OH cut back and then dug out a phormium, a much easier job than either of us had anticipated ! I dug out some valerian and Japanese anemone and also some of the comfrey that had spread everywhere (left some for the early bees though). Moved a hypericum that was in the wrong place and left everything to settle for a few weeks.
Moved a dicentra (now Lamprocapnos!) spectabilis which was far too happy last year and outgrew the Lilium candidum growing behind which couldn't keep up and didn't flower. Decided to remove a Viburnum ('Dawn') as although the flowers on it now smell lovely, it is in the wrong spot and flowers clusters and young shoots showing a lot of frost and wind damage again (plus I have another anyway.) Pulled the last of the carrots and almost last of the parsnips for dinner. Lots of weeding, especially cleaver seedlings before they reach for the sky!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
I sawed down the small acer I'm removing but then gave up doing any more because of the wind strength - nearly blew me over! Battle with removing the roots will have to wait but I bought a nice mini mattock and pick on Thursday to help with that job.
Finally got to Allotments did a bit of digging and sowed some broad beans seed under cloches. The weeds are growing so I guess they will grow if they don't rot first!
Moved everything around in the greenhouse to make room for more seedlings. Planted 2 mahonias which are the beginning of much more evergreen plants to combat the winter drabbness. Also planted 5 phormium plants that I divided up last spring they'll be delighted to have been set free at last. Started to tidy the perennial beds but that's going to be an ongoing project
I continued to cut back dead foliage from last year's perennial plants in our largest flower bed. The new shoots are already appearing for flowering later this year. There is a distinctive lack of insects in our garden again this year, I have only found a few slug eggs recently. OH and son-out-law continued to spread the lorry load of mushroom compost on the vegetable patch.
It's raining but I've planted 2 midwinter fire cornus, these are in a new winter/spring garden. Looked over seeds, I agree with Punkdoc and think that the ricin were sown too early there growing like triffids not sure I'll maintain them till frost's have gone (more seeds maybe required). Potted on cardoons and stuck them out in the cold frame.
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I dug out some valerian and Japanese anemone and also some of the comfrey that had spread everywhere (left some for the early bees though). Moved a hypericum that was in the wrong place and left everything to settle for a few weeks.