WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY 2018

Not quite sure really, have had ongoing tendonitis for the last few years...but it may have been the shovelling of soil the other week that damaged the deltoid muscle my osteopath strapped it up so movement is a bit limited from that, this in turn will help the muscle heal...if I don't over stretch it!!!

 

Storm Hector ruined my Lupin the . Most things come through unscathed but for missing / bent flower heads and a few leaning plants.

 

Perki if they're on concrete or slabbing you could have fixed them to the floor as my hubby did with the bird bath...it sounds well mate ….why not put a nice small conifer in the middle of both and add surrounding plants...I've got one down out back and it's just done it's last swap of a larger pot 4th time around

 

Had a wander around the garden to assess damage. Lots of flattened grasses and plants, even the ones I staked . One of the Pony Tail grasses is gone, presumably uprooted by the winds and a piece of dead Hawthorn got blown onto shed. My potato plants are battered flat. Thought about making a start on the clean up. Went to the beach instead.

 

mate ….your grasses and plants..well it must have been awful to take staked plants also...i'd say it's up lifted it because tonight on the front my pontails had stems on the ground and I thought someone had messed with them and hubby said the winds done that...it's done some damage to quite a few members by what I can see...such a shame and I am so sorry mate after you choosing your plants and working hard.

I think i'd have done the same by heading for the beach...seeing what you've got to restart on

 

Sorry to hear of damage done to folks' gardens by the storm.
Some strategic cutting back will help mitigate the apparent destruction hopefully . Many plants will respond by flowering again later

Weather is looking good here again.....the odd localised shower possible "they" say

My "dwarf" delphinium Clivedon Beauty are starting to flower at almost 90 cm!!! They are usually not more than half that. Picked some delicious strawberries but will need to get some straw to keep them clean.....keep forgetting to do that

 

Like some others, off out to try my best to repair the damage of yesterday. All my 30 odd Cauliflowers have had it. They were at the big leaf stage just before flowering and their stems have snapped Oh well it's not as tho I grow vegetables for a living.
All my various (about 20)tall growing Euphorbias are flat on the ground altho most stems aren't actually broken. Am I best to cut them off @Verdun? Some are crushing other plants next to them so those will have to be pruned off but others are not impeding anything else so could stay flat on the ground. I am not accustomed to doing serious pruning in June!

 

Well the days nice here and sunny so was out early sweeping the yard...filling up bird baths, i'll carry on inside in a bit...then after outside again

 

Silu, I have recently cut back euphorbia ascot rainbow.

The main thing is to cut the flowered stems back to the base. Its prob these (heavy) that have helped flatten the rest of the stems. So, I would also remove any stems encroaching onto other plants and those that are totally flat. The remaining stems will perk up and grow again. Most euphorbias will have been pruned in late spring.
Depends on variety too though....polychroma, for example, is a different sort and can be cut as hard as you like or left.....this is a herbaceous type and will lose its foliage over winter. Polychroma is one of my favourite euohorbias

 

Yikes!
It looks like some of you were affected by the storm really badly .

We have a bit of a bash tomorrow (been "hitched" to the best man in my life for 25 years now!). Nothing too fancy planned, just a BBQ with friends - but of course, I want the garden to be looking good! So lawn mown (will redo the bit by the patio in an hour), edges cut, roses deadheaded, all plants waiting to be planted out now in situ. I've still got a last minute weed to do, all spare flowerpots to be tidied away (is it me, or do they breed, and then migrate to different climes when you need them?!).

I want to make a quick summer wreath for the garden gate, as otherwise it looks a bit gloomy. Hoping to wind some ivy around a spare rustic stem base, and then a few silver ornaments tied to it, and maybe a few privet flower-spikes woven through?

A number of people are interested in my veg beds, so they will also need a tidy-up. Runner beans to tie in (some have reached the top of the 7' poles), French beans to tidy, courgettes to check for picking - (did I really see Monty planting his out last Friday? Ours have already cropped their first few!). Then it's quickly up the ladder to weave in the passionflower and jasmine onto their trellis, and I hope that's all! I've still got all the beds to make up, and people start arriving in about 3-4 hours!!

 

Have a great day Sian tomorrow

 

@Sian in Belgium , Happy Anniversary. Have a lovely party.
Yes flower pots do that in my garden too...I'm sure I didn't buy that many plants!!

 

@Sian in Belgium my friend and have a lovely time

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@Perki when I've got big containers to fill ,i leave half of the old compost in the bottom, that way i don't use all of my compost. By the time the roots have got to the bottom, they need feeding anyway.
It will be alright with dahlias as well.

 

Yes you have over done it.