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

Not a lot!
I let the chooks out for a bit of a snail/slug fest free range.
Scared the living daylights out of the ducks when I went into the copse ( can only put it down to the fact I was wearing a headscarf not even Hilda Ogden style! ) and it took me an age to flush them out to put them to bed
I did get a new (and larger ) "Blow Away" from the delivery man today, so I'm wondering where to site it: same place as old one, or maybe a new location? Ah, decision, decisions!
The old one (with the broken zip and a couple of rips lovingly repaired with duct tape) will be relocated as a "wind break only" devise for overwintering the more delicate plants. If that fails, I'll simply relocate the shelving to my shed. Worth a try though for winter purposes.

 

Not a lot going on today, rain slashing down, just going to do some tidying in the garage,
and take some fuchsia cuttings, and sort out some seeds that have dried out.

 

Hi Mowgley, could I ask for some seeds? Thanks

 

Started digging a trench to plant a "skirting board" or Berberis atropurpurea around my Yew hedge. Berberis was purchased as cell-grown plants in the Spring [@ 45p each], potted on and have grown nicely during the Summer and are now ready for planting out

 

I managed to pull up my 2 chilli plants , I am going to attempt to "over winter" them...they now have pride of place on my window sill....wife wont be happy

 

Not a problem sent you a PM

 

I do that when the plants are small or on bean structures, but there was far too much growth and it was too dark/late in the season to worry about the odd sheet coming loose as there'd still be plenty of plants left. A different matter when it's small plants in late May where if I were to lose them it the whole year's cropping lost.

 

Picking up fallen leaves and twigs. One of the fences has come down overnight so I will have to see about getting that sorted out.
Nice and sunny here today so I might get a decent amount of tidying done out there.

 

Putting some chicken wire along the bottom of the farm gate that serves as the gate to our driveway, to stop curious little pups from going onto the road! Ironically, when we moved in a year ago, we took it all off as a) we didn't need it (lack of forward planning there...) and b) it was a bit torn anyway

 

Lot of lifting and moving today to reorganise one of the main borders moving ceratostigma willmottianum and a phormium further back that got much bigger than expected (both at around 5ft tall this year), and planted a large sarcococca confusa I recently bought which I'm hoping will give a bit of low level structure towards the front one of the borders.

I've also got a couple of chilli plants outdoors, Jalapeno which are still full of chillies, is Essexsteve's method as above the accepted way to bring them in for the winter (I have an unheated garden room) ?? Or can I pot them up with foliage intact?

Cheers
GG

 

Got lots done yesterday....potted on umpteen strawberry plants,cleared veg patch and collected leaves.....
More of the same today....must empty my hanging baskets and pot on some seedlings too

 

Shiney, that is very useful, thanks for going to so much effort to give that information. Think I have an idea what I will be doing with them now, though if they snuff it I will not be heartbroken - they are Jalapeno chillies and really rather boring as chillies but make fantastic Pimentos de Padron.

Thanks again
GG