Potted up new seedling Verbena Bonariensis this morning. They usually grow to around 3 - 4 foot tall by the time they flower in July - September. I also sowed more Castor Oil bean seeds (with gloves on) and a few more veg seeds too.
Potted up 36 petunia trillion bells "Celebration" and "Carnival" mix plug plants, and sowed some chilli peppers "Anaheim". Pruned the shrubby salvias in the front garden (very little frost damage, if any). Dug out some creeping buttercup and what l think was a tree seedling, possibly sycamore. The soil is very dry, even a couple of inches down.
Planted early spuds, rest to go in later today. Also 2 rows of onions sets (started in modules) with a row of carrots sown in between. Going to sow a row of parsnips then another row of onions sets after the maincrop potatoes have gone in. Then more tea.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Wow Bob, you just described the next 3 days for me and all before more tea!
Feeling a bit fatigued today, (just a normal bug not the dreaded one). So got in the first earlies and called it a day on heavy work. Second earlies can go in tomorrow. Have the same plan, parsnips and onion sets after I get the main crop in.
I had some bug (typical cold, runny nose, bit of a chesty cough) last week @GemmaJF but feeling a lot better since yesterday so decided to 'go for broke' as the onion set roots had already completely filled the modules so they needed to go in.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Sounds exactly like what I have @BobTheGardener. I've kept going in the garden for the past few days with it, but though the symptoms were better today, I did feel a bit over tired. Hot bath, early night, will get a lot more work done tomorrow. Have raspberry canes to put in that arrived today as well. It's all go at this time of year!
Non-stop isn't it! Makes me wonder how I normally manage to do it all and go to work - the lockdown is definitely a plus as far as gardening goes! Will need to prick-out brassica seedlings soon, and the toms and peppers will need doing soon too. That's not even mentioning all of the flower seedlings. Phew!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
After work we had lunch in the garden. I brought my book out to sit and have a read for an hour. The reading did not happen.
When we moved into our home, all the flower beds had been membraned, thin layer of soil then gravel on top with lots on campanula plants planted. The past two summers have been busy clearing this gravel, soil and membrane and all was done apart from this small patch at the end of one of the flowers beds. Last summer I had well and truly had enough of the gravel so I left it to do this year. Today, i was sat having my lunch and it started bugging me so i decided to make a start then each time i am in the garden dig a few shovels full and over a week or so it would be clear. I started it and ended up finishing it.
I am so happy that it is done although rather tired now
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Pruned the shrubby salvias in the front garden (very little frost damage, if any). Dug out some creeping buttercup and what l think was a tree seedling, possibly sycamore. The soil is very dry, even a couple of inches down.
Feeling a bit fatigued today, (just a normal bug not the dreaded one). So got in the first earlies and called it a day on heavy work. Second earlies can go in tomorrow. Have the same plan, parsnips and onion sets after I get the main crop in.
After work we had lunch in the garden. I brought my book out to sit and have a read for an hour. The reading did not happen.
When we moved into our home, all the flower beds had been membraned, thin layer of soil then gravel on top with lots on campanula plants planted. The past two summers have been busy clearing this gravel, soil and membrane and all was done apart from this small patch at the end of one of the flowers beds. Last summer I had well and truly had enough of the gravel so I left it to do this year. Today, i was sat having my lunch and it started bugging me so i decided to make a start then each time i am in the garden dig a few shovels full and over a week or so it would be clear. I started it and ended up finishing it.
I am so happy that it is done although rather tired now