My Autumn/Winter Plans....

You are properly going for it arent you!

*jealouses muchly*

 

Sure am Mel, had the time this week and got lucky with the weather too (apart from Thursday :D), so ticking quite a few jobs off the list :thumb:

 

Here's a couple of pics of the new arch over the entrance to my veg patch and you can also see the two re-located compost bins either side of the patch;

 

I'm toying with the idea of planting two Clematis on it; I've been growing a few on in pots all year after buying them as young plants in the spring :thumb:

 

Looks brilliant Bilbo, I think it'd look amazing smothered in clematis flower . What types are they?

 

Hi Armandii; I've got 3 Clematis to find homes for, Hagley Hybrid, The President and Warszawska Nike, I also have a perennial Sweet Pea, so they might all go on it..:D


Update on the jobs in the garden, well after the large amount of rain we've had round here over the last few weeks I've taken the opportunity to mulch some of the plants that benefit from it now the ground is no longer dust :D

My other Cannas that were planted in the ground have also been lifted and are in the shed drying off, luckily I got them up before the wet weather set in so they were quite dry anyway :thumb:

 

Just looked back at my original list of things to do and all I have left is to put up the 'blow away' greenhouse and build a couple of large planters.....I'm very happy with my progress :D

That said there will always be extra jobs that pop up and I hope they do.........oh wait they just have I've got some shrubs to plant; a Acer pensylvanicum 'Erythrocladum' (ok strictly a tree but it's multi stemmed now), Pterostyrax hispida and a Xanthoceras sorbifolium, I grew all these from seed a few years ago and they are in large pots awaiting permanent homes, I love just popping out the back for an hour or two and doing something :thumb:

 

All this work talk between you two is making me feel very tired ! Bilbo your arch / veg patch looks great ! Armandi is that right you have 13 Clematis one one arch I presume you have had a frost in Cheshire today so you can get your Begonias in today
I am planting some Tulip bulbs this morning where the Cannas where , and next week need to fit a new garden gate.

 

Reading all your posts is great,you all sound like you are doing a brilliant job...you're really spuring me on...I've a couple of roses to plant...a climber 'new dawn' ...i'm getting Mr lolimac to knock in a couple of scaffolding poles for me...i know it sounds a bit drastic but i've heard it can be a bit of a thug but lovely all the same and i've made the mistake before in not having a secure enough support....also a 'gertrude jekyll'.There are shrubs to move, plants to cut back and a good allround tidy up and i'm sure i'll find more to do...Thanks for the enthusiasim

 

You lot are making me jealous, I've managed three hours outside in the last two months and that was over this last weekend. A combination of bad weather and still trying to finish off the decor in my now newly refurbished bungalow. Making curtains at the moment, but I'd rather be re-building a dry stone wall.