A few hours in garden today , did some of the back lawns edges and a couple of other jobs O/H potted on shallots grown from seed and sewed some leeks , covered ready for overnight frosts , g/h has been going down to just below zero
Went out again and cut down the blind daffodils, deadheaded the primroses.
Planted out shallots and onions.
Planted ivy against my central arch, covered over with topsoil
Wove the grapevines tighter to their arches and guided next doors wisteria over my shed
Staked blueberry that’s going a bit wayward
Trimmed some neighbours branches and considered how to improve screening
Collected weeds for the recycle
I had a little bird come very close, so I stopped and observed as it got closer and went in behind the pots on my turf stack cum potting bench..and it didn’t come out. Eventually caught it peering out at me. It’s about robin-sized with yellowish legs and chest, any idea what it is and if it could be nesting (which would be a pain in that location!)
Could it be a juvenile robin? We have two adults here at the moment, probably the same pair we have every year. If so it wouldn’t be nesting right?
Weeded the veg plot for the first time this year... then when raking it back over I noticed a few more dandelions I hadn't quite got that were hiding under the mulch.
OH is still working on the greenhouse, need a day where it consistently doesn't rain, hail or snow AND I'm off work so I can get out there and clean the last 24 glass panels and then it'll be up!
What is it with this weather? It has looked lovely and sunny and not too cold so I've been thinking - oh, I'll go out in a bit and make a start on ... (insert something from multitude of 'to do' jobs); next minute - pelting down with hailstones! Forecast a bit more settled for the week though, so enjoying having a day off today and doing indoor jobs.
Snipped a few branches down in size so we can bag and take to the skip next weekend. Quick 10 minutes. After last weekend digging out one stump and checking out the other two with a bag arm I am now only on very light duties. You can't do much one handed due to a healing broken arm.
Yesterday we lifted three 375 litres garden waste sacks into the car and today my partner took them to the skip. Good job the recycling centre staff dummy follow the rules and help despite signs saying they won't. Overall a quiet weekend be without much work. It did snow a lot in the afternoon today as well.
We're a month into a new house and have made good progress outside but nothing much inside. We've still got boxes left to unpack and still haven't found everything we want from the boxes. Too many missing things. At least we've chopped three trees down, pruned a few more, made contact with local tree surgeon for the larger tree we need down, it's dead or certainly no sign of growth with most branches dead and dried out. We'll get him to assess the other trees. We've got a few big trees and a beech that's not fully mature but is still a couple of feet diameter trunk. A tall growth not the wide spreading shape of most beeches. It's only the beech mast (nuts) that makes it clear it's a beech.
Went out again and cut down the blind daffodils, deadheaded the primroses.
Planted out shallots and onions.
Planted ivy against my central arch, covered over with topsoil
Wove the grapevines tighter to their arches and guided next doors wisteria over my shed
Staked blueberry that’s going a bit wayward
Trimmed some neighbours branches and considered how to improve screening
Collected weeds for the recycle
I had a little bird come very close, so I stopped and observed as it got closer and went in behind the pots on my turf stack cum potting bench..and it didn’t come out. Eventually caught it peering out at me. It’s about robin-sized with yellowish legs and chest, any idea what it is and if it could be nesting (which would be a pain in that location!)
Could it be a juvenile robin? We have two adults here at the moment, probably the same pair we have every year. If so it wouldn’t be nesting right?
It looks like a fledged robin that’s been told by its parents to observe your movements closely and see if you turn up any grubs
either that or it’s parked behind the pots so its parents can feed it more easily.
Spent a couple of hours planting my last perennials, mulching, fertilising the flowered bulbs, watering the pots and tidying up. Then went in and began on attempt #6 to find someone to build a deck for me.
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O/H potted on shallots grown from seed and sewed some leeks , covered ready for overnight frosts , g/h has been going down to just below zero
Planted out shallots and onions.
Planted ivy against my central arch, covered over with topsoil
Wove the grapevines tighter to their arches and guided next doors wisteria over my shed
Staked blueberry that’s going a bit wayward
Trimmed some neighbours branches and considered how to improve screening
Collected weeds for the recycle
I had a little bird come very close, so I stopped and observed as it got closer and went in behind the pots on my turf stack cum potting bench..and it didn’t come
out. Eventually caught it peering out at me. It’s about robin-sized with yellowish legs and chest, any idea what it is and if it could be nesting (which would be a pain
in that location!)
OH is still working on the greenhouse, need a day where it consistently doesn't rain, hail or snow AND I'm off work so I can get out there and clean the last 24 glass panels and then it'll be up!
Rain was barely anything so Ive watered the beds - hose nozzle has broken over winter
Charged the mower battery
Edged the lawn beds
Yesterday we lifted three 375 litres garden waste sacks into the car and today my partner took them to the skip. Good job the recycling centre staff dummy follow the rules and help despite signs saying they won't. Overall a quiet weekend be without much work. It did snow a lot in the afternoon today as well.
We're a month into a new house and have made good progress outside but nothing much inside. We've still got boxes left to unpack and still haven't found everything we want from the boxes. Too many missing things. At least we've chopped three trees down, pruned a few more, made contact with local tree surgeon for the larger tree we need down, it's dead or certainly no sign of growth with most branches dead and dried out. We'll get him to assess the other trees. We've got a few big trees and a beech that's not fully mature but is still a couple of feet diameter trunk. A tall growth not the wide spreading shape of most beeches. It's only the beech mast (nuts) that makes it clear it's a beech.
either that or it’s parked behind the pots so its parents can feed it more easily.