WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2017

@Kandy --what a haul on those carrots. glad they can keep for a while. good stuff.

 

Luverly Redstar ....superb
You got me focussed on doing that with mine.....not one I have now but will prob go for Phantom and train it as you have done
Gary, yes. Forget me nots will grow anywhere. Once you have them you will always have them.....they seed prolifically every year . They are hardy. Yes again, for this spring you can sow in pots and plant out

 

@Jack Sparrow I would like to have Forget Me Nots too and was thinking the exact same thing re the patio slabs . I was going to get two packets and propagate one pack in pots and then sprinkle the second packet around and hope for the best.

I bought a packet of Sunflower seeds, a packet of Cowslip seeds and a packet of trailing Nasturtiums today. Also three Hellebores. It finally stopped raining around 1.30pm so went outside and did this

It took me an hour, I got very muddy and tired plus wrecked my favourite pair of gardening gloves but I AM VICTORIOUS

Shovelled 3-4 more barrow fulls of gravel and muddy roots. Too tired to do any more.
Still pondering over where I am going with this .

 

Been down Lidl again today looking for more bulbs . Picked up a few goody's, decided I venture to the next Lidl and GC and see what they got, come home with a rucksack full of bulbs . Not so sure where I am going to plant them all but I keep getting more. I'll make a order with peter nyssen next week I need more Allium Globemaster, Lidl had some in but I want the biggest bulbs i can find, picked up 2 White Giant bulbs size 26+ for £3.70ish very cheap.

Got home and dug up some of the lawn and re turfed, broad leaf grass keep invading the lawn I cant cope with it. I may replace the the whole lawn next year if it doesn't get any better.

 

Jack Sparrow - what about creeping thyme ?

Better you than me Luciusmaximus my back aching looking at it. Someone nicked your wheel barrow tyre

 

Hi @Perki Thanks for the suggestion. There are many options to explore I'm sure.

@Verdun In that case I had better get myself that greenhouse.

@luciusmaximus Of late I seem to be your source for inspiration. Who'd have thought it? Your day sounds a bit like my day without the rain or the mud. It's been lovely and sunny here. After I finished my slabs (that took 2 days) I went on to improving the soil behind it. I discovered that I still had a shrub root to remove. I had previously dismantled and moved the water butt so that I had more room to get to it. I've been to bed since then. Oh well! I got it out and that's all that matters. Didn't take that long in the end.

There is definitely a lot of shovelling in this gardening lark.

G.

 

Oh, you noticed . The tyres get punctures and to replace means having to buy a whole new wheel. Which at £16 is half the cost of a new wheelbarrow . Will replace it eventually but would rather spend my money on plants at the moment.

 

there is indeed. Keeps you fit though

 

@shiney so glad you've posted this as I was thinking exactly the same ....as always...such sensible advice from Sir Shiney

 

@redstar thanks for your kind words

Mr Kandy is out in our conservatory at the moment cleaning off the dried soil and then they will get placed into boxes and stored in our garage and will work through them over the coming weeks/months.We can't freeze them as the freezers are full of raspberries,strawberries,runner beans meat and other stuff so there isn't any room at the moment.We gave some time of them away before we even left the allotment on Saturday as other allotment people couldnt get over the size of them

I didn't realise until after I had taken the first photo that one of them looked a bit rude

 

Well @Kandy , I just ran out of carrots here, so mail me some. But, hoping this one market has them for sale, they get theirs from Canada and they are huge. I like to use the big fat ones to diagonal slice for dipping.

 

I have been puttering. Yesterday I had moved the batteries in the cellar and this morning discovered that I hadn't reconnected one of them properly and the fans weren't operating. So, I fixed that. I've now run lines from the batteries to also go into my inside growing areas to operate led lighting. Playing with strip lighting an getting the red/blue mix that is supposed to be good for plants. My idea is to keep using the solar power all through the winter indoors, then switch back outside come spring. Got a couple of them harnessed for both inside and outside

It is humidly hot (90f) again today and I have decided that playing with water rather than dirt would be more comfortable.

I do have a few tomatoes left to harvest and some cucumbers too. My hot peppers are starting to go a little crazy and I'll be harvesting them from now til November. Lots of processing and freezing to happen soon

 

I managed to plant out some more spring bulbs this evening just as it was getting dark. I don't know whether anything will grow or not. They are all tucked under the hedge at the front of the house. There have previously been some snowdrops in there and the odd daffodil so there may be a chance.

I had to weed a bit of the hedge first. I still intend to push the verge away to create a buffer zone. Today I looked at it again and I saw these growing there.








I have been taking notice of discussions about wildlife habitats. Is there any way I can keep these kinds of plants without them encroaching on my hedges?

G.