Intermittent hail and rain. Lovely sunshine in between. Shopping and cooking.Too wet to do any gardening but am cogitating about venturing into the greenhouse to take down the very dead, last year's tomato plants and wash down ready for this year.
I've not managed to get in the garden at all this year. I've never known it so wet. Our garden is normally well draining, but it's really squelchy, fingers crossed this week is dry.
Braved the very squelchy grass to finish the top of the field maple's cut back. Took all the dead leaves from the strawberry bed, lots of new plants from last year's suckers rooting. Good job next Friday is green bin day, its stuffed.
Beautiful sunny day here after a heavy frost first thing. Did nearly three hours in the garden, weeding, pruning and cutting back perennials. Really enjoyed it although I ache a bit now.
Pouring with rain again. I am bored with this game! I didn't get into the greenhouse. My burst of weeding caught up with me and could hardly move for backache so had a non day to rest and recover. I found myself locked indoors via my new front door. I tried a sqirt of WD40, I went outside and tried unlocking it from outside. Then I tried bumping against it to free it. No luck. I tried phoning the installers but closed for the week-end. Must call them today. I also tried to call a chimney sweep because I cannot light my multi-fuel stove without being smoked out of the house. Closed for the week-end.
We're experiencing late May temperatures and the snow is mostly melted at this point. There is an expected cool-down next week with snow and rain in the forecast, but most weather sources agree it probably won't be cold enough to build up on the ground. I don't like this at all. But it did give me a chance to break through the remaining snow and ice that was holding my garden gates closed, and I had a wander through the hillside garden. Most of the beds were still covered in snow, but I see that my leeks made it through the worst of winter, and there are some garlic shoots poking through in another bed where the snow has melted. The new hot bed in front of the barn is completely exposed but no signs of life quite yet. I cleaned up branches and debris from under the mulberry tree in the pasture, and checked the little pond - still frozen solid but I expect it to be thawed much earlier than normal. My witch hazel is blooming - I would have missed it if I hadn't wandered over to the pond. Against my better judgement I cut back some dead material in the little front bed where my lilacs and clematis are. I have spring bulbs planted in there and so far, no sign of them other than the species tulips poking out. Strange to be checking beds this early in the season.
New England, USA
Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury
Planted 3 Anemone coronaria and dug a small trench to insert a long piece of thin slate to stop soil being washed down a slope and onto the path. Lifted some cyclamen and snowdrops and planted them in the gap behind the slate. Ran out of breath and energy! Been raining all afternoon.
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I am bored with this game!
I didn't get into the greenhouse. My burst of weeding caught up with me and could hardly move for backache so had a non day to rest and recover.
I found myself locked indoors via my new front door. I tried a sqirt of WD40, I went outside and tried unlocking it from outside. Then I tried bumping against it to free it. No luck. I tried phoning the installers but closed for the week-end. Must call them today.
I also tried to call a chimney sweep because I cannot light my multi-fuel stove without being smoked out of the house. Closed for the week-end.
Been raining all afternoon.
So made it to allotment, lots done