What jobs are we doing in the garden today 2016

I'll be planting out some dahlias later. In the meantime I have .... [drumroll]... filled a bucket with water!

Yup, really. It's to place all the junkmail into so I can make paper logs.

Other things distracting me are clearing my office area as it's a real tip and logging all the things we need to get rid of in the house to make a bit of space.

 

@Loofah Can you come round and do ours as well? We've only got 44 years of accumulation.

During the last week I've not done as much as usual in the garden because of the oppressive heat, and the hour a day picking beans. We've still managed to get the bonfire heap up to 7ft high and 5'-6' diameter, fill a 5' x 5' compost heap and fill two green wheelie bins with more material waiting to be put in the neighbour's bin when he puts it out.

 

Good morning everyone to day I am covering an area round the pond with bark chippings,not to worried about the heat as I shall work in the shade and wear my Australian bush hat

Last week with the front garden revamp I moved 12 Roses in to large container(yes in July)rules are made to guide you They have all got new growth now,good result

 

Absolutely not! It's horrible!! Best of luck though lol

 

Good morning I am halfway round the pond with the bark chippings,have used 18 bags so far,I have muscles aching that I didn't know I had that's because time I have collected them(can only take 6 at a time in the car) and loaded the car up ,drove home,and than trollied them 100 yards up 3 lots of steps all up hill I am cream crackered

 

I had a giant bonfire last night. Flames were well over 20ft high . I'd hosed down all the surrounding trees before starting and had the hosepipe ready, just in case.

Towards the end I added the whole stack of remaining logs from having the 40ft poplar tree cut down. People had already taken most of the logs but these were the big ones that were too tough and knotty for a chainsaw to cut through. They would have needed a log splitter, which no one had. I'll go down soon to have a look how the logs have done. There were only about a dozen logs but they were up to 3ft diameter. Most of the bigger ones were hollow, where the tree had rotted on the inside.

Added to the bonfire, once it had got going, were all the branches from our 70+ year old golden plum tree that had split down the middle last week. One half is still standing and we'll give it chance to survive.

 

Bags moved from car to garden,normal service will be resumed as soon as humanely possible

 

Clearing stuff from near the veg beds as the committee has complained about access... Dug out dead gooseberry and suffering from a case of holes-in-thumbs. Seriously, what's sharper, an onyx scalpel blade or a gooseberry Bush thorn?

 

Now, don't prevaricate! Don't beat around the bush and come out with what you really mean.

 

Hi @shiney I used to live in a prevaricated building many years ago

 

Yes, they built them just after the war to last a couple of years. Some are still going! They don't make things the way they used to.

 

Good afternoon @shiney my friend only you and me

Project 348 now completed next project will start tomorrow with cream masonry paint