What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2020

@Mike Allen These days I start peas and beans in trays and root trainers. I find the pigeons peck off anything that comes out of the ground. I have tried carrots, parsnip and beetroot in plugs. beetroot works the best. I also sow direct once the ground has warmed up.

As for today plan is to do yesterdays jobs, well finish them as I got distracted pulling up nettles and clearing a neighbours side of my back fence. It's actually a patch of scrub owned by a business full of brambles, nettles, bindweed, Clematis vitalba, Ash trees, blackthorn and wild plums.

 

We got a Chihuahua we have never had a little breed before. So had to do lots of research first but he's a feisty little character. One of the children we care for really needed a companion. Something to care for and love. So far it's working really well for him. Plus I get a sneaky little cuddle when they are at school and a little friend in the garden too

 

Broad beans are quite hardy and can be planted out early. You can even plant in Autumn for an earlier crop. Peas can go out, but would probably need protection, but French beans and runner beans are a bit more fragile and need to wait for the warmer nights. I usually plant runners and french beans around mid May. I was going to plant this week, but will wait for next week with the forecast for the next couple of days.
Rusty

 

He looks cute, it's good that children have a pet to look after or to play with.

 

I agree, so far so good.

 

Oh well the Kojo no mai is Kojo no more. It flowered beautifully early spring then gone. Checked for vine weevil just in case but can't find any evidence of any. Shame it was lovely

 

Just died @ARMANDII quite quickly really. It flowered then a few leaves then nothing. I left it for a few weeks and kept checking it but now all the branches are dry and snapping off. (No sign of any green when I give them a scratch) I read that some could be deciduous bit not this early. I bought it at the supermarket earlier on in the year ? I completely agree it was beautiful when it flowered

 

Emptied 3 large pots with old wallflowers in and put the compost on the garden filled the pots with compost from other pots that wasn't so old, planted new wallflowers in them. Also did more watering.

 

Sat in greenhouse and repotted calochortus because the peat pots were collapsing. My lemon tree was flowering so the scent and sunshine made it seem as though I was somewhere more exotic!

 

Finished building the pergola today (apart from the corner braces) just needs a quick rub down with rough sandpaper to take off anything that could give you a splinter then I'll paint it, my wife's really pleased...That she has a clear path once again must admit though I feel my age tonight.

 

Cut the grass. It has been so dry lately that I've just let it be, but now we have some nasty weather forecasted so a trim was allowed. Following @Verdun's advise my mower is now always on it's highest setting, and indeed the grass looks better than a closely sheared one.

Suggested the Climbing Iceberg roses which way to grow and mulched the tatties in the bucket with hand deep of compost.

On an off-topic note, had my hair cut in the back garden by The Teenager. She dutifully did the horrendous chitchat I so dislike when I'm forced in the chair "So are you going out tonight...?" "No" "Any holidays planned, love...? " "No". All went well apart from her giggling and "Whoops" sounds which I firmly told should not be a hairdressers sounds. Now my "choppy bob" is indeed a very choppy bob. I'm not very familiar with Imperial Units but I'm sure 1 inch does not equal 5cm.

The weather is about to turn now so Pelargoniums and Dahlias will stay put indoors until next weekend.