Dry start to the day has allowed me to trim two Rosemary bushes to shape, remove no less than three Clematis that were the wrong colour, (all same variety) and potted them on for now until bulbs start showing and I can see where the bare bit of border are safe to plant in. Also mulched pots that were looking a bit drab.
P.S it was my fork that broke, not my spade. Will invest in a better one for spring
I've just watched a very heavy (I can't shift it and I can pick up 30kg of dog) pot roll across the lawn. I don't think I'll be going out there unless I desperately need too today.
My strawberries are in six hanging baskets Marygold: nice and easy to care for (not prone to slugs being off the ground, nor being eaten by a German Shepherd as they're just out of his reach too) and are by the kitchen door for ease of picking. In the summer when it was hot I upturned plastic cola bottles filled with water into the soil and that seemed to work really well.
They hang from one another to form two chains so don't even take up that much space either.
When I eventually get the garden finished I'm going to have drain pipe running on slates horizontally across the back of the greenhouse for some strawberry plant vertical gardening.
1 degree, force gale winds, weather warnings, rain all day, no greenhouse or tunnel. Just making a mental note of the jobs to do undoing the mess created outside without my help.
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That sounds like a good idea Frank (re strawberry pots). I may give it a go.
Wot they said
Good morning all a bit wet and windy out there today , off to see New James Bond film at the Odeans silver screening at 11-00
Then some lunch , shopping , perfect day
Dry start to the day has allowed me to trim two Rosemary bushes to shape, remove no less than three Clematis that were the wrong colour, (all same variety) and potted them on for now until bulbs start showing and I can see where the bare bit of border are safe to plant in. Also mulched pots that were looking a bit drab.
P.S it was my fork that broke, not my spade. Will invest in a better one for spring
Roll on spring
Not your best jest Verdun, I exspaded you to do better
Happy gardener
I've just watched a very heavy (I can't shift it and I can pick up 30kg of dog) pot roll across the lawn. I don't think I'll be going out there unless I desperately need too today.
My strawberries are in six hanging baskets Marygold: nice and easy to care for (not prone to slugs being off the ground, nor being eaten by a German Shepherd as they're just out of his reach too) and are by the kitchen door for ease of picking. In the summer when it was hot I upturned plastic cola bottles filled with water into the soil and that seemed to work really well.
They hang from one another to form two chains so don't even take up that much space either.
When I eventually get the garden finished I'm going to have drain pipe running on slates horizontally across the back of the greenhouse for some strawberry plant vertical gardening.