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

One week to go Shiney ... Mrs Shiney has everything under control I assume?

 

It will be like Christmas! Many thanks.

 

Sorry to hear winter has taken it's toll in your garden Shiney. I thought I'd lost my Choisya 'Sundance' having been buried under a snowdrift for three weeks on it's side, but with some tlc it's now looking good.

I emptied my composter today, the first time after eighteen months in use. My garden isn't developed enough yet to keep it filled but I was pleased with the results and my new rose bed is now covered with the contents. I've also dug over and weeded another bed and taken the chance of planting out a young Paeony, fingers crossed. Obviously I don't expect much from it fore the next two years, but look forward to seeing it in bloom at some stage.

 

put weed control fabric and bark down in mums garden for little crgs play area

 

Nowt today!
Been to meadowhall shopping centre with the missus and little un (I hate shopping)
The little un went to the disney shop and spent his pocket money he's saved on a car and the missus went in every clothes shop and came back empty handed . Oh well
Had a lovely meal though at a rice restaurant
I'm off to a plant fair tomorrow morning and then b&q.
I defiantly won't come back empty handed

 

Planted out the strawberries. Bought bare-root sometime back and potted up at the time.

Also Brussels Sprouts and Beetroot (9cm pots).

 

Cut the lawn yesterday, will try and get final finishing off of planters out front this afternoon, plan to put ivy to trail over and round edges, off to car boot this morning, must remember cash point on the way, will try to only buy any plants I need. .

 

I've (almost) finished taking the pergola down Made pretty light work of it with my new Scorpion saw and it only took me just over an hour to take down three of the four metal poles which are holding it up I had been dreading it so kept putting it off.

The last metal pole is in the corner and has a thick Wisteria stem growing up it. Much as I am loathe to cut it down it has to be done so will do that another day. It's really opened up that (north-west facing) corner so it's much lighter. I can now start jigging plants about in the top border.

 

Bought 3 different thyme at carboot, planted up and happy, made a start on re-potting my mints, very hard work so only done 1 so far,, removed ivy from big terracotta pot, where it had choked a fuchsia to death, put that to trail round side of planters, finished them off with the last 9 fuchsia, so planters done, planted the lobelia I bought last week after hardening off, also 2 centaurea I had bought. painted my hanging basket brackets with Gold... ,neighbour found in her shed, carried all my dahlia pots out of greenhouse into sheltered spot to start hardening off,just watering to do now then , walk dog with neighbour ,2nd time today and then it`s feet up I think.

 

Phew Pam,
you've certainly earned your feet up. Good jobs - jobbed !!
Jenny

 

Haven`t felt motivated much this year, just getting into the swing now,,

 

Re-jigged conservatory from Growing Mode to Hardening Off mode ... all plants being hardened off will be over-nighted near the door, and the rest have moved further indoors.

Would be much better if I actually put them in the right place in the first place !!



Mrs K has done the first application of Roundup on Bindweed in the borders. This year we will be vigilant - Pinky-Promise