This morning I moved some of my pots from the patio by the house where they were in full sun and beginning to droop to shadier areas of the garden. They are mainly heucheras, geums and carnations from dividing larger plants so they need a bit of TLC. Also used round ice cream tub lids as pot saucers so that I can water them from the bottom.
Then I arranged the larger pots so I get the best view of them from the kitchen window especially as I bought this Lencanthemum on Wednesday and potted it up in a spare terracotta pot. It was half price in Morrisons and I only went in for 7up and a magazine.
Had a potter round the garden when I got home from work and did some dead heading and tied up some sunflowers that were flopping about the place. Very excited to see my dahlia plants are almost out in flower
Just back from 2 weeks in the Charente where it was hot and dry and sunny. Seems like it's been dry here too as some of my treasures seem to be thirsty and the grass hasn't grown much but some ****** mole has made 12 new hills in a corner of the lawn. My automatic watering seems to have been adequate and all the pots and troughs I gathered together look fine.
Jobs then - put the pots and baskets and troughs back where they belong, dead head the spent plants, cut out the dead stalks on thirsty plants, pick the ripe fruit, cut back the bolted Swiss chard and broccoli, sweep out those mole hills and cut the grass.
Weed, weed and more weeding.
Dig out the excessive pink geraniums and plant something new in their place.
Tidy up the clems that look a bit windswept.
Cut the grass again cos it'll take 2 cuts to get right.
Find a home for the old enamelled wood burner I bought in a flea market on hols - patio heater/plant stand.....
Put the houseplants back in their places after their hols in the bath and guest shower.
Then I can think about my summer and autumn projects.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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This morning I moved some of my pots from the patio by the house where they were in full sun and beginning to droop to shadier areas of the garden. They are mainly heucheras, geums and carnations from dividing larger plants so they need a bit of TLC. Also used round ice cream tub lids as pot saucers so that I can water them from the bottom.
Then I arranged the larger pots so I get the best view of them from the kitchen window especially as I bought this Lencanthemum on Wednesday and potted it up in a spare terracotta pot. It was half price in Morrisons and I only went in for 7up and a magazine.
Had a potter round the garden when I got home from work and did some dead heading and tied up some sunflowers that were flopping about the place. Very excited to see my dahlia plants are almost out in flower
Well not quite today but yesterday I dug over the raised beds
added chicken manure & straw
also I`m building the counter attack against Mr snail & slug
all guns blazing.
Just back from 2 weeks in the Charente where it was hot and dry and sunny. Seems like it's been dry here too as some of my treasures seem to be thirsty and the grass hasn't grown much but some ****** mole has made 12 new hills in a corner of the lawn. My automatic watering seems to have been adequate and all the pots and troughs I gathered together look fine.
Jobs then - put the pots and baskets and troughs back where they belong, dead head the spent plants, cut out the dead stalks on thirsty plants, pick the ripe fruit, cut back the bolted Swiss chard and broccoli, sweep out those mole hills and cut the grass.
Weed, weed and more weeding.
Dig out the excessive pink geraniums and plant something new in their place.
Tidy up the clems that look a bit windswept.
Cut the grass again cos it'll take 2 cuts to get right.
Find a home for the old enamelled wood burner I bought in a flea market on hols - patio heater/plant stand.....
Put the houseplants back in their places after their hols in the bath and guest shower.
Then I can think about my summer and autumn projects.
for some tasty pies my mother bakes.
Today in my garden I work the raised beds again with the straw
planted Calendula & cornflowers, collected up lots of leaves for leafmould,
introduced Mr slug to Mr salt & sadly they didn't get on
the more I do gardening the more I want to learn & do