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

What type did you grow Ariadae? I sow mine indoors at the end of January and keep them indoors until June when they go in the GH. They must have warmth and sunlight.

 

I had some habanero, Serrano, scotch bonnets, chocolate chilli, birds eye. They just didn't flourish.

 

raking and burning leaves. What else.

 

another raking leaves, but all get thrown in to fern corner , slug watch in the greenhouse amazing how many under pots !!!
Nearly dried off all the begonia tubers another week on the benching then I put away in a frost free place in dry compost with a sprinkle of "flowers of Sulphur" on the corms 1st, then a fortnightly check to see if they are ok.

Potted up some "Pocket Handkerchief seeds" so see what happens in two years time

I have a snowdrop that will be in flower this week now that beats last year, the same one flowered December

 

Mostly cutting down and clearing away dead stalks. Cut back all the buddleia. Oh, and weeding - having not been here much over the past few months the weeds have run riot.Amazed at what's all still in bloom - roses, fuschias, begonias, echinacea, rudbeckia and gaillardia all still looking good. We're not due any frost in the near future so I'm guessing it's ok to leave the begonias in for now?

 

Wanted to get some clearing up done in the borders but every foot step fills with water after the last couple of days of constant rain so better off keeping off.

Shushhhh...Don't tell Mr Loli but I had to wash my heated bench cloches in the bath because it's wet enough out there as it is and didn't want to create more standing water,even the drains are full
Shuffled plants around in the GH and rigged up propagators.Got the fleece at the ready as a cold snap is on the cards

 

been down the shed under instruction from @Spruce sorting my begonias out

 

This morning we finished the hard prune of our massive hedge. It had grown to 6ft wide and was taking up half the pavement! It's now pretty much all bare wood, but is finally neat on sides and top.
I then had a few minutes to put some vulnerable plants in the shed and greenhouse, but not had time to insulate the greenhouse yet, so I hope it will be ok until next weekend.
Anyone with experience of greenhouses and light frost able to advise?

 

Got some daffodil bulbs plants and the usual clearing up leaves and looking online for new seeds and ideas for next year!!

 

Planted out two roses :-)

 

If you have any fleece or even news papers to cover the plants with until you get chance to cover your tender plants they should be fine while the weekend

 

More clearing and more weeding. Still trying to decide where new rose bed will go