Just took seedlings into the sun for hardening off and then put them into my home made cold frame for their first night. Glad that most of them are out of my conservatory now.
tidied the conservatory because noticed a bad smell in there, like broccoli gone off, sulphuric. Found out it might be the yellow dwarf beans I’d planted, think the beans were way too old. I’ve left them outside now.
Finished planting up my main corner flowerbed (fingers crossed we have seen the worst of this year's frosts). General tidy up shifting bits and pieces around between the shed and garage. Mowed the lawn (mainly to get all the spilt compost and muck off) and a quick scattering of aftercut lawn thickener. Now got that good aching feeling where you know you've done a decent shift in the garden.
Loved the warmth and the rain this weekend - not nearly enough of either in the last couple of months! Planted out three dozen Salvia farinacea I'd sowed early March that have been hardening off in the cold frame, mowed the lawn, potted on some Cosmos and some Dahlias, started hardening off some sunflowers that are already almost 2 foot high and need to get in the ground soon, potted on some marginal pond plants (messy job!), and did a whole lot of weeding. And I sowed a load of forget-me-nots (my favourite weed!) into seed trays that I plan to dot around in various beds later this year ready for flowering (and hopefully endless self-seeding) from next year
Finally got 2 rows of carrots and a row of parsnips sown, with rows all separated by rows of onion sets (which have been growing in modules in the GH for weeks.) Nearly all the cuc, squash and courgette seeds I sowed in 7cm modules on the heated bench on Friday have emerged, so the potting-on shuffle continues but is supplemented by the hardening off and planting out dance, now the cold nights have stopped (at least for now..)
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
No gardening as such but have just wandered around the garden smugly eyeing up the dicentra in this wind. Last year I lost two bushy gorgeous dicentra in high winds - so many branches snapped and they never really recovered. This year I experimented with hazel supports while they were little. There were some mutterings about the wisdom of "putting bare twigs in the ground" but I ignored. The dicentra quickly grew up through the supports and the leaves have covered them so they can't be seen at all but they have been really super effective - the garden has really been buffeted these past few weeks. I have put hazel supports in place for a few other floppy shrubs and perennials and I'm hoping they will be equally as effective.
Planted the last of the greenhouse tomatoes and put marigolds at their feet. Sowed some more lettuce, as what I haven't managed to get into the ground yet, I have nearly picked clean. Things are so far behind. This is my clematis last year at this time, and now.
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tidied the conservatory because noticed a bad smell in there, like broccoli gone off, sulphuric. Found out it might be the yellow dwarf beans I’d planted, think the beans were way too old. I’ve left them outside now.
Mowed the lawn (mainly to get all the spilt compost and muck off) and a quick scattering of aftercut lawn thickener.
Now got that good aching feeling where you know you've done a decent shift in the garden.
Planted out three dozen Salvia farinacea I'd sowed early March that have been hardening off in the cold frame, mowed the lawn, potted on some Cosmos and some Dahlias, started hardening off some sunflowers that are already almost 2 foot high and need to get in the ground soon, potted on some marginal pond plants (messy job!), and did a whole lot of weeding. And I sowed a load of forget-me-nots (my favourite weed!) into seed trays that I plan to dot around in various beds later this year ready for flowering (and hopefully endless self-seeding) from next year
Busy weekend!
lawns started to grow again
Halfway though cutting back lawn when a really heavy shower came down
Sowed some more lettuce, as what I haven't managed to get into the ground yet, I have nearly picked clean.
Things are so far behind. This is my clematis last year at this time, and now.