Potted up 24 babies but don't know what they are as they were sown fresh last year and the winter winds have swiped the label. Perennial flowers of some sort. Dug up Jacquelin Dupré who is struggling in all this rain and have pruned her and potted her and put in a sheltered spot to recover.
Planted out my oak leaf and Cos lettuce plugs plus fennel and beets. Slug food no doubt but they needed to grow on. Weeded between downpours and potted up hostas whle the rain fell liberally. Getting very fed up with all this grey. Don't mind lots of rain, just want some blue bits in between please so things can dry out a bit.
Even my shed is wet!
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First sunny day in weeks so got the grass ALL cut before the torrents return tomorrow. I can hardly move!
Had a cuppa and a chat and a plant swap with my neighbour. I got two big lanky cotoneasters to fill a big skinny gap, a self seeded rowan with a weedling in it's pot that looks mighty like an erysimum but might not be and she got five baby arum lillies and some calendula and apricot foxgloves. Everybody happy!
went down Monday with the rain sun rain sun the WEEDS grown well as I had hoed and sprayed 2 times I was a bit no very annoyed is right still the spuds got watered though
Yippee, got to do some gardening today, thanks to being off work and also having to be at home (Cat at the dentist and boiler getting serviced??)
Started off with some deadheading, moved on to trimming the clover off the paths and then hacked back the poppies. Seem to have missed the poppies this year? plenty of pods so I guess they flowered well...brown bin now full.
Watered and fed roses, clems, dahlias and some of the pots, also a few things in the ground that I happened to be standing near.
Made a start decanting bulbs from pots, all going in the ground in the autumn. Topped up the pond - don't think I will run out of water this year, although that might not be solely due to my waterbutt administration ?
Oh, just realised, I missed feeding all the front garden roses and clems. Oh well
I've given up on my albertine rose for this year. It can't cope with the rain and it is just a sodden mess. I'm going to prune it back and hope for better weather next year.
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Been teaching my young niece some gardening skills basics... she is great at watering the pots and chirps "water soil not leaves" - what a pro!
Potted up 24 babies but don't know what they are as they were sown fresh last year and the winter winds have swiped the label. Perennial flowers of some sort. Dug up Jacquelin Dupré who is struggling in all this rain and have pruned her and potted her and put in a sheltered spot to recover.
Planted out my oak leaf and Cos lettuce plugs plus fennel and beets. Slug food no doubt but they needed to grow on. Weeded between downpours and potted up hostas whle the rain fell liberally. Getting very fed up with all this grey. Don't mind lots of rain, just want some blue bits in between please so things can dry out a bit.
Even my shed is wet!
First sunny day in weeks so got the grass ALL cut before the torrents return tomorrow. I can hardly move!
Had a cuppa and a chat and a plant swap with my neighbour. I got two big lanky cotoneasters to fill a big skinny gap, a self seeded rowan with a weedling in it's pot that looks mighty like an erysimum but might not be and she got five baby arum lillies and some calendula and apricot foxgloves. Everybody happy!
went down Monday with the rain sun rain sun the WEEDS grown well as I had hoed and sprayed 2 times I was a bit no very annoyed is right still the spuds got watered though
Good mornings on Sunday afternoon potted up 2 hanging baskets and pots , including black petunia , trailing petunia , pelargonium & trailing verbena
Also did a small pot for outtdoor table with alpines
Monday afternoon used hegde trimmer & strimmer to renew steps to stream at side of garden and paths on bank
trimmed bush on front lawn and cut it
A very productive couple of afternoons , of to Lincoln shopping soon , if not raining this afternoon a few more jobs
happy gardening everybody
Yippee, got to do some gardening today, thanks to being off work and also having to be at home
(Cat at the dentist and boiler getting serviced??)
Started off with some deadheading, moved on to trimming the clover off the paths and then hacked back the poppies. Seem to have missed the poppies this year? plenty of pods so I guess they flowered well...brown bin now full.
Watered and fed roses, clems, dahlias and some of the pots, also a few things in the ground that I happened to be standing near.
Made a start decanting bulbs from pots, all going in the ground in the autumn. Topped up the pond - don't think I will run out of water this year, although that might not be solely due to my waterbutt administration ?
Oh, just realised, I missed feeding all the front garden roses and clems. Oh well
I've given up on my albertine rose for this year. It can't cope with the rain and it is just a sodden mess. I'm going to prune it back and hope for better weather next year.
I did some weeding today, before the rain started. Noticed a bramble growing amongst the clematis to the left of the archway
pulled it out and noticed another, and another. 20 mins later I'd pulled out loads of the stuff, with scratches on my arms and legs to go with it..
I think brambles disguise themselves as proper plants untill they're eight feet long! I love your garden LF. It always looks beautifully planted.
I pulled out brambles as well today,at the back of a border where it can't be seen.Also planted some sage plants