WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY 2018

Alloys @Linz ...all i can say there's hope for you yet

 

@Perki The one place down the road wanted £29-99 for them each and they was smaller and i got the idea for buying these when @Jack Sparrow brought one and i identified it with the neighbours hedge next door and that's gone through all weathers and still grows well.

I would like to try and shape them similar to my conifer shape as they'll be in the middle of round lavender balls.

Picture of my connifer and where they've got to go replacing bottle brushes.

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Back from the beach....Sunny and mild.

Shiney, you put me to shame....must be looking good there

Still doing work around the house so may not get much time in the garden although I must try to do some weeding. Lots of hyacinths around giving delightful scent. Several wallflowers flowering but they are later this year I think

 

So this beach you go to, would it be a nudists beach .

 

Lucius, lucius, lucius.......wot u like?
Mind you a few sun worshippers do like to bare all down there.

 

Phostrogen was finally in stock at the local Wilko yesterday, so I've mixed the first batch of the year today. Turns out 3 litre bottles of Pepsi Max still have their uses when the contents are long gone.

Unwrapped the two palm trees we have in the back garden after the two 'beasts' put that back a couple of weeks. They're looking a little sorry for themselves, but hopefully nothing a bit of sunlight and some Phostrogen can't fix. That goes for a few things around the garden, which had to take the full force of the winter, for the last time before the greenhouse gets here.

The biggest job of the weekend is going to be moving the begonias on to individual pots. Bought a tray containing 40 of them, which I'm beginning to think will barely scratch the surface. First things first, I need to run the newest batch of MPC through the new riddle without getting it all over the place...

 

The weather here today as been and blessed with the plus warmth...so i was out there just after dinner

Cut back any extended stems on both the Viburnum Tinus...because being young you can't afford to shape to quickly....hubby removed bottle brushes and the amount of fresh compost in the dirt was lovely and fresh...removed any rooting left from the bottle brushes and the Viburnum are finally in ...Oh i am one pleased lady

The Bottle brushes was completely dead





Viburnum tinus now planted









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Oo! We had one of those conifers.

It's the one in front of the Japanese Lantern

Mind you, that was thirty years ago.



Then we got rid of the rest but as it had a nice shape we moved it and put it on top of the rockery.


Look at it now!

 

Hi @Doghouse Riley that's the 4th pot now it's just gone in and next time around it's going to be in the ground and a slab removed

 

Dwarf or not, conifers need regular pruning to maintain size.
I'm fond of conifers but choose the right one....for your site, for size and for shape

Wet, wet and wet since early pm but managed to get all outdoor tasks done whilst it was dry, even sunny.

My 2 year old great niece arrived.....who cares if it is raining whilst this gorgeous bundle of blonde haired fun n mischief is around??

 

@Verdun did you manage to cut the lawns as you planned