Hello everyone i am new to the thread but like the idea of sharing our small and big jobs done within the day. A few plugs arrived that I have ordered a while ago and I moved them to the greenhouse. Does that count as a gardening job
I've hardly been out for weeks but I think I broke the pattern at last.
I at last managed to get out since hurting my back a couple of weeks ago and decided to start gently by raking up all the leaves from under our cherry tree. They'll make leaf mould for next year. Then decided to do some weeding and had a shock. I had been moving rocks and stones from one end of a raised bed to the other as I worked on clearing the weeds under them - when suddenly... THE ROCK IN MY HAND MOVED!!!
It was a great, fat, white toad. Very disrespectful appearing without warning like that - and covered in dirt too! Clearly no sense of presentation!
After my initial seismic shock I instinctively decided that for his own safety he needed to be back under a rock - preferably one that wouldn't get moved again accidentally. I rolled him gently into the first gap I could see - the one you see here: by pure chance, in tossing the rocks to one side while weeding, I had built a perfect cave; quite stable too. You can just see him (or her?) peeking out to the right of the green stick...
Just before turning in I checked three gutters where they run into the downpipes just to make sure the heavy rain hadn't blocked them with moss again. It had! But unlike the previous time when I had to cut into a blocked downpipe to clear it, due the little chickenwire filters I had made for the top of each downpipe, the job of clearing was a doddle.
Lovely little hideout for your toad Birdy13. He looks quite happy there but I can imagine the shock you got on picking him up. Hope your back is holding up.
I plan to do something in the garden today - even if it's only deadheading.
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'Twas planned impulsion yesterday Verdun. Even drew a little diagram of the area before I moved anything
Your folks sound like very nice people Tootles
sure does HannaN and welcome.
I went up to the polytunnels and had a look about : does that count?
HelloHannaN
It's been tipping down here so no outside work but I had ago at tidying houseplants and feeding probably last feed before winter.
Need to clear out pots and tubs next. Hopefully tomorrow.
A A Milne
I've hardly been out for weeks but I think I broke the pattern at last.
I at last managed to get out since hurting my back a couple of weeks ago and decided to start gently by raking up all the leaves from under our cherry tree. They'll make leaf mould for next year. Then decided to do some weeding and had a shock. I had been moving rocks and stones from one end of a raised bed to the other as I worked on clearing the weeds under them - when suddenly... THE ROCK IN MY HAND MOVED!!!
It was a great, fat, white toad. Very disrespectful appearing without warning like that - and covered in dirt too! Clearly no sense of presentation!
After my initial seismic shock I instinctively decided that for his own safety he needed to be back under a rock - preferably one that wouldn't get moved again accidentally. I rolled him gently into the first gap I could see - the one you see here: by pure chance, in tossing the rocks to one side while weeding, I had built a perfect cave; quite stable too. You can just see him (or her?) peeking out to the right of the green stick...
Just before turning in I checked three gutters where they run into the downpipes just to make sure the heavy rain hadn't blocked them with moss again. It had! But unlike the previous time when I had to cut into a blocked downpipe to clear it, due the little chickenwire filters I had made for the top of each downpipe, the job of clearing was a doddle.
Yep, I guess I did get some gardening done today.
Lovely little hideout for your toad Birdy13
. He looks quite happy there but I can imagine the shock you got on picking him up
. Hope your back is holding up.
I plan to do something in the garden today - even if it's only deadheading.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...