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Pot washing, pot washing, pot washing.....
What are the rest of you up to?

 

Reinstalling the bubblewrap in the greenhouse as it was drooping and catching on the door.

The manufacturers hadn't given fixing bubblewrap a thought when they designed this monstrosity.

Also took the opportunity to clear the greenhouse out.

 

Still digging,digging,digging :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Nearly finished now, just the seating area to do and some planting, and weeding, and more digging....... :rolleyes: :D

 

I have started lifting plants now to overwinter in a summerhouse. It breaks my heart as some of them are still flowering so well - such as Verbena rigida, and a large red flowered Verbena - bought as a plug early this year but with no further identification. Some of their roots are really thick and fleshy, and I have seen it said that you can treat them like Dahlia, lifting, drying and storing just the tuberous roots.

Perenial Lobelia (Queen Victoria, Tanya, and some of the Fan series) are a delight to lift. They are already forming new rosettes and keep wispering 'divide me, divide me'.

The late flowering Salvias are still blooming well, but S. patens, S. coccinea, S guaranitica etc need protection. I have been taking cuttings from them, and I understand it is still not too late. They need some warmth (so the propagator is inside the house) but are otherwise very easy.

 

My lovely bloke has spent the past week making another shed, we have 5 now including the workshop. This one is strictly for gardening use.
It is made from almost entirely re-claimed materials, mainly from the local re-cycling centre or Free-Ads paper. Cost about �£100.





The left side is where he keeps his ride-on lawnmower and the right is my potting shed.



The red office chair cost �£1.

 

That's fantastic! Love to have that kind of space to play in!! And HOW MUCH?????
Double wow!! :eek:
I want one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I want two! That cost was incredible!

What I did today:
Turned out one compost heap and spread the contents. Turned over this year's main heap (it will be spread this time next year).
Started a new heap with a base from the asparagus ferns I cut down today and the butternut squash (triffid) that got the chop last week. Picked up the last of the fallen apples and several buckets of pears and added them to the heap.
Emptied the compost from the pots the toms in the GH have been in into plastic sacks. This compost will be mixed with sieved soil and used in the holes I make for my carrots next spring.
Spent about three hours shredding clippings from a briar rose hedge and big fuchsia.Stored these in a bin so they can be gradually added to the compost heap and bins.
Washed the inside of the walls of the polytunnel and took up the irrigation hose. Brought the oleanders, olives and pomegranite into the polytunnel.
Made a start on cutting down our beautiful 30 year old magnolia. It's got some very sentimental value, but sadly it's got to go.

 

That's quite a day Dave W. What did you do with your other hand?

 

You all make me feel lazy......
I've just been rushing around for the last 2 days cutting everyone's grass before the frost really takes hold!

Love that shed, Blackthorn - looks like you could hire out your bloke all round the country..... for shed-construction, of course! :D

 

That shed is really good Blackthorn. I went to the council tip today and asked if they had any old glass. I came back with a piece edged in plastic of just over 4' by 2', obviously from an old shower - for free. Propped up on old bricks it makes a good coldframe, just holdimg 8 large seed trays.

 

coo, blackthorn, what a super shed. I want two or three.
I spent the day filling up two, ton bags with leaves. No doubt it will rot down to about 6". I collected the same amount last year, put it all in a wire cage and it disappeared. The year before i left it in a heap, but my free ranging chickens enjoyed scattering it every where. So this year i've used the ton bags so i get something out of hard work, raking and barrowing.

 

Thanks for the shed comments. Sorry bloke not for hire as he is now laying flagstones for me.
That's great PeterS, I love things for free.