What Jobs are we doing in the Garden today 2014..

This morning I planted three Fuschia's and a Cistus, prepared the planters/pots that are to be filled and then had a big change round in the greenhouse after ousting a number of plants for hardening off. It's to early, I know it's to early, but the plants were galloping inside, they'll probably be in the beds at the end of the week, a chance I have to take.

 

Still digging out privet hedge..right tiring after hrs at the allotment

 

Yesterday I finished digging out the chicken run, with the help of my 4 year old son, who in the end became chief worm re-homer. He removed them all to the veg beds. Today I am ripping the front garden out. About 8 years ago I put weed fabric down and covered with gravel. I have a few shrubs in, but it looks a mess, so I am ripping it all out to start again. I will dig a load of hose muck and compost as there has been nothing put in for years. Not sure how much I will be able to do though as I am aching like mad this morning after narrowing all the earth 60 odd meters to the skip. I bought some perennials last week to go in, then fill the gaps with annuals.

Rusty.

 

Ok FC- at least you confessed so I'll let it pass this time. How was it at work today
Jenny

 

I've met him a couple of times and he's actually a very funny down to earth guy who can really take the mickey out of himself.

Today I was mostly scrubbing down the garden tables and chairs. The tables had been used as temporary benches in the greenhouse until I got my proper shelving and were extremely manky.

Also tried sorting out the seedlings into planting groups. I have a tray of mixed potted up seedlings which were odds and sods/late germinators from various seed trays and I have no clue what some of them are so that should be fun going through the seedsite trying to ID them.

 

Reshaped the bed to fit the new beast chamaerops cerifera in!
Dug over the palm bed ready for planting soon.
Hardcore doing it in the pouring rain

 

After clearing a lot of the rockery, planted some new rockery plants. These will give more colour as the old ones were all greens...

 

Blimey you're 'ard Mowgley

I'll potting on ,shuffling plants around in the GH and probably putting them back in the same place Mulching the Roses with FYM,mulching the Rhodys and Blueberry with Eric,a few more sowings , planting my Giant Onions and doing some more grafting

 

Potted on tomatoes, Antirrhinum, Knautia and more tomatoes. Moved more plants out of the greenhouse to harden off and washed pots and trays. Watered all this evening and refilled the bird bath.....again!