Planted a silver birch, the really white species, we have now planted 21 trees in the garden which is twice as many as we had to remove to sort the boundary line. Planted 3 hemeracallis Calio Jack, a dozen iris octobfest I think. I put some old decking down as edging around the dry bed then levelled out all the mulch from earlier in the week. Dead headed dafs and tulips
It was far too cold this morning but I ventured out briefly after lunch with about 4 layers on (yes I know it's Naked Gardening Day but who are they kidding!). Got the long extension pruner out and just trimmed some straggly bits off the top of the hedge which were annoying me, some very long rose stems likewise and started pruning a winter flowering honeysuckle. Rain then stopped play. I desperately want to plant out 3 Gauras which are bursting out of their pots but we had another frost last night so daren't risk it. I also need to pot on about 20 small bedding plants but am running out of space both in the greenhouse and the house.
Yes far too cold, even the greenhouse went down to 1.6° The annual return of the bind weed as begun 30' of creeping under fencing done ( mainly) and caught the little bliter trying to climb the whisteria. Dead headed the last daffs and a few tulips. Watered in the greenhouse and under the closhe, as rain due. Did give the potatoes, strawberries and raspberries a water too.
Rain, glorious rain today! Had to take the car for a spin as the battery goes flat if I don't. So called in at a favourite plant centre to buy an indoor plant to replace the shrivelled up fern. Got an aglaonema (Chinese evergreen), a nice big one (about a third again of the size of this one in the pic) that was quite pricey but OH paid so not complaining!
I don’t usually weed one of my borders as the big shrubs cover most of the site by Summer, but I have made a start today and will bark mulch over to see how that works out. I have re-potted and re-arranged some of my pots so have a little semi-shade collection by the pond now - an Acer ‘going green’, Heuchera ‘green spice’ and a Salvia ‘sensation white’ (I think). Veg seedlings and plants coming on well. I have sown courgettes today and potted-on tomatoes and mini sweetcorns. I have also sown some Rudbekias to go in the ‘zingy’ corner - Heleniums, Rudbekias, Geum and Spirea. Loving the lime and fresh greens at this time of year - it’s all about foliage for me.
Watered and fed all plants in pots and the bulbs that are dying down in pots behind the greenhouse. Planted 3 Heleniums "Red shades", penstemons "Blackbird"and "Garnet", and moved and replanted a clump of crocosmia "Severn Sunrise". We had a slight frost this morning, but it turned into quite a warm and sunny afternoon before a couple of heavy showers around 4pm.
Hard landscaping for my brother over the last couple of days digging out grass and extending his patio by 1.8m x 3m. Its doesn't sound a lot but having bricks, roof tiles, lumps if concrete and other random rubbish in the soil took us ages. I need a soak now 🛁
Hello . Just planted 8 tomatoes , 4 cucumbers & 2 chillies in greenhouse moved from the conservatory , toms where getting to big Got fleece ready for when temperatures drops and candles 🕯 to help keep the frost at bay , well hears hoping
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It was far too cold this morning but I ventured out briefly after lunch with about 4 layers on (yes I know it's Naked Gardening Day but who are they kidding!). Got the long extension pruner out and just trimmed some straggly bits off the top of the hedge which were annoying me, some very long rose stems likewise and started pruning a winter flowering honeysuckle. Rain then stopped play.
I desperately want to plant out 3 Gauras which are bursting out of their pots but we had another frost last night so daren't risk it. I also need to pot on about 20 small bedding plants but am running out of space both in the greenhouse and the house.
The annual return of the bind weed as begun 30' of creeping under fencing done ( mainly) and caught the little bliter trying to climb the whisteria.
Dead headed the last daffs and a few tulips. Watered in the greenhouse and under the closhe, as rain due. Did give the potatoes, strawberries and raspberries a water too.
I have re-potted and re-arranged some of my pots so have a little semi-shade collection by the pond now - an Acer ‘going green’, Heuchera ‘green spice’ and a Salvia ‘sensation white’ (I think).
Veg seedlings and plants coming on well. I have sown courgettes today and potted-on tomatoes and mini sweetcorns.
I have also sown some Rudbekias to go in the ‘zingy’ corner - Heleniums, Rudbekias, Geum and Spirea.
Loving the lime and fresh greens at this time of year - it’s all about foliage for me.
Planted 3 Heleniums "Red shades", penstemons "Blackbird"and "Garnet", and moved and replanted a clump of crocosmia "Severn Sunrise".
We had a slight frost this morning, but it turned into quite a warm and sunny afternoon before a couple of heavy showers around 4pm.
Got fleece ready for when temperatures drops and candles 🕯 to help keep the frost at bay , well hears hoping