Spent yesterday pm digging potatoes on plots. Working my way up to going this pm to water. The ground was so hard my wrists forearms are still recovering.
Guessing we are still on this thread and no-one's been gardening
Started meddling with the pondside yesterday, replanting the sunny border that can flood with some of my bistort collection. Added 4 from elsewhere in the garden, 3 are pretty much the same colour tbh. That's the difficult part done as it's not easy to access. Created a new beach and planted some loosestrife and primulas that apparently don't mind being wet. Put some devil's bit scabs in the shallows, don't know if they'll like that.
Buried 30 of the 194 bulbs I've bought so far, also 15 that have been sat in a pot since last year, daffs. Thought they might have rotted but were humungeous with loads of roots.
Struck another two roses from my wish list, now down to 10. I'd be tempted to put off ordering some til next year but they seem to always spend the first year sat in the clay not doing much which would effectively mean a two year wait.
I planted two Gold Crest conifers,intending to keep them under control! Pulled out the Red Geraniums which I don't want to keep,as they were too in your face colourwise! The heavy rain had decimated them anyway,I cut to about half the Verbena,as they looked untidy,cut down the lavender,and saved the heads for drying to make Lavender bags.All begonias are pulled out too. Moved a few large rocks to shore up sloping beds,absolutely knacked after that,and took myself off to the sofa!
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People tend to mention what they're up to on the chatty threads. have neck bovver so have been taking it easy but, nevertheless, have given one of the wisterias a major haircut. Looks much better now. I've also been quietly moving pots of plants being grown on to plant out from where they've been sheltering from roasting sunshine and down to the potager where they'll get more light and some protection from northerlies.
Still waiting for rain so I can get on and sow winter veggies.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Cut the grass and trimmed the edges, spread a binfull of compost on my new area of border with supervision and critter picking by the robin, planted some alliums (in the ground) and some fritillaria persicum and hyacinths in (separate) pots with violas on top for a bit of instant colour, planted out my gladioli that have been growing in pots all summer but have only just started to flower, and pulled up some weeds and errant forget-me-not seedlings.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
We were forced to stay indoors today 'cos of rain after weeks and weeks of virtually all dry weather. However we did tie a large Michaelmas daisy plant that is full of flower and had keeled over in the windy, wet weather.
I went out in between showers to try to somehow support the large patch of cosmos which got a battering in the wind........unfortunately they had been snapped at ground level. Now have a couple of vasefuls of pink cosmos.
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Will update "HHs new allotment later"
Have a good day everyone
Started meddling with the pondside yesterday, replanting the sunny border that can flood with some of my bistort collection. Added 4 from elsewhere in the garden, 3 are pretty much the same colour tbh. That's the difficult part done as it's not easy to access. Created a new beach and planted some loosestrife and primulas that apparently don't mind being wet. Put some devil's bit scabs in the shallows, don't know if they'll like that.
Buried 30 of the 194 bulbs I've bought so far, also 15 that have been sat in a pot since last year, daffs. Thought they might have rotted but were humungeous with loads of roots.
Struck another two roses from my wish list, now down to 10. I'd be tempted to put off ordering some til next year but they seem to always spend the first year sat in the clay not doing much which would effectively mean a two year wait.
I planted two Gold Crest conifers,intending to keep them under control! Pulled out the Red Geraniums which I don't want to keep,as they were too in your face colourwise! The heavy rain had decimated them anyway,I cut to about half the Verbena,as they looked untidy,cut down the lavender,and saved the heads for drying to make Lavender bags.All begonias are pulled out too. Moved a few large rocks to shore up sloping beds,absolutely knacked after that,and took myself off to the sofa!
Still waiting for rain so I can get on and sow winter veggies.