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Anyone done any gardening today? Part 5

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  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Was awoken last night by a howling wind and battering against the window. It only lasted a minute so went back to sleep. This morning looked out to see tree branches all over, nextdoors foliage all over the garden,  a fence panel down , the hog house upside down and a very heavy pottery tub knocked over. 😱 Must have had a mini tornado!
  • Logan4Logan4 Posts: 2,590
    Sown some seeds
    Also calendula Daisy May it grows to 8in
    Tomatoes sweet million and cucumber la diva
  • Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
    I sowed some more sweet pea seeds along with Cosmos and Pansy seeds bought yesterday, hoping they will germinate, some of my seeds haven't come through and perhaps I was a little too early or I could put it down to lack of sunshine (too many wet or grey days here).
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478
    Was going to go to allotment this afternoon but it’s to windy and the site is a bit exposed ,  so finished pruning trees 🌲 & bushes in garden as it’s a bit more sheltered 
    Just got to decide what to do with all the prunings , shred or burn ?

    Hawthorn bush hedges are greening up nicely and spring bulbs now all out , looking nice  

  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    That sounds quite a storm @purplerallim! Although it was very windy during the night we seem to have escaped any such damage.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    edited March 2020
    GWRS said:

    Just got to decide what to do with all the prunings , shred or burn ?

    I shred mine, keep in sacks, then use as a mulch in winter

    Dead and dry I might burn but the rest usually goes to the council green waste bin
  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    Yesterday I had some really windy weather I wasn’t expecting, but nothing as bad as that @purplerallim hope it’s not too much work to tidy up?
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    New fence on order @Tin pot , after putting up three new fence panels last weekend from the last storm. It was windy all day yesterday @Lizzie27 but not as bad as last night, and has been just as windy today. Am waiting to clear up at the weekend hopefully it will be calmer then.🙄
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478
    Purplerallim , sorry to hear about fence , it’s a pain 

     Tin Pot , decided to shred the thinner bits and cut the thicker branches up for drying / burning as we have a fire 🔥. I’ll use shredded stuff on paths at the allotment 



  • the tidy gardenerthe tidy gardener Posts: 591
    Painted the outside doors and part of my summer house which I'm a bit concerned about.the rain has really knackered the wood! I have a huge clematis montana all over it .debating whether or not to get rid of it!in a good year it looks fantastic but last year it barely flowered and looks like twigs a lot of the year!
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