Just spent two hours sorting out the tomato plants. Removed four that had finished the rest got a drastic foliage cut. Brought in a dozen to ripen inside. More soup. And I've enough raspberries for more jam too.
Took two days digging out crocosmia 'Lucifer' which had remained in one place for several years. - Corms deeper than the prongs of a border fork and set like concrete - nearly got a mattock to it but managed with a fork in the end. Corms the size of conkers and several deep and 'welded' together too. Hopefully removed most if not all and hoping any seedlings will not appear later on.
I finish work early on a Monday, so I planted some pots with wallflowers,tete-a-tete daffs and autumn/spring bedding to stand next to the front door. Just done before the rain started. 😊
Green Thumb are coming tomorrow so I had to clean up some prunings I had left on the lawn and get the worst of the rose petals up. I also planted a clematis. Not much I know but I have a lousy cold and feel shattered.
No gardening today hasn’t stopped raining ☔️ And really heavy at times Hoping to do a bit n g/h tomorrow morning and go to allotment tomorrow afternoon , weather permitting
We managed the usuals today - feeding birds, picking up fallen apples and pine cones, planning where and when to put new hedging in, walked around the field, going to pick up fallen conkers soon, re-enacting my childhood! Shall I try planting a few of the conkers again this year - two rooted last Autumn and are now........4 inches tall!
I bought two giant 'Mums' this morning for £2 each - amazing! Just stuck them in the borders in their pots to give a blast of temporary colour. Also bought two tiny campanulas, the creeping kind and planted these at the top of my 'rough' slope. Pruned some roses and then went in for a cuppa.
Managed to move some rudbeckia seedlings out of the vegetable garden, tilled it, raked it, planted fall rye, and raked it over again. Looks immensely better even if it's now bare soil.
Bought one "Mum" like you for Autumn colour @Lizzie27 planted it in a boarder. This year had to dig it up as taking too much room, so split it into two and planted in a bigger space. It is now the size of a beach ball and about to flower, one of my worth its money buys.😁
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Hoping to do a bit n g/h tomorrow morning and go to allotment tomorrow afternoon , weather permitting