What jobs are we doing in the garden today 2016

I'd love to go there

Have they kept it up in his tradition ( I think that's the right word ). I think my love for cottage style gardens and plants is partly down to Geoffs influence

 

I bought mulch for one garden out back and the small one out front of the house. Weeded before I spread it around. We`re expecting dry weather for a few weeks so I`m hoping the mulch will help retain some of the moisture when the sprinkler system is finished it`s rounds. First time I`ve ever used mulch. Hope it helps.

I also got my self a new, deluxe garden hose. Threw the old one which I only bought last year and which refused to be wound all one direction - like trying to coil a boa constrictor it was that nasty - out for anyone who wants to get a workout every time they try to reel the thing!

 

Bought four hanging baskets today after installing three I decided I wanted five, so went to fetch a another one, as you can see i wasn't very observant fitting the first three, spot the odd one out ,

Well ill have to buy another now and find somewhere to put the odd one out/make it a pair more plants

 

Just smothered the garden in nematodes. The slugs and snails are out in force!


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Kept looking at the sunflowers through the window and silently weeping for them.. so run out during a break from the showers and planted them where I dug up raspberry canes that didn't do anything. Moved 2 hanging baskets with Tom's in blowaway as they got water crystals in, way too wet.
Should be pulling buds off and pinching out my dahlias to make bigger blooms but can't bring myself to do it..

 

Nice! I myself can really get stuck by ponds when walking by them outdoors.
Almost to the point of embarrassment. 10-year old all over again.

When living in Lisboa, Portugal, they had a really nice one.
Lots of fish and turtles knocking about. There you had turtle heads sticking
out the water amongst the fishes trying to get the french fries.

I also started to working on a pond some 5 years ago, at a friends country
house. Spent two days digging until I had blisters in my hands.
-Only to get a "no" from his father once he returned back home. Haha..

 

You have them in England too?

Heard that ducks are happy with eating slugs.
But then you are out picking duckshit instead of snails I guess.

In Sweden, they tend to glue themselves together into big balls for some reason..

 

Torrential rain and thunderstorms earlier today, followed by late afternoon sunshine. Husband got home so I convinced him to mow the lawn while I trimmed the edges. Just as we were finishing another huge downpour began, so we scarpered inside. Really glad it's done though, all the rain and sun has it growing like the clappers!

 

Today I'll be mowing the lawn (more like a jungle) and planting out five hydrangea.