I was just thinking, if the beer trap doesn't work, maybe I could place a couple of sacrificial Hostas close by, maybe they would prefer those instead.
Just potted on more seedlings. Rudbeckia, strawflower Pierot and Cosmos. Have lost quite a few things this year. A beautiful acer has all but died, a Californian lilac and a couple of hebes have bit the dust.
Yesterday was a no garden day, so much rain. However today the sun is shining with a N wind but better than before.
So in 2 emptied compost heaps we planted out some pumpkins and courgettes. The courgette area had to be weeded as seeds from poppies were germinating all over. Turned back some of the weed covering (ants loved it) weeded by hoeing this time and then planted out some brussel sprouts. Put sticks up in all areas to put off the pigeons. Must remember to get some netting over them to prevent the white laying eggs. Also planted 2 of the courgettes in the polytunnel and potted up 4 more to pass onto our son.
Did a count of growth and flowers on the cypripediums. These are in pots outdoors but in the autumn we hope to split some of them and plant some out in a raised bed.
Put up a largish picnic table to store seed trays of hardy annuals on, daren't put them on the floor as the garden appears to be alive with small slugs. It's a game, bit like musical chairs for plants at the moment. Think I'll have a go at @Sheps 'pubs for slugs'.
It's frustrating that I think seedlings aren't growing as quick as they should because temperatures are on the low side. Still the forecast does see the temperatures rise at night towards next weekend.
Apart from the above, that's it, think I'm suffering from a lack of mo-jo today.
Well, I went out. Kept an eye on my wife. Missed her digging out some of the bulbs I wanted to keep. However, she did locate two ants nests in the "lawn". I've transplanted more chard, tied in the raspberries, replanted an errant hellebore and prevented my "test" sycamore seedlings from being transferred to the recycling bin. Not a huge amount, but enough for me.
Mowed the lawn (sorry, "no mow May" contingent), weeded some of the flower beds and around the currant bushes, dug up a couple of errant hellebore plants and potted them to give away, or plant elsewhere.
Set up a beer trap in the lettuce bed, will be interesting to see if it works, hopefully the slugs will be partying this bank holiday.
Perhaps just keep sowing lettuce and give them a constant supply of lettuce seedlings, the little blighters are devouring the pot of seedlings I have on a bench 😠
After yesterday's disaster when the waterbutt tap came off and 200 litres leaked away, I found the tap this morning in the undergrowth and it just slotted straight back on again! Cautiously hopeful it's going to be ok but will have to wait to find out after it's rained again. Dug up a big old clump of diascia from a trough and potted up rooted bits of it. Did the same to erigeron k. so lots of new plants hopefully. Need to empty the old wooden trough and get rid of it as I'm trying to cut down on watering in the summer. Still wandering round the garden looking for a suitable spot to plant an Euronymus bush, not much room left anywhere!
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It's frustrating that I think seedlings aren't growing as quick as they should because temperatures are on the low side. Still the forecast does see the temperatures rise at night towards next weekend.
Apart from the above, that's it, think I'm suffering from a lack of mo-jo today.
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
I've transplanted more chard, tied in the raspberries, replanted an errant hellebore and prevented my "test" sycamore seedlings from being transferred to the recycling bin.
Not a huge amount, but enough for me.
Cautiously hopeful it's going to be ok but will have to wait to find out after it's rained again.
Dug up a big old clump of diascia from a trough and potted up rooted bits of it. Did the same to erigeron k. so lots of new plants hopefully. Need to empty the old wooden trough and get rid of it as I'm trying to cut down on watering in the summer. Still wandering round the garden looking for a suitable spot to plant an Euronymus bush, not much room left anywhere!