What Jobs Are We Doing in the Garden Today... MK2..

Grabbed a couple of hours in the garden today while it was sunny. Dug out some spent annuals and planted some new acquisitions, looking forward to seeing those come up next year. Also partially unblocked a soakaway drain that's difficult to get to, so need to remove some woodwork that's bolted to my house so I can get to it properly. Why do these issues 'snowball'?

 

Today i'm going to DO the jobs i've been promising to do for the last couple of weeks....
Prepare my onion bed...plant bulbs,prepare Rose bed,mulch Rhodys and Azailias with 'eric' compost...mulch roses(FYM)...clear the last of the runner beans....sort the GH out and get rid of the last of the tomato plants...

 

Picked the last of the toms , washed out the greenhouse , put all the shelving back in., started to put away plants for the winter.

Planted the last of the daffs and muscari

Its meant to be really warm next week, despo to cut the lawns I havnt done the Autumn feed yet , dont know if its to late ?

Hanging baskets still looking good, I was going to take down today then thought leave them up.

Bees all out today, still collecting Himalayan Balsam nectar & pollen
Yes just had a can of cider medicinal of course

Spruce

 

Nearly got all the jobs done ...but GH and mulching can wait untill tommorrow....turned quite chilly out there so i'll join you Spruce with a wee dram...just to warm me up ofcourse

 

Cut the lawn after work, tidied up the edges and borders and deadheaded. The grass is growing a lot more slowly now, so unless we have a week or 2 of warm weather, then I reckon another 2 cuts until the lawnmower is mothballed.

 

Bubble wrapping /cleaning greenhouse ,in between checking my items I am selling on ebay,god its so stressful

 

Spent the afternoon breaking up an old pool. I will fill it with soil and compost and treat it as a new bed. It will be rich humussy soil and have dappled shade so I have some of the plants ready. It's quite an exciting distraction for the winter months. Astrantias, astilbes, Heucheras, grasses, geraniums, Acer garnet, hostas, dwarf Japanese willow....can't spell it at mo....hellebores, lobelias, all to go in. Any other ideas?

 

Finally finished assembling a small aluminium cold frame I inherited years ago, which has languished in its packaging in the garage ever since.

Given my abysmal DIY skills and the usual incomprehensible diagram and instructions provided, this was quite a task, taking all yesterday afternoon and another hour or so today to complete.

Still got to put all the glass in though, that will have to wait until next weekend now.

In the greenhouse, planted up some winter salad greens, sown earlier this month. I'm using Mizuna, Tatsoi and Lamb's Lettuce along with Arctic King lettuce. I've only grown Arctic King before, the other three are a first attempt. Any advice on these would be welcome.

 

Everybody's been busy. Just heard the cold weather is due by end of the week. So, will take in rest of my tender,perennials, keep a few outside though....can take that risk here......and get on with cutting back and tidying.

 

Will finish bubble wrap tomorrow and start lifting plants I want to over winter in greenhouse,

 

Got 20 Pinks/Carnations 20p each from HomeBase
I do not know really some are pink some are Red JUST says perenials
So stuck them in the front border and hope for the best

Jack McH

 

Morning jack, are they small plants? Probably better if you pot them up and put in sheltered part of the garden. Many are scented.....you will know when they start flowering. I grow them also for their "blue" foliage which is "evergreen". You did very well getting them for that price

 

No the plants are quiet strong, and some of the five inch pots have several plants in them, though I am not splitting them up just planting as clumps
(I think it was a case of oh Halloween clear the shelves)

Jack McH

 

Not sure if the cold due this weekend will be cold enough here ... but I've decided to bring the exotic garden plants into the conservatory for the Winter.






The conservatory filling up nicely!

Final shots of Jungle - pleased with how much it has filled out in only its first year of planting: