WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2017

Nice one, @"M", you must have made a good job. Oops! I got my hydrangeas badly wrong. They didn't get a trim they got a short back and sides, and I made sure I cut off every flower head . Well, will be interesting to see what they make of all that at least!

 

They can be very forgiving ... but, if they should sulk and prefer to be compost ... come to shineyland and I'll give you one of mine

 

Ooooooo i say!!!!

 

@"M"

 

Friday was beautiful here so thought the weather would encourage me in the garden. So, I spent an hour or so just wandering around aimlessly without actually doing very much. I decided that my time would be better spent watching and listening to the birds. Took a pic of Aster Audrey as I thought it looked so pretty with dew drops over the petals.


Yesterday I cut long grass in one of the bun runs with the intention of applying feed and weed. No feed and weed to be found anywhere. I bought a large box a few months back and I have not used it. Spent around an hour digging up Lucifer bulbs from under the Willow tree.

Cedric the hedgehog, whose legs required stitching after becoming tangled in barbed wire, has healed well. I moved him to an outside run yesterday where he will spend the winter.

I also noticed when digging up the bulbs ( as close by ) that the Japanese Anemones that I thought I had removed have started to regrow . If I cover the area with tarpaulin or membrane for the winter will that be enough to kill what's left or will it just go dormant and sprout again once I remove the tarpaulin/membrane?

 

Planting hard necked garlic, also stick in a couple of cloves of elephant garlic (I like the flowers).
Take some hardwood cuttings and stick in spare patch of veg plot.
Other than that general autumnal tidying up.

 

I agree, that really is a pretty plant; lucky you

Poor Cedric, but wonderful news that he has healed well and now has a safe spot to overwinter. No one could ever doubt your devotion; bravo!

Is it in an area where the membrane can be left down ... for a few years? One season simply won't be long enough and it can take several seasons to be effective.

 

Potted up the succubusses yesterday, running out of space



Dug the chives out of the stone trough, they weren't doing well in there, and planted it up to grow stock for next year

 

@"M" and @shiney Sensible no-fuss advice as always from Madam M and Sir Shiney

@Zigs Those succulents are L@@KING well very most scrummely succulent my friend ...LUV the trough planter too

 

Also sticking the broad beans Aquadulce Claudia into Root Trainers to get started undercover out of the way of slugs.

 

It's all @Scrungee s fault, I was just veg and wildflowers till he gave me them

Incidentally, according to Hebrew mythology, Cain's wife was a succubus, why my sunday school teacher couldn't have told me that when I asked where on earth she came from glod only knows