What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2020

I'm glad for you, our garden was just grass with some big trees in it, that were too big for the size of garden.

 

Many congrats @2nd_bassoon

 

Wow! Congratulations @2nd_bassoon !!

 

Brilliant news @2nd_bassoon . I hope you have many happy years there

 

from what I know of house moves that’s a small problem unless your minimalist.
I did mine over 2 months as there was no chain, only me and me.

 

Finally the rain has stopped today. I got some deadheading out of the way. Went through 2 bags of compost repotting things (made a right mess) watered the pots. They were bone dry despite all the rain. The dog has decided he likes stripping leaves off plants, chewing plant pots and eating snails in the meantime both the Salvia Amistad flowers are droopy the plants themselves look good and are growing well. And I've learn that I'm useless at growing Euphorbia martinii as beautiful as they are they don't like me, my garden or my ericaceous soil anyway it's nice to be back

 

I did mostly tinkering with watering and electrical things out there. The lights in the two smaller greenhouses didn't come on last night so I traced the problem to what was problem done by the strong winds the other night. Just west of me there were tornados and torrential rain everywhere. Then I fixed bug screening over the troughs on the greennouse that sits near a tree which sheds leaves all summer. Not enough for the tree to be in danger, just enough to choke the flow of water when it rains.

I did plant out the last of the cannabis seedlings. They are from a hybrid called Shishkeberry and the seeds were free so I'm not concerned if it's too late for them to grow tall.

Also potted up some more begonias and bright coloured coleous.

Hosed off the deck and then called it quits.

 

Thanks all - six Honda Jazz boot fulls of plants now safely in their new home:


I'll start a new garden thread at some point, it's going to be a big project

 

Got the peppers planted in the raised bed today. Will try to do the celery and herbs later. Fed the toms, courgettes, and peppers.

 

Well the dead tree is no more, should get a few wood turning projects out of this


the bit in the ground I can lever up with a bar quite easy, so I may take it out as cutting it blunts chainsaw blades on the soil

still not sure of what tree it was though

 

It has been very warm and humid day, my favourite. No wind at all. Sadly, this weather also makes my hair go so wild that I'm expecting the neighbours starting a crowd funding site to book me a serious hairdresser

Anyways, got the chemical round done. 4-in-1 went in last night and some Provanto to eradicate the aphids from my houseplants today. I do not like using the stuff, but there's only so far soapy water will go when dealing with soft growth on houseplants. (Yes, I feel a Covid joke coming on... ). The 4-in-1 is scary, especially as I have a lot of plants and hedges next to the lawns, but admittingly, it does make a difference.

Did some weeding on the cracks of the pavement, not my favourite job (I'm stating out the very obvious here ) but it had to be done. Perhaps the Tesco delivery men will stop wearing jungle helmets and wielding machetes now. Point taken.

Otherwise we just did some crafty things with clay, the old pigeon got a nose job and the new sparrow (Thomas) turned out quite cute:



It's still very nice and warm, some bloodfishboning is called for.

 

We’ve not done too much, but washed dog-beds were de-fluffed and inserts put in. (Not gardening, but definitely “jobs”, and done “in the garden”...)

Next task was faggot-making. The council will take away bundles of gardening material, if weighing less than 15kg each, and tied with natural twine. So I’ve become an expert in tying faggots, and the cut trees were duly bundled.

The red currant harvest was picked. Considering the drought, and the young age of the plant, not a bad crop. Washed and out on the patio table to dry, before freezing.

Then it was cutting the trimmed rosemary from the two overgrown bushes into culinary lengths, to be put outside with a “gratis” sign, for the passers-by. Any that isn’t taken can be composted, but it seems such a waste to throw a herb that is so useful, and dries so easily.

Last job was a little blanket-weed removal from the pond.

Now the serious task of beer-drinking!

 

Spent a lot of time on and around the pergola the last few weeks so I've spent some time on things I've neglected, put my tumbling tom's and strawberries in baskets, planted my sweet peas and planted some scabiosa "snow queen" if I get something out of them I'll be quite happy.