What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2019

Gave the grass what probably is it's last cut this year. Failed to clean the mower properly so it will again stew in the damp cuttings over the winter unless Boxing day turns out to be boring. I certainly keep the lawnmower makers happy.

Ripped out the tomato plants. Last weekend we collected the last harvest of the mini plum and cherry tomatoes, roasted them with herbs and garlic and preserved in olive oil. It was a lovely weekend, I was nipping out to snip some rosemary, thyme and marjoram and sterilising the jars whilst the Teenager was putting finishing touches to the pear cake and preparing her roasted pumpkin latte... "Quick, call the Good Housekeeping magazine"

There's so much to do now, bulbs to plant and Dahlias to dig up. I wish my job didn't take all the juices out of me, it's such a joy to potter about in autumnal garden and it annoys me that all the must-do's gather to crowd the peace out of my weekends. Grrr.

 

and more since yesterday evening. Very glad to have it , although it's delaying the gardening efforts. I wanted to do today. Yesterday day time was beautiful weather. Whilst waiting for kettle to boil to make a calming jar I nipped outside and pulled out a few weeds from a pot and cut said plant right back. I spotted a Hummingbird moth on a buddleja close by .Later on - in the rain - I went to cut some veg for the buns dinner and after cutting off celeriac leaves I put the rest of it into compost bin.. Pouring down at the moment so probably going to spend most of day painting, pouring and making xmas baubles.

 

Hi,

What an industrious lot you all are grafting away in your gardens enjoying yourselves; here in the UK enjoyment or happiness aren't allowed; just look at the BBC news everyday.

Same here luciusmaximus; the usual wet black hole; the forecast for heavy rain is actually bang on today; when the forecast is for a dry sunny day then obviously they are just joking. I served my apprenticeship down a deep coal mine and looking outside I think I need my helmet and lamp it's so dark. Yesterday started off poor but improved in the afternoon allowing me to wash the car; had I waited though I could have just thrown a bar of soap at it this morning and let Blackie wash it.

Our gardens look lovely whilst wet; the rain brings out the contrast between soil and plants; I had half a box of lawn weed and feed left over so rather than it sit in the garden hut I rightly or wrongly applied it to the wet grass yesterday; Blackie is either watering it in or washing it to the valley bottom as I type.

Bron and I have just been watching last nights CCTV footage; it's interesting to see active spiders; cats on our windowsill scoffing biscuits and a pair of badgers wandering around; I took a picture of the badgers licking each other a couple of nights ago but the camera is in the workshop and I don't fancy wrapping up like an Eskimo to collect it but I'll post the pictures later.

It'll soon be bonfire night then Christmas; roll on Cadbury's Cream Eggs.

Kind regards, Colin.

 

Managed to finish off cutting the paddock hedge yesterday which took much longer than my anticipated half a day. I now have to cut the hedge on the farmers field side but that shouldn't be as bad a job. I intended to do this today but rain put an end to that idea.

This morning I dug a strelitzia out of a pot (sounds much easier than it was). The strelitzia is sold but we wanted the pot for another plant. We love the strelitzia flowers but there aren't many and they dont last long so we decided to sell it for someone else, rather than us to over-winter it again. Its a well established plant (10+ years old) so will give someone else the flowers without the wait for the plant to mature.

Just moved more tender plants into the tunnel (bananas and cannas) and decided it was time for a bite to eat.

Seed grown echiverias to be moved to the tunnel next as they don't have enough light in their current position.

 

Planter not turned up yet @andrews ?

 

@Perki it didn't turn up on Friday so I'm hoping for tomorrow. Weather isn't looking good for tomorrow so it will probably be built on Tuesday

 

Current state of the tunnel. More space will be available when the chillies have finished. The canna and banana leaves will be cut back when the plants have dried off a bit

 

Hi,

I've just enjoyed an hour at the top of the mountain with the hoe; as usual it was wet and for a change light drizzle but it didn't bother me at all; I was wrapped up well in waterproofs in fact it was rather pleasant; I should have been born with a full set of waterproofs living in Yorkshire.

Kind regards, Colin.

 

Yesterday I planted out all this years crop of spring bulbs. Today it rained.

G.

 

Started chopping up old Tomato plants to put in the compost bin. I did notice quite a few Lilly Beatles on the spent Lilies, they did get the squash treatment

 

Started to bubble wrap the greenhouse just some bits left to do, it was annoying me because it wasn't looking neat, but I know the plants won't give a damn.

 

Hi,

I'm not sure about the plants not caring mazambo; I've known people with less intelligence than plants?

Kind regards, Colin.

 

Planter arrived this morning so I decided to build it before the rain came.

All I can say is thankyou to the person who invented the electric screwdriver ! 2 and a bit batteries later and it is built.

Ive started to fill with a mix of gravel and soil but the rain came.

It looks tiny there but its 8' x 4'. The hoops are to support a plastic cover. Agaves are ok with cold but don't like it cold and wet.