Trimmed ivy ( couldn't get in and out of the gate) Removed flower stem from iris , so I could stake and tie up Crocosmia Lucifer . Sowed a tray of little jem lettuce. Picked sweet peas for vase. Dead headed some roses. Hubby mowed lawns. Watered greenhouse, and that made me decide it was time to remove the lowest leaves from the tomatoes. While doing that disturbed froggie, so it is still in there doing a good job. 🙂
I have sown a tray of Erysimum Fire King and put some lupin seeds to soak for sowing tomorrow. Emptied a pot that had a clematis in. It hasn't done well for a few years and this year it died, when I emptied it I had put a saucer in the bottom and the pot was waterlogged. Have no idea why I did it. Nevermind, it will give me a chance to browse Taylors site for a new one. Thinking of Empress.
Son-in-law mowed the lawns for us, using a borrowed machine as the mower is still in for throttle cable repair. The lawn hadn't been mowed for 2 or 3 weeks and the cuttings filled the compost heap, and two x one tonne rubbish bags, there was so much of it!
I pruned the leggy hydrangea tops - I hope I haven't left it too late, there were no flower heads forming on the leggy tops yet, fingers crossed.
The pond stream is now turned on again, and no water leaking out of it, so hopefully all will be well.
I hope you had a good day at your allotment GWRS - it has been another lovely sunny day here, so good to be outdoors doing things.
Weather has gone from one extreme to the other. The solar lights are getting a good topping up ! Painted stand where l put trays of potted plants, it was drying almost as fast as the paint was going on. Potted on salvia "Merleau" and generally just pottered around deadheading. Too warm to do much else, so sat and enjoyed the sunshine
Turned over the compost heaps, moving one to another location. Not easy. BFB and mulch for the grapevines. Deadheaded Mowed Shopped Watered Removed Senetti Planted calla lily, nine dahlias and moved dianthus. Need to think about supports!
Trimmed the clematis and ivy weighing down my neighbour’s tree. Planted out all 40 lavender plugs. Added more ericaceous to my blueberries, looks like patience is being rewarded this year Removed climbing weeds. Watered new plants. Trimmed grapevine. Cut down dangerous dead trunk and branches from next doors tree that’s been dead a few years now:
Had a busy morning, cut back the ivy hedge on the front garden and trimmed the pittosporum bush. Lawns mowed and edged. Have had a few plants delivered, a nice clematis (corinne) and a large delphinium, plus 3 small lupins to grow on. Thought I'd get the hard graft done today before the sun tomorrow.
The garden is far too wet to do anything here. Most I have done today is the greenhouse. The toms are going mad , and have reached the roof of the greenhouse already with four trusses on a plant. The toms themselves range from golf ball to pea in size. Just need some regular heat to bring them on.
The toms themselves range from golf ball to pea in size. Just need some regular heat to bring them on.
So true, we have noticed how much everything has lept forward now we have had some warmer nights at last. We are doing lots every day too much to list, between our garden the Allotments and No 1 daughters we have no shortage of things to do.
We have picked soft fruit, all sold or given away now, courgettes have gone too and then did a blitz on the front garden, raking gravel, picking out weeds, trimming some new growth on one of the camellia bushes that was overhanging the path - didn't want to do the top of the bush in case there are still birds nesting in it. Weeded the driveway and tweaked here are there.
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Painted stand where l put trays of potted plants, it was drying almost as fast as the paint was going on. Potted on salvia "Merleau" and generally just pottered around deadheading. Too warm to do much else, so sat and enjoyed the sunshine
BFB and mulch for the grapevines.
Deadheaded
Mowed
Shopped
Watered
Removed Senetti
Planted calla lily, nine dahlias and moved dianthus.
Need to think about supports!
Planted out all 40 lavender plugs.
Added more ericaceous to my blueberries, looks like patience is being rewarded this year
Removed climbing weeds.
Watered new plants.
Trimmed grapevine.
Cut down dangerous dead trunk and branches from next doors tree that’s been dead a few years now: