What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2020

I've just received the mower back from the mower hospital. They say it's on its last wheels. It may last another year, rust is the problem. It's only 23 years old

 

Well, it was 50f outside in the garden but the cold gusting breeze made it feel more like 40f
I donned my mucky gardening clothes, put on a Body Warmer and then a thick Timber Jacket just to keep off the effects of the breeze.
I planted 6 Primroses of various coloured flowers along the edge of the borders but had to do it carefully to avoid digging up bulbs or damaging nearby plants. The borders are now full of stuff pushing out shoots and there are now some very strange looking shoots that get me scratching my head trying to decide what exactly they are!!
I also planted two more Peonies.....

Peony "Inspecteur Lavergne"


Peony "Flame"


They're in the same border as 4 other Peonies which brings the collection up to around 11 and that doesn't count the other two Peonies sitting in pots on the Patio
Luckily, the garden is quite sheltered so I was fairly warm and comfortable and decided to plant 25 Gladioli in groups of 5. Again, I have another 25 Gladioli to plant but that's a tomorrow job My borders are higher than my paths so I had to clear the centre path of soil that had slipped over the retaining walls of stone using my Trowel but it will have to be done properly with a spade. In the Green House I potted on a Geum, a Centeurea, and a Astilbe, watered all the plants in pots that are waiting to be planted in the borders . By then it was time to head for the House for that well deserved Mug of Tea!!

 

Oh, come on, loli, you know the Devil is afraid of you

 

What???..........do you get shares in the Bridge and a Car clean/wash for that??

 

Well, again, it got up to 50f but, again, the stiff cold breeze made it feel in the 30f's, so I put a warm jacket on as well as my mucky gardening clothes and finished of the planting of the last 25 Gladioli in groups of 5. I decided to start clearing the paths and started on the East path near the Green House and getting down on my knees starting scraping away the soil that had spilled out onto the path. I'd brought a short hand brush and pan so I was able to brush up the soil and throw it back onto the borders. I decided that, with the cold breeze, it was a job that could be left for another day so I retreated to the Green House and watered whatever plants needed it. Most of the Hardy Perennials in pots in the Green House seemed to have been on hold during the last weeks but are now starting to grow on nicely, so I'll have to start deciding where they will go in the borders. After that I headed for that lovely Mug of Tea, with the thought in my head that it needs to get a little warmer without that cold breeze.