What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2020

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  1. shiney

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    He's an old boy now (12 years old) but acts like a kitten. The neighbours quite often phone us to ask if he's with us when they haven't seen him for some time - sometimes days on end although we don't have him in the house. He sleeps a lot in the greenhouse or the pergola.
     
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      That's cats for you, he must like your company, he must catch his own food.

      That's a right thing to do not having him in your house. A long time ago i took in a cat during the day, i didn't know that it had fleas and they got into the carpet, i know all cats aren't like that but i wouldn't do it again.
       
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        Went over to my parents place this morning and gathered some more cuttings...fingers crossed. Not even sure what they are:heehee: or if it's the right time to take cuttings:noidea:...but nothing to lose...it's now or never!! :fingers crossed:
         
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          The good news is....
          .... the cuttings don’t know if it’s the right time to be taken either!!

          You can’t loose anything by trying.
          When in doubt, do half as soft cuttings, half as semi-hardwood cuttings.
           
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            Cleared a load of stonecrop off the roof tiles. Sowed a row of carrots, sowed some Phacelia. Dug another two barrow loads of rocks out of the new shrub bed and watered.
             
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              With the weather being decidedly hot and humid I used the hose to water the borders aiming for the soil rather than the plants. One or two of the Hydrangeas were hinting at being on the dry side so I gave them a good soaking. The Bird Bath was mucky after a visit from the Pigeons so I cleaned it out and refreshed the water and resisted the temptation to leave a bar of soap and towel.
              As always, one job led to another so after deweeding the Iris pots on the bench, I got down on my knees and started deweeding the borders . That led me down to the Wildlife pond area and I connected up the pond hose to the outside tap and, turning of the tap, I made a note of the time as it takes around 4 to 5 hours to top up the pond. I grabbed the pond net and skimmed the surface as it was covered in rose petals and leaves while checking I didn't have a Frog or a Fish in the net when dumping the leaves,etc.
              There is a Euonomus "Emerald 'n Gold" beside the pond Jasmine/Clematis/and Honeysuckle hedge which has been overwhelming an Exochorda "The Bride" for several years now and was a job I kept putting off. But, despite the heat and humidity I got inside the area and started pruning and cutting back the Euonomus. It was one of those jobs that when you start it you have to finish it, so I ended up spending over an hour cutting back Jasmine, the Euonymus, and numerous long stems of the pond climbing roses that had decided to wander 20 to 30 feet along the border from the pond. The job finished with me scratched and bloody from the roses:doh: and a large pile of Euonymus, Jasmine, Honeysuckle and Rose cuttings lying on the lawn, which I will leave until tomorrow night to put in sacks. The Exocharda got a light pruning and the whole area looks better for sorting it out.......and I headed for a shower and a Mug of Tea afterwards.:cat-kittyandsmiley::coffee:
               
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                Today I just trimmed more lavender bushes, to put bundles out for people to take, and watered the newly planted tomatoes.
                I’m wondering if it is too late to prune a choisya ternata sundance? And a choisya ternata? Mum has two plants that are outgrowing their homes, and have not been pruned for years. (Both are over 3 metres across).
                 
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                  It's going to be too hot again to do any gardening apart from harvesting. Had visitors yesterday for Sunday lunch and they went away with courgettes and 30lb of windfalls (no beans as she's allergic to them).

                  Sprinkler has been on since 5 a.m. and shall gradually be moved around the beds. We're still losing plants from the heat and drought. :sad:
                   
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                    We've lost a lot too...definitely a sad year around.:sad: The garden isn't blooming as it should.
                     
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                      Just going to water the blueberries in pots, didn't do it last night. Take some cuttings of the trailing geraniums for next year.

                      Got 2 blueberry seedlings growing with the other blueberries, don't know if i should leave them until later on, I'm not very good at keeping up with the watering and they might get forgotten about.
                       
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                        More of a "What jobs was I doing last week..." since I haven't posted in this thread for yonks! :biggrin: I've been feeling limited in my gardening lately because my garden is so small and I have so many plants in bloomin' rows, I need to make my borders deeper and with all the inspiration here I wanted the space to experiment with height and colour combinations. So I started a new border which is about 2 x 4.5 metres at its widest/longest. Hard work turning over that uncultivated heavy clay! Nothing is in its permanent position yet, I'll be edging it with marjoram because the focus will be on plants that attract pollinators, especially butterflies. The philadelphus was already there but is far too short-flowering and no good for wildlife, it'll be moved to another part of the garden. I've planted veronicastrum, hebe, two salvias, persicaria, astilbe, knautia, echinacea, achillea, erisymum and eupatorium, the last of these seems to be struggling with the bottom leaves going brown and dropping off, any idea what the problem might be, guys? :dunno::scratch: I still have Lythrum salicaria, Echinops bannaticus and Eryngium planum 'Blaukappe' (Gatekeeper butterflies and bees are loving that one!) to move to this border. Planning to lift half of the remaining turf today!

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                            Did some pruning today and came across this bad boy :smile:. He didn't move a muscle and I was quite close.

                            I'm going to have to take my pond keeping responsibilities more seriously from now on.

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                              We get frogs in our garden, but we don't have a pond,they like to hide around the pots. Going put in a lot of places for them to hide like bricks leaning against each other and stones.
                               
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                                Planting out various things. Out of interest how long does it take you to plant something?
                                I have just planted out 2 Eryngium which I grew from seed. (agavifolium and planifolium). It has taken me a good half hour per plant. Planting requires a sharp lawn edging tool to cut through the surface fibrous roots, a very heavy wrecking bar to excavate the 'soil', a pair of loppers to cut thicker tree roots, a bucket of wet manure, a pack of water retaining gel, a handful of mixed fertilisers(bonemeal, growmore and chicken pellets) and a trowel to back fill the hole. Plus gloves,watering can of water and another bucket to collect up the rubbish which comes out of the hole (broken crockery, scrap metal etc.)
                                Great fun.
                                 
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