WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2017

That does actually look really nice. How old is that tree? I might try and prune it into a different shape. Maybe I could grow a clematis through it too? Hmmm....

 

Hmmnn, wild boar......... let me get my gun, love roast pork!

 

You might be better off freezing it.
Ice cube trays (cheap as chips in a £ shop) cram in as much of the basil as you can and then add some water. Freeze. Once frozen, pop into a freezer bag and begin the process again with the next lot of herbs.
This way, you can "defrost" the cubes in the recipe.

 

Popped out to garden centre this afternoon, I didn't really want anything until I spotted these ,


Anyhow planted them up amongst everything else that's in the border, mowed and watered, tied back a few shrubs that's started to take hold in the border.

 

Looking good martin...nicely set off with that lawn :rasp:

 

Thank you Verdun, to say I had no fence to the right and four big fires to get it to this stage I've still got lots to do but I'm pleased with how things are slowly coming together

 

I never fail to be impressed in just how far you have come in so short a time!

Your enthusiasm, in any topic, is infectious and your success with your spontaneous choices of planting are so radical, yet, so *right*, it takes my breath away!

I will freely admit, from day 1 (when you posted that hideous satellite dish thingy wotsit) I felt my heart drop. Yet, despite this, I have seen how you, and your garden, have grown and I have been enchanted by your progress; utterly! You have "an eye" which I envy! Whatever you do, it just seems to *work*!

Bravo, matey! Bravo!!!

 

Thanks to all for the support Just a quick update, in case anyone finds themselves in the same boat! Perfume works for repulsing them. Perfumed scarecrows work Dried chillies scattered around are effective. Shower radios left on all night put them off (especially French radio stations ).
We're installing the electric fence tomorrow. Meanwhile, if the so and so's come back tonight, they'll get a shock when they rootle in the manure heap...it's been powdered with chilli
All we need to do then is wait for the local chasse to get their act together and organise a cull. They're obliged to control these beasts as their numbers are increasing exponentially and they do immense damage to the crops. We should be OK for re-stocking the freezer as we've suffered damage too .

 

Well, after the heat last week, the rain at the beginning of the week, followed by the high winds of the past couple of days....
...today I could get into the garden!

I've planted the hardy fuchsia I bought a couple of weekends ago (army nurse), clearing the bank bed of persicaria(sp?), as well as of weeds. The ballerina rose is now shining out, as are some of the other plants.
Roses were deadheaded, though I may have missed a few, with the petals blown away...
The rape plants that are growing in the dead grass have been removed by hand, pulling them out from the base of the plant. Not only can they no longer flower and seed, but we won't have sharp flower stems in the grass, so barefoot walking is still possible.
I have also threaded in the Jasmine officinalis that was winding around itself, rather than the trellis I have kindly provided. Of course, someone phoned me whilst I was up the ladder....!

 

Ive started dismantling the arbour planter I made last year to make room for a small pond, it looked nice in bloom but I'm wanting a small pond and this is a ideal place for one,

Also removing the arbour will let more light on to the decking,

Last year


Dismantling in progress