Third day of digging out the rockery bank, it's a very slow process on my hands and knees with a hand trowel. Hoping to get the fencing chap bring his chainsaw for the old forsythia stump tomorrow.
OH is just starting to trim the box hedge in the front garden. Two fuschias (£1 each) fell into the trolley at the supermarket so l have potted them up, washed another load of pots (where do they keep coming from ?), tided up the hardy geraniums a bit, watered the hanging baskets and potted dahlias and all the plants in the greenhouse. Tea break !
There I was enjoying planting out my seeding and planing to do some potting on when the heavens open and now we have heavy rain. I'm grateful for the rain but do wish it would wait till I'm safely tucked up in my bed after all daytime is for gardening and night time is for rain. Well it would be nice if it worked out that way.
Potted on some of last year's box cuttings, deadheaded the roses, fed the birds (again, l'm running out of mealworms !). Rain has now stopped play. We do need it and I am grateful for it, but like you NannaBoo l wish it was overnight !
Called into the allotment on the way back from shopping, had a quick strim around and a hoe between the onions watered and fed stuff in polly tunnel then home before frozen item defrosted. 🐗
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
Glad to be of use Hazel-1 and my sentiments exactly NannaBoo. Our rain came at lunch time and wasn't enough to wet a whistle let alone restore our water reserves. Today OH collected 6 bags of horse poo for the garden at no charge. I picked and sold 2 punnets of strawbs and gave some to our daughters, arranged a wild flower visit for next week, planted out two foxglove plug plants in our driveway and plan to clear more pond blanket weed later this afternoon after a well earned rest.
After the earlier downpours (much needed it has to be said) just completed the first slug hunt of the evening. Will do another in a couple of hours. The downside of the welcome rain!
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"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog