What Jobs Are We Doing in the Garden Today... MK3.. 2013

Now you've only got mine to do, Mowgley!!

 

I completed the Shineyframe for my beans - caught a bit too much sun whilst doing it and had to cool down

Added 60 canes to my deer fence as the deer are still getting over the 6ft fence. I've stuck the canes in the wire and they now form a barrier about 10ft high. Only the superdeer will get over that!

Straightened up an 11ft high lilac that had decided to to grow horizontally as the conifer above was making too much shade. Did the same for the 10ft ceanothus next to it. I had to cut away a lot of the conifer to make space and light and then needed help from Mrs Shiney to help straighten them up and strap them to a branch of the conifer.

I did a small amount of weeding and pruned some shrubs, with secateurs, to take off all the dead leaves and branches that the hard winter had killed.

Mrs Shiney did about three hours of weeding and then potted up about 100 plants for the plant sale. I guess we've got about 1,000 ready now. (When I say 'we' I mean Mrs Shiney! )

 

I'd like to cut the grass (if the light rain goes away), move on more seedlings - remove the clearly dead tomato seedlings from the greenhouse (too hot in there yesterday methinks), clear the left border and plant my peas and beans (and make a suitable climbing frame for them), clear the right border and maybe remove my camelia that is way past its best. I think I am going to have to plant out my tree lillies as they are now too tall for their pots, and I also need to get sunflowers sown.

Tomorrow, I want to clear some of the old compost from my deep growbags and then get them refilled ready for this season, put some chicken manure pellets into my existing strawberries to give them a bit of a post winter boost, and then maybe plant out my onions and leeks.

Also to do is to move on the remaining seedlings that are now way too big for their trays, and I want to redefine the lawn edges a bit - mine will never be anything stunning thanks to dog/child etc, but al n you are of course welcome to come and work your magic on it! I want to widen the borders at the back of the garden a bit too, mainly so that I can plant tall stuff in them at the back with smaller stuff like marigolds nearer the front to make a bit of a backdrop to look at from the windows.

 

Yum yum, asparagus!

I've mowed, trimmed edges and done some pruning and tidying up.

 

In the end, I didn't even get the grass cut today, let alone get my edging tool out! I have a box of grass seed for shady areas sitting waiting to be thrown over the bareish bits, but first I need to cut it, scarify it and then aerate it; hopefully that will make it look a wee bit better, although not up to your standards.

You're welcome by the way - you've done a cracking job - I will endeavour to post some photos once mine is looking a bit better to see if it passes muster

 

Forgot to add the wee jobs that I actually DID manage to do today - I confined myself to the greenhouse, and moved on the last of the tomatoes, my Carribean hot peppers, my Super Hot Chillies, my Lemon Citrus Chillies, and sowed a few varieties of nasturtiums (trailing and upright varieties) even cheating with a few by sowing them direct into hanging baskets which are now hanging from the greenhouse roof.