaning all over the place. So I’ve used twine and stakes to to lift a few of their heads.
Mainly just pondering again. Potted some new plants into bigger pots as the ground is too hard to be dug ready for them. Took cutting from choisya and baules mauve. Asked a few questions on here. Went to the GC but it was closed for holidays, cooked instead.
thanks Valley Gardener and Tinpot, better today although arm still sore. Still, it could have been a lot worse as I had a very large sharp pair of kitchen scissors in my gardening apron! Memo to self, take a small pair of scissors out when gardening. I seem to be making a habit of it the last few years, perhaps I'm getting doddery too.
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trimmed one of the trees and watered everything. Bay tree still looks like it’s had it.
Im wondering if a water butt can be made to look good in the front garden, so it can also act as a buffer for the drain..?
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
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Trimmed lavender, and some kind of creeping plant I don’t know, and ripped out lots of that vine type thing that grows rapidly everywhere.
Removed all the dead leaves from everything - my palm has only two fronds now, another candidate to move into a sheltered area methinks.
Lots of dead root systems pulled out too.
And just took some time to just appreciate the life that is flush at the moment; the neighbours grapevine and apple tree (that corner of the garden will be name The Orchard henceforth).
The gladioli look like they’re on they’re way home from a party at 4am. Half of them bent double, all of them leaning all over the place. So I’ve used twine and stakes to to lift a few of their heads.