Very envious of all your activities today! It was so windy here (North Wales coast) I couldn't go outside at all. Had to plant some seeds indoors instead.
Did a fair bit today - moved some plants around as I've kind of lost my focus on how I wanted things to look...
My stupid cats trashed my seeds twice in the last week or so, so I tidied up what I managed to save. Lost all of Feb's sowing's apart from some sprouting convolvulus I picked out the mess. Also lost one lot of snapdragons out of Jan's sowing's.
I also did some blanket weed fishing - picked out a suitable cane to last the season and twirled out some gunge
Need to do some planning now really - how do you guys organise the 'what's going where' when some of it is seeds and some plants that haven't arrived? Going to start with a nice list I reckon
I've been buying loads of seeds, but haven't got much of a plan so far - just vague ideas (that usually come to me in the middle of the night when I can't make a note of them!). Will be interested to see how experienced gardeners plan it.
Not a lot of planning goes on here - mostly finding things to fill gaps. I am rubbish at visualising what something will look like til its grown. OHs much better at it. But, over the years I am beginning to get it looking how I want it ....just need to be brave at moving my mistakes
Now that OH has installed the electricity in the greenhouse I have moved the electric propagators there, containing tomatoes (4 sorts), Zinnias, Dahlias, Petunias (4 sorts) and various seed trays with things such as Cosmos and Lobelia. There is a warm cable buried in a sand bed and a heated mat (new) to sit seed trays on, also a little electric heater, so I hope it will be warm enough and frost free. Bubble wrap around the walls.
Have swept the kitchen terrace and pruned 2 red David Austin climbing roses and an epimedium. I have been told that Viagra comes from epimediums! Didn't know that!
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Well, following the Ortho consultant telling me it was ok to drive, I decided it was a perfect excuse to drive the van down into the wood and bring up the bags of compost ( Dec 2013's mowings of grass / fallen leaves) drove down, filled up the van, couldn't reverse back up hill, drove down and round to come up another way, stuck in soft earth.
After an hour, got it moving, decided on another route up, got stuck again. Phone call to neighbour to ask them to bring a tractor round and pull me up the hill.
Have to say, OH was a star and took all bags out 2 at a time and brought them up by wheelbarrow to add to raised beds in polytunnel.
Posts
Very envious of all your activities today! It was so windy here (North Wales coast) I couldn't go outside at all. Had to plant some seeds indoors instead.
Did a fair bit today - moved some plants around as I've kind of lost my focus on how I wanted things to look...
My stupid cats trashed my seeds twice in the last week or so, so I tidied up what I managed to save. Lost all of Feb's sowing's apart from some sprouting convolvulus I picked out the mess. Also lost one lot of snapdragons out of Jan's sowing's.
I also did some blanket weed fishing - picked out a suitable cane to last the season and twirled out some gunge
Need to do some planning now really - how do you guys organise the 'what's going where' when some of it is seeds and some plants that haven't arrived? Going to start with a nice list I reckon
Sorry about your lost seeds, how frustrating.
I've been buying loads of seeds, but haven't got much of a plan so far - just vague ideas (that usually come to me in the middle of the night when I can't make a note of them!). Will be interested to see how experienced gardeners plan it.
Not a lot of planning goes on here - mostly finding things to fill gaps. I am rubbish at visualising what something will look like til its grown. OHs much better at it
. But, over the years I am beginning to get it looking how I want it ....just need to be brave at moving my mistakes
Bought a young Brugmansia sanguinea and potted it on.
Chopped down some buddlejas and filled a wheely bin.
Saw a butterfly fluttering through the garden, reddish ,I didn't get close enough to be certain.
Iris blue harmony and some early tulips are out in pots.
It felt definitely spring like today.
Now that OH has installed the electricity in the greenhouse I have moved the electric propagators there, containing tomatoes (4 sorts), Zinnias, Dahlias, Petunias (4 sorts) and various seed trays with things such as Cosmos and Lobelia. There is a warm cable buried in a sand bed and a heated mat (new) to sit seed trays on, also a little electric heater, so I hope it will be warm enough and frost free. Bubble wrap around the walls.
Have swept the kitchen terrace and pruned 2 red David Austin climbing roses and an epimedium. I have been told that Viagra comes from epimediums! Didn't know that!
Grate BL
and give your OH a big hug for his helpfulness
Busy-Lizzie Viagra dose indeed come from Epimediums and strangely enough the ancient Greeks new all about it powers.
They used Epimedium brevicornum or the Horny Goat Weed and recent trials now show that the compound " icariin" found in this plant is stronger.
In the garden cut and cleaned up all my geraniums, tidied round the boarders lots of standing and thinking, planning as always this time of year.
Well, following the Ortho consultant telling me it was ok to drive, I decided it was a perfect excuse to drive the van down into the wood and bring up the bags of compost ( Dec 2013's mowings of grass / fallen leaves) drove down, filled up the van, couldn't reverse back up hill, drove down and round to come up another way, stuck in soft earth.
After an hour, got it moving, decided on another route up, got stuck again. Phone call to neighbour to ask them to bring a tractor round and pull me up the hill.
Have to say, OH was a star and took all bags out 2 at a time and brought them up by wheelbarrow to add to raised beds in polytunnel.
B.Lizzie.
The rose is Crown Princess Margareta, a David Austin rose.
Cut down the pelagoniums that have over wintered in the greenhouse, have managed to keep them all!
I have bought some seed potatoes, variety Casablanca, not had them before, but thought I'd give them a go.
Gave the grass another light trim, looks a lot better, I think I'll rake it in a few days.
Things are starting to take shape, but still a lot of work to do. Will get there eventually!