WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY 2018

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    :yahoo:

    Erm ... :think3: ... you *do* realise that it isn't "real" until ...


























    ... you post pix :whistle:

    :heehee:
     
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      Nice 2nd bassoon.....scent, beauty and something to eat :) I think it will look superb in a few weeks.
      In case you havent chosen your lavendar yet, the best hardy lavendar is Grosso I think. Superb flowers in summer:)

      Sun and showers here today but warm .....potted on Cleome spinosa White Queen and leonotis Leonorus. Sowed lettuce indoors. Potted on a canna that has shooted to keep growth momentum. Washed guttering in front of the bungalow.....had to be when the showers were heavy ???!! but no matter; job done.

      However, the day was preoccupied with a 5 week old golden retriever puppy. Went to see him again, ( 3 times since he was born now!) and he is the fluffiest, gorgeous little chap. The breeder must have "prepped" the puppy cos it delightfully responded to its name Nico......we picked out the one we wanted two weeks ago. £1000 lighter in the pocket but who cares?
       
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        Might have been dropped by a Swallow :)
         
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          It would be fine there. Just remember though, it is a free seeder! Once the flower turns to seed, it will self seed, most happily, anywhere in your garden *it* sees fit :heehee: The only way to prevent that would be to chop the flowers off before they set seed :blue thumb:
           
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            It spat it out again? :scratch: :dunno: Swallow - get it? :whistle: :heehee:
             
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              On the "show off your pets" thread @"M" ;) had 3 and half eggs in 24 hours just off those 2.. They need to chill out!
               
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                How do you get "half" an egg? :rolleyespink:
                 
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                  After taking off the eggspenses :heehee:
                   
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                    I took advantage of the mild and dry weather today to do some more jobs in the garden. So I dug out a several clumps of young Teasels that were in the wrong place, along with some small clumps of Geranium "Versicolour" that had ventured out from the main large clump. The Pampas "Silverdale Silver" leaves were starting to overhang the path leading to the Arbour, so they got cut back. l left the tall plumes in the center of the Pampas Grass for another day as the birds ares still stripping them for nest material. The 6 Honeysuckles planted either side [3 a side] of the Arbour needed tidying up and tying back to the roof posts and it looks better for it. I also tied back stems of Rose "Alchemist" and Rose "Compassion" which are also planted on either side of the Arbour and trained to grow around the front of the Arbour roof. On the South side of the Arbour is an old Choisya "Sundance" which this Winter had decided to grow sideways to the North over an area I have other plans for so, regretfully, I pruned it hard back to where I wanted it to be.
                    After a mug of Tea and a sit with Jenny the Cat who was supervising I pruned Rose "Crazy for You" and Rose "Trumpeter" to a better shape without pruning them both hard back. That brought me with feet of the Trellis Entrance to the garden so I pruned the 60 odd Clematis, 30 odd Clematis either side, of the Trellis. I usually cut them all back fairly hard, within 2 or 3 shoots from the bottom, but this year I decided to prune them all to 3' height as they're all producing a lot of buds and I'll take advantage of that to see what happens.
                    While doing the jobs I was looking to see what was pushing shoots out of the ground and was more than happy to see that several of the Foxtail Lilies were showing big fat "buds", so that will be something to look forward to. I've also got 5 large pots containing various varieties of Erythronium placed on the walk around border in front of the Arbour and it was nice to see that 3 out of the five pots had shoots starting push out of the mixture of compost/grit/sand, so hopefully the other two pots will soon show shoots as well.
                    I did find out one other thing today. It's a lot easier getting onto my knees to work in the borders......but a darned sight harder to get back up again.:doh::dunno::old::heehee:
                     
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                      By dropping it, I guess.:dunno::heehee:
                       
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                        My very first hen was an ex batt. She only ever laid "soft shell" eggs (in other words, the "egg" was coated in a fine sliver of nothingness; totally useless!
                        The day she laid an egg with a "real" shell, was the day she crossed the rainbow bridge! I viewed it as the day she stuck a finger up to the commercialism she had endured ;)
                        I felt proud to have given her an end of life with no "demands"; just shelter, food, water and lots of cuddles. I adored that girl :wub2:
                        She taught me the most humble of lessons in hen keeping. :blue thumb:
                         
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                          60 clematis????!!! :thud:
                           
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                            Maybe ... just ... maybe ... this is life's lesson in:
                            Be grateful for small mercies? :dunno:
                            Wishing you many hours of "getting back up again" :grphg:
                             
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                              Sounds like you enjoyed yourself there ARMANDII. I share your sense of solace from your garden too......:)
                               
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                                Soft shell, no yolk or white :( 2 others were very thin with weird marbling and calcium deposits..one cracked in my pocket
                                 
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