Went for a walk over RHS Wesley today. The Magnolias and Camellias were the best I have seen them look for several years. Magnificent. Well worth a visit if you are close enough.
a couple of shots of my garden. OH and son took all the log roll up from round the edge of the borders as it was rotten. So they need attention. Have cut back the passion flower and trimmed the two shrubs at the end. Can't wait to reshape the borders.
Spent the morning up at the allotment cutting dead foliage off the strawberries and mulching them. Also weeded and mulched the other raised beds we hadn't got around to doing before all the wet weather. First opportunity to do these as its been too wet.
All my tools, pots, trays and compost are being stored in a garage about 10 minutes away from the house at the moment. Due for some hard landscaping to start at the end of the garden this week to make way for a shed and my first ever potting shed (hooray!). Am so looking forward to having this space.
However, these green fingers are getting itchy so popped to the garage last night after work to pick up some seed trays, pots and compost so at least I can get on with sowing some seeds for the allotment and garden
SFord, for many years I had no shed, but then the joy of having one, just somewhere to keep equipment, perhaps do a bit of potting, sit there with a cup of tea... bliss
Had to go to London today, in the train on the way back;
Managed to get the first tray of chitted "Rocket" 1st early potatoes into their individual black buckets, loads of fresh compost to hand ready for the job! Also squoze the last bag of onion sets "Snowball" into plastic troughs - they grow on and I crop them akin to spring onions as I'm a big fan of daily salad components for my light lunches. Plenty of fresh growth on the overwintered German leaf, adds 'bite' to the salad bowl! Decided that the bay bushes (3m height) needed a 'haircut' - light trim only as they had a major surgical prune only last year. Started 60+ pea "Onward" in two growbags (within greenhouse) - I dislike the gutter-growing method as the root run is too limited. Tidied up the outdoor onion and shallot sets sown last month after the neighbourhood blackbirds had been inspecting their roots for tasty morsels! Live and let live is my motto - they mean well and sing so spiritedly that I forgive their odd 'mishap' as they grovel along the rows!
So looking forward to it, Artjak. We have dismantled our old shed. It was full of hubbys stuff with my gardening tools etc in a corner and I could never find anything. We have ordered a 'supershed' which is divided into two. Space for the other half and his bikes etc and my own potting shed, complete with his and hers entrances! Already requested items such as a radio, deckchair etc for my birthday to go in there. Hubby also looking foward to a spring and summer with less (I wont say 'none') trays and pots in the conservatory, window sills and any space available in the house! Looking forward to fitting it out with shelving and storage to my own requirements
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I have to make hay whilst the sun shines! Work for the rest of the week so may not get back up allotment till the weekend.
Went for a walk over RHS Wesley today. The Magnolias and Camellias were the best I have seen them look for several years. Magnificent. Well worth a visit if you are close enough.
I changed this
to this
to enlarge veg bed
Fab work artjak.
a couple of shots of my garden. OH and son took all the log roll up from round the edge of the borders as it was rotten. So they need attention. Have cut back the passion flower and trimmed the two shrubs at the end. Can't wait to reshape the borders.
Will update piccies as work progresses.
Spent the morning up at the allotment cutting dead foliage off the strawberries and mulching them. Also weeded and mulched the other raised beds we hadn't got around to doing before all the wet weather. First opportunity to do these as its been too wet.
All my tools, pots, trays and compost are being stored in a garage about 10 minutes away from the house at the moment. Due for some hard landscaping to start at the end of the garden this week to make way for a shed and my first ever potting shed (hooray!). Am so looking forward to having this space.
However, these green fingers are getting itchy so popped to the garage last night after work to pick up some seed trays, pots and compost so at least I can get on with sowing some seeds for the allotment and garden
sowed thyme and sweetcorn (too early?) in the greenhouse
pricked out some tomatoes - others are in modules and can stay there for a bit.
planted out loads of summer-flowering perennials in what's about to become an ornamentals bed
also planted out some alyssum to edge the bed (yes I know it's boring but the people who live & work here might appreciate it)
put out broad beans and garlic (greenhouse sown/planted) to harden off
failed to plant out the rest of the onion sets - which are in danger of getting module-bound
checked on the forced rhubarb, which is almost ready to start pulling
Now off to prune some roses elsewhere
TTFN
SFord, for many years I had no shed, but then the joy of having one, just somewhere to keep equipment, perhaps do a bit of potting, sit there with a cup of tea... bliss
Had to go to London today, in the train on the way back;
Managed to get the first tray of chitted "Rocket" 1st early potatoes into their individual black buckets, loads of fresh compost to hand ready for the job! Also squoze the last bag of onion sets "Snowball" into plastic troughs - they grow on and I crop them akin to spring onions as I'm a big fan of daily salad components for my light lunches. Plenty of fresh growth on the overwintered German leaf, adds 'bite' to the salad bowl! Decided that the bay bushes (3m height) needed a 'haircut' - light trim only as they had a major surgical prune only last year. Started 60+ pea "Onward" in two growbags (within greenhouse) - I dislike the gutter-growing method as the root run is too limited. Tidied up the outdoor onion and shallot sets sown last month after the neighbourhood blackbirds had been inspecting their roots for tasty morsels! Live and let live is my motto - they mean well and sing so spiritedly that I forgive their odd 'mishap' as they grovel along the rows!
So looking forward to it, Artjak. We have dismantled our old shed. It was full of hubbys stuff with my gardening tools etc in a corner and I could never find anything. We have ordered a 'supershed' which is divided into two. Space for the other half and his bikes etc and my own potting shed, complete with his and hers entrances! Already requested items such as a radio, deckchair etc for my birthday to go in there. Hubby also looking foward to a spring and summer with less (I wont say 'none') trays and pots in the conservatory, window sills and any space available in the house! Looking forward to fitting it out with shelving and storage to my own requirements