WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY 2023

Spent a couple of hours in the polytunnel this a.m.....a good soaking for the poor, dehydrated plants that OH has been 'taking care of', hoed off the weeds and picked aubergines, peppers, toms, cucs, chillies, gherkins and courgettes. Slight distraction at lunchtime as OH found a dog in distress in the ditch that borders our farmer neighbour's field. Turned out to be another neighbour's elderly hunting dog who had had a stroke according to our saint of a vet who took him into the surgery. Planted a load of surplus Amaryllis bulbs. The rest of the day was devoted to clearing up the piles of prunings and weeds and battening down the hatches ready for tonight's forecast storm.

 

On the ladder today. Spent a day cutting my ivy going over the high wall to neighbouring property, then tearing away bindweed growing from another property onto my fence and my cherry laurels. Then finally gave my cherry laurels a haircut. Omg... I had to stand on an upper step of the ladder, getting myself in between dense foliage to cut upper branches. Even fox gave me a surprised look.

 

Yesterday I didn't do anything other than water the hanging baskets.

 

It's been raining so only watered the hanging baskets because the rain doesn't get to them.

 

...erm... nothing.

 

Same for me

 

Had someone round to get rid of a wasp nest behind our ivy on our next door neighbours garage. It must have been there a long time as it measured 3ft W x 1ft H x 6 inches thick. My son was weeding the flowers and got stung on his scalp a couple of days ago and we though it was just a one off, until my husband was opening the shed door today and was lucky in not being stung himself. "hate the devils'

 

Only fed the plants yesterday, took me an hour or so!

 

Not much to do out there, apart from a bit of dead heading and pulling out the odd weed when one gets spotted. Picked more Plums and Tomatoes yesterday.

 

Just going to pick more blackberries and blueberries.

 

Yesterday I gave my garden-helping lady a box full of cuttings and small rooted plants. She did a lot of cutting back of overgrown things (Virginia creeper and a big Fuchsia etc) and helped me sort out my pottery-making shed ... tidying it and rearranging the shelving etc.

Today someone is coming to see my garden with a view to putting decking down the bottom, two gates, and making a few steps for me to go into the perspex shelter on the south side of my old garage, and re-doing the path.

 

Here also, but the decking I'm going to have will be the same as the one put on my patio last year, made from some reconstituted stuff. It's brilliant - no slipping and guaranteed to last at least 30 years. I will be long gone by then ...
It costs more, but worth it.