What jobs are we doing in the garden today 2016

Going to move all of the sprouted leeks and replant the blocks that didn't germinate. Make a herd of new soil blocks to start more veggie seeds.

Toying with the idea of sowing my gazania and zinnia pots... perhaps too early? I don't plan on hanging them outside until May and won't be able to move them to the greenhouse until 4th or so (opening day for greenhouse). Forgot how long these take to germinate...

 

It was wonderful! I had an hour & a half in the garden I plant up the rest of the box hedge , cut back the raspberry canes , took down the old fruit frame (it was rotten) cleaned out the hens & had a wander round
I've got some snowdrops & daffodils out, some crocus coming up & a few tulips just popping their heads up .

I hope you've all managed to have some time in the garden today .

 

Started more leek seeds and other veggies in soil blocks. Haven't tried doing anything with the outside gardens as I cannot locate my ice pick....

 

Just a bit of pottering about this afternoon, doing a few odd jobs.

Took out a tatty clump of Crocosmia (don't like them anyway) and replaced it with a variegated Cistus from Shiney's open day last year.

Snipped off some honeysuckle and ivy which is starting to climb the chicken wire around the hen's run.

In the greenhouse, potted up a few more winter salad leaf plants and watered a few things.

Harvested a cauliflower and picked the first of the sprouting broccoli for our evening meal.

Sat in the summer house with a cuppa and read the Sunday paper.

 

Planted 3 Roses, 2 Bleeding Heart and an Iris. Pulled up a few weeds out of the Rose garden. Noticed the Tulip species ( Greigii and Kaufmanniana ) and smaller Allium species are coming up, Hyacinths, Narcissi and Crocus are all in bud. No sign of any Anemone Blanda yet though and I thought these were early flowering, not grown them before though so not sure.

 

Wading thru mud here

 

Camera's broken

 

Not in that suit I hope!

 

Not today, but at the weekend: pruned apple tree, cut back and shredded some stuff, lifted and divided a clump of geraniums and one of rudbeckia Cherry Brandy, put a layer of cardboard on the new veg bed which was grass and put the contents of the 'done' compost bin on top of it.

 

Swept some of last night's snow off of the lighter cold frames as they can't take much weight. Shovelled a little path to the two greenhouses and bird feeder.

Will be starting my pansy, nicotiana and gazania seeds today. Yes, cover gazanias as they need the dark to germinate. I directly start these up in hanging pots and I put a round of metal cloth on the top of the soil so the seedlings grow up through the 1/2" openings and stop the squirrels from trying to use the pots as their nut pantry.

 

Not an awful lot really but a wander round and I can see lots of little bits of growth on the clematis The choisya is showing signs of budding up too.

 

I'm not sure that this counts as "in the garden" but I've been preparing some of the garden machinery for use when I can eventually get in there to do something proper. At this time of year, I get withdrawal symptoms!