I haven't spent a lot of time in the garden today apart from feeding tortoises and birds. I took more blanket weed out of the pond, pruned some ivy pelagoniums that looked like they had been affected by the frost - so not sure if they will come back fighting or give up the ghost. Put some pots of echinacea (last years) where I hope to plant them this coming week - again not sure if they will come back or be a waste of space this year.
I've just realised that this is the first 'proper gardening' I've done since I broke my foot last May ......... I've been moving heavy containers and bags of compost ......... OH grumbled at me and said I'll regret it ... he may well be right
On the other hand, hostas and cannas and lots of other plants have all been re-potted and the garden is beginning to look as if someone cares about it again.
OH has dug all the veg patch and it's ready for sowing and planting
Now I'm on the sofa with a cushion in the small of my back Good job OH is cooking this evening
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That's the trouble Dove, we get some reasonable weather after all this time, and after your injury, and go hell for leather. I had to give myself a serious talking to and stop long before l really wanted to. Have to keep reminding myself that I am not so young as l would like to think ! Did some general tidying and checked on seedlings and young plants in greenhouse,took a few photos, and fed blackbird who follows me around every time he sees me !
Spent all day gardening - manually scarifying mostly, done about a quarter of the lawn.
Was enjoying the sun and the progress until my son threw a complete wobbly over not being allowed to use his phone such that I had to physically restrain him.
Mary, newspapers in France are quite expensive and not delivered, nearest shop is 4kms away, also not that many pages in them. We need all we can get for lighting the wood burner! I would need loads to cover my veg garden. Veg garden is 25 metres x 10m, but for the last 2 years I have only cultivated half of it, too much work. Flower garden is over an acre. Anyway how do you stop them blowing away?
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Two parterres done, only two to go. We made a decision that we will just have to do without wegelia flowers as pruning had to be done now. Both shattered! ( the grasses haven’t been done asnthere is something living in them?)
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
LilyP, you will probably get a few flowers on the wegelia later in the summer unless they were really hard pruned. These beds will soon be bursting with growth Any idea what's living in the grasses?
Sadly whatever it is hears us coming but the dogs go daft to get inside the plants OH thinks it might just be frogs but I think it’s something bigger! the wegelia has been brutalised! Hopefully my roses with benefit!
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
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I've just realised that this is the first 'proper gardening' I've done since I broke my foot last May ......... I've been moving heavy containers and bags of compost ......... OH grumbled at me and said I'll regret it ... he may well be right
On the other hand, hostas and cannas and lots of other plants have all been re-potted and the garden is beginning to look as if someone cares about it again.
OH has dug all the veg patch and it's ready for sowing and planting
Now I'm on the sofa with a cushion in the small of my back
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Was enjoying the sun and the progress until my son threw a complete wobbly over not being allowed to use his phone such that I had to physically restrain him.
That kind of ruined the day.
( the grasses haven’t been done asnthere is something living in them?)
A A Milne
Any idea what's living in the grasses?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
OH thinks it might just be frogs but I think it’s something bigger!
the wegelia has been brutalised! Hopefully my roses with benefit!
A A Milne