What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2020

@Jasmine star yes thank you I'm ok, glad that you are.

I always do my potting up on the kitchen work surface, no room for a potting shed or a ordinary one.

 

@Logan I ended up setting up in the conservatory/dining room and potting in there. My greenhouse is too full! It's much better doing it inside

@Loofah other projects erm...
well the allotment re vamp,
The anderson shelter refurb,
A bench from sleepers,
Refurb of a metal chiminea I found on the roadside ,
Derusting of all my gt grandads tools,
Cleaning up the RAF box all my gt grandads tools were in,
Refurbing a drinks table/trolley that I got from a charity shop,
Finishing cleaning my grandads ww2 medals,
Finishing stripping my gt gt grandmas chair from about 30 layers of gloss (almost there),

Oh and measuring up and doing the drawings for our builder to change our conservatory into a proper building.

I've almost finished doing my mums garden (greenhouse, sleeper edging, raised beds, clearing overgrown areas for new raised veg beds.

 

A busy week planting a beech hedge on a bank at the bottom of our garden. We back on to a country lane and we've never seen so many people (or dogs) walking past as we worked. I overestimated how many plants I needed so the hedge will be continued along the fence, maybe later today.
I've ordered special offer bulbs from Van Heusen which will go along the bank. It's late for them to go in but the weather has been kind so fingers crossed the will grow and flourish.

 

Yes a potting shed or normal shed is a dream
I'm glad you are well @Logan it's a difficult time for a lot at the moment. It's raining again here and forecast for all week

 

I was using AutoCAD LT at work before I retired, and was being trained to use the 3D version.

And I've just realised that I can't remember anything whatsoever. But with Excel I was able to sort out my daughter's problems last week (doing her Masters) in minutes.

 

Is the manual still about 70mm thick?

 

These days it's probably a gigabyte .pdf file.

 

@Loofah some evergreens to consider . I always say Choyisa first great plants another favourite of mine are Pittosporum a lots to pick from . Also to look at camellia - viburnum tinus / davadii - aubuca - lots of conifers to pick from I like the cryptomeria variety's a few to look at some have spiral leaves globasa nana is a good smaller variety , I also like pinus mugo wintergold - Nandinia - daphne ?aureomarginta is probably one of the most interesting variety's - photinia - pieris lots to pick from - I've been looking into loropetalum recently interesting shrub which I think is hardier than first believed . They is also other evergreen plant to look into like euphorbia - phormiums and other grasses

 

Weather been reasonably good this past week but today been a wet day , still haven't had a proper frost yet we had heavy fog instead of frost like everybody else .

I started to empty some plant this past week the dahlia are looking tired but quite a few are still trying to flower . while I emptied the barrel / pots of dahlias I replanted them up with tulips etc for spring display. today I've been tidying the GH putting cell tray back together and cleaning fuchsia / pelargoniums up .

On Wednesday / Thursday my plant turned up to replace the buddelia I dug out a couple of weeks ago , unfortunately it hasn't got any leaves on so I can't show it off but the plant I went with is a Parrotia Persica Persian Spire , a multi season tree with interesting foliage throughout the year and small pink/red flowers in winter .

 

Can confirm that! It grew well in a sheltered spot in Northants and has taken everything the climate here has thrown at it for 13 years. Lovely shrub!

 

@Loofah Have you tried Sketchup? It is brilliant! You can use their free web based version. Or do a free trial of a full download. I'm addicted to it. I've used it for various planning applications now and even little garden projects. Id definitely recommend it. It was recommended to me by my mate who is a structural engineer who really likes it.