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Anyone done any gardening today? Part 5

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  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Summer pruned outdoor grapes as well as the ones in the greenhouse. No rain yet but forecast for tonight.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Rained heavily in the early hours then steadily until about 9.30am and has just started again. Not done much again today as still suffering with stiff painful shoulders so just deadheaded some roses and tied in clematis.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478
    Hello , rain stopped about 5-ish and turned into a pleasant evening , so went into the garden trimmed an honeysuckle that’s against a garage wall 
    Then a bay tree 🌲 that grows to the side of the greenhouse , so much growth ,you couldn’t get down the path, garden bin well and truly full , good job its being emptied this Thursday 
  • Sam 37Sam 37 Posts: 1,271
    Not yet but there's much to be done out there!
  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    Not that much today...removed some side shoots on the toms and gave everything in the greenhouse some CalMag.

    Peppers are really starting to grow now and are looking good.


  • AlisonjayneAlisonjayne Posts: 111
    Went out and discovered my black dahlia has been eaten down to the stalk overnight by slugs!
    Must stop buying more plants, repeat, must stop buying....
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Still deadheading roses, a daily job at the moment. Not able to do much else.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • CrankyYankeeCrankyYankee Posts: 504
    It's been raining, sometimes absolute deluges, for over a month now.  It's been colder than average and though hardy perennials are doing ok with the cool wet weather, vegetables are not. Definitely a frustrating year so far, but I'd rather have this than the drought we had last year.  The killing frost we had back in the beginning of May has had an enormous effect on the orchards around here, too.  Many won't be able to recover this growing season, which is a shame.
    New England, USA
    Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Cut down my massive Lupin. I did it last year on the same day and by mid July it had regrown and was flowering again. 

    Trimmed some of my fennel as it had gone bonkers. 

    Did some deadheading and cut back a euphorbia that had become out of hand and ended up prostrate after the recent deluge. 

    Pulled out about a million VB and fennel seedlings. 

    Painted the outside of the utility room and also next door’s. 

    Re-sanded my drive as I lost a bit in Sunday’s monsoon. 

    Tired now. 
  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    May I ask what VB is, @TheGreenMan ? (Verbascum?)

    I ♥ my garden.

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