WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2017

Today starts the next project to build a path with a French drain along side the conservatory.
Part one the dogs lawn side
Part two our lawn side
14 meters in total
Part three the circular patio with an extension to the pergola, also link to pathway.

And after tea I'll rethink and map out in my brain, better on paper I think as brain mapping doesn't always last till the following day.

 

My DA rose golden celebration arrived today
Thought I prep the site and get it planted this evening, removed the old rose which has seen better years and the odd aquilegia. Started to dig down and remove some soil got about a foot down and heard the dreaded thud , only another of many huge stones I've had to dig out of the garden , took me ages to just move the dam thing with big iron bars. finally managed to wrestle it out the ground as it went dark, only dropped / scrap it down my arm while putting it back down though . Probably flattened varies plants, nearly sat on the Phlox bright eyes i'll see the damage tomorrow.
Quite rare for me but I didn't chop one single allium in half

 

While I was levelling the ground for the path I found another concrete fence post buried, fortunately it was lying down otherwise if buried upright I'd still be digging a hole

 

I keep finding buried concrete fence posts. The bit at the very end of my garden isn't mine. I think the fence posts were marking the boundary. I now have a large pile of them.

G.

 

:windy::embarrassed:

 

Prob dig up runner beans today....still some to pick though
Rain to come later so time to clear away

 

Potted up some pot-bound bamboo (bought at a really cheap price) in the hope I can bring them back to life If they overwinter ok, I'll be looking at putting them into the ground next year. That will be plenty soon enough and give me a chance to locate the planting plan I read (which uses it) and have hankered after since my previous garden!

Took notes on all the bulbs I bought yesterday: flowing period; height/spread; colours, etc.. Began the fun of trying to decide where I'd like them planted

Used the spent compost from some - now finished - pots/tubs to scatter over the borders so the worms may have fun with it over the colder months.

Cleared out a lot of odds and bobs that have accumulated e.g. food trays used as pot saucers; wooden/paper "crates" used as holding bays etc., so that, at least one corner of the garden now looks a little shinier as a result!

Direct sowed some nigella, cornflower and antirrhinum seeds - they will either thrive, or not - have more for a Spring sowing if these do not fair well.

Still harvesting Tumbling Toms and really need to get the slow cooker working so I can cook/freeze my bounty! I have been oven roasting some of the previous lot but, I'm now in serious glut mode

Took note of plants which need moving because they really are not being shown to their advantage at this point! Just need to find out when is the best time for moving them (talking Japanese anemone and shrub rose, at this point)

Bought a couple of reduced priced obelisks last week and I have used them a) to mark where a certain plant grows earlier in the season so I can now move another plant into that space to give height/colour at this time in the growing season and, b) to support some gladiolus which are in danger of kissing soil (once they are lifted, I'll move the obelisk because I have plans of shrub roses/clematis action for that little buddy!).

Swept up all the mess which the above created; bagged all the detritus; poop scooped the lawn, thanked the plants for a great performance, washed my hands, shut the door and then ... onto other pressing matters

 

Glad you like the beans @shiney I've heard folk say they are the best tasting bean

Yesterday, I was mostly weeding.

 

Was going to be mow the law today but I think I might go for a paddle instead

 

Hello everyone! Not been on the forum for what seems like aaaages! After the whole gardeners world visit and being in las vegas I've been poorly and then been concentrating on an ancestry project for my grandmas 85th bday the other day...and now I'm just getting over a chest infection I caught in las vegas!! Finally feeling better to get out in the garden!

Yesterday I managed to get outside and do lots of dead heading, harvesting more tomatoes. Went up to the lotty and harvested golden courgettes, onions, potatoes, carrots, rhubarb, picked brambles and bramley apples and raspberries! Did my grandma a box of produce from my allotment

Task today was supposed to be chopping down the evelasting sweet peas that have gone mad but think it'll have to wait as it's started chucking it down :(

 

Wondered where you were Snork

Hope you'm feeling better

When you gonna be on the tellybox?

 

Slightly more beans than I grow Shiney :rasp: Always sad to see them go. In past years I would sow beans very early....I mean very early in March. They were protected under a homemade polytunnel where they cropped early, paused a little in mid to late summer and then surged again in early September. Sold masses of them too

Applied nematodes for leatherjackets earlier. Perfect conditions too, damp......very damp . Ok, WET. Mischievously a picture was taken but I wont post it
Sun now out . So much prefer that

 

Still dont know! Emailed thhem last week and they said definitely not this week! Ha-who knows-hopefully they will forget and not air it! Ha ha.