What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2020

All I did was transplant my 3 Viola odorata 'The Czar' from a temporary spot to what will hopefully be a permanent one, under my Acer palmatum dissectum atropurpureum. Hopefully they will get the right Summer shade/Winter sun balance there. Slugs have had a damn good nibble this year but they are larger and healthier now so they should be more of a struggle for them to get through! Hopefully the runners will root and I'll end up with more plants soon, anyway.

Nick

 

Mowed front lawn, cut hedges and shredded cuttings for compost heap. Then spent 4 hours on my knees weeding. The front borders are/were infested with creeping buttercup (as is the lawn) and couch grass. I have got an awful lot out, but need to keep an eye on it . Going to give it a good soaking in a bit and mulch tomorrow. Started on herbaceous boarder, but gave up as back was in bits. Also we took the kids for a bike ride. Came back and sowed some Calendula, Zinnia, Rudbeckia and Cosmos. Cabbage I sowed on Tuesday are showing already though .

Rusty

 

Not much done in the garden the past few days, I've resown some grass seed again to repair the edge of the lawn seen as the sparrows took a liking to my previous grass seed. Potted on some seedling and I seem to be doing a lot of watering lately . Also split Helenium Waltraut seen as I've lost one .

 

I finished repotting the cannas today, and pricked out my tomato seed, but I don't want to move stuff to far away from the greenhouse because there's -1 forcast for Monday, so I think where everything is at the moment the only pat on the head I'm going to get is of the cow variety

 

My pleasure

 

Its raining cats and dogs but its probably going to wash away the grass seed I've just put down . Oh well the garden needed a good soak but the slime critters may come out now and devour some plants

 

Well had a very busy couple of days in the garden. Yesterday we cleared out the pond filter again and it is looking much better again today. We've decided to do it every day for a week - should be much better then. I also cleared all the moss from the edge of the pond and the side brick work, jet washed the sides of the pond, took out the big tubs and stepped planter and jet washered them all down. Last two nights I've had to rescue big frogs that had got in the koi pond. One of the frogs had clearly been got at by the koi and it died - poor thing. I have got a bird bath that I am going to plant up which can be used as an exit for frogs - that will go in the pond today. We just have to be careful with Herons around here - if they find something to stand on then they will try and get the fish.

I also cleared out our little "nature" pond and divded some of the plants, removed dead muck from the bottom of it and topped it up with fresh water. I went out early this morning and gave it another tidy up and put some of the plants back in - it's looking lovely again. The birds and froggies seem to be enjoying it. I also saw a newt around it the other night.

Out the front garden I've reconnected up all of the watering system to water all the new trees, so now I just need to connect the hose and it's sorted - much easier.

I've also been making up pots and sorting things in the greenhouse which are going to be planted out. And I've moved all the over wintered plants outside now. Everything is looking lovely. It's been nice to have some time just to sit there and enjoy it too!

 

Not today but the last few days.

A lot of bulb planting....

Eucharis,
Gloriosa (4 types ),
Gloxinia ( 5 types ),
Habenaria,
Hymenocallis ( 2 types ),
Lycoris ( 2 types ),
Sprekelia
Tropaeolum Tuberosum,
Scadoxus,
Leucocoryne,
Achimenes ( 2 types ),
Pancratium Maritium,
Crocosmia.

Also planted ....

Bellamcanda ( Iris Domestica)
Iris Chrystographes
Iris Sibirica " Silver Edge "
Iris Louisiana " Rhett "
Iris Louisiana " Cajun Capers "
Iris Louisiana " Jack Attack "
Lobelia Laxiflora
Zauchsneria Californica

Had the delivery of the Greenhouse Carnations ( Spray and Florist Blooms ) and the Early Chrysanthemums ( September to November) so they've been potted up into 3" pots for now.

Still waiting on 50 Lillies, 15 Chincherinchee, 4 Amaryllis Sonata and various Fuchsias, Pelargoniums, Salvias, Late Chrysanthemums ( November to January ) and odd bits to arrive.

Today will be more planting and dividing and then hopefully from tomorrow I can start doing some seed planting.

 

The old wheels looked to be a bit more "inbound" - any issue cutting to, and with blades a bit "over", the edges?

I have a small Bosch battery mower to "do the edges" and to cut right to the edge it is all too easy to drop a wheel over the edge, which of course scalps / wrecks the edge :(

Sounds annoying to have to hold it part-way, rather than selecting speed and then just "hold the clutch in". But you say no wrist ache, so perhaps its OK. Maybe you can put one or two fingers between the handlebars and the green "go" lever to keep a constant adjustment?, or rig up something to allow the green bar to be fully depressed against that "spacer". My arthritic hands hate anything that I have to constantly "grip correctly", rather than just being able to "grasp fully"

 

Moved the grape vine and it's planted and wired in it's new position in the garden. Next big job is to move the apricot tree out of the garden room. Maybe tomorrow for that job.
I cut a large agapanthus in four pieces, broke my knife so I resorted to a pruning saw which did a brilliant job. What a great bit of kit. Potted them all up and now I'm about to embark on doing something sedate like deadheading the daffs and early tulips. After coffee

 

Sowed seeds of cucumber, melon, courgette, pumpkins, sweetcorn, runner beans and French beans.
Now going to move out the insectivorous plants and put the cacti in the greenhouse,remembering to shade them with fleece for the first few days.