Today in the Garden

Its suprising how much timber I have recovered from the old gate and panel.
I shall have two plus planters.. easy.
Today I finished the job by laying some blocks under the gate.

 

Thought you might have matched the pattern of the other ones cap :usr: only joking I know how hard that work is I did it for many years, Glad you are going to get more than one planter out of gate wood well done :gnthb:

 

Last Autumn Poppy

 

Still a bit of colour left

 

Geraniums will have to come in soon though

 

Hi Robert, a lovely job you have made of your gate :gnthb:
It is pleasing to see so much colour in peoples gardens considering we are now in October.

Today I actually got the pansies put in and had to water them poor things. It has been pleasant here so spent as much time outside as I could. Tomorrows job will be sweeping some leaves up

 

That was the plan but the fact is I have no way of cutting them to size.:( I tried the old bolster but they just seem to split in half every time! The angles are all a bit wierd as well. Looks a load better then the pebbles I had there before.:gnthb:

 

Nice looking gate, Robert. Lovely colour in your garden, Nathan, but it's a shame that the wind and rain have got to your Dahlias. I keep checking on my own garden, just to see when I can begin clearing the dead material away. No matter what I do to try and prevent it, I can't seem to stop the local cats from using my front gardens as a toilet. Ho, hum.

 

Looking good Nathan - how do you manage to keep all the taller Dahlias so upright still ? Even with staking and tying mine, they have all done a bit leggy and bent over looking now

 

Day off from the garden today, had to pop in to York to do stuff.
There was a minimum of 5C last night and its gray and cold today.
Not at all nice.

 

York is a nice place to pop into Robert

Today in the garden I picked some tomatoes and ate them and pulled out the dead sweetpeas.
Yesterday I swept up the leaves from the front..."Rodney you are a plonker" :hehe:

There are ten times more there today.

 

Nice work Robert!:gnthb:...A difficult job made to look so easy:wink:

 

Thanks Nick

 

This morning in my garden was time to take out some compost from the bottom of the dylek to make room for some more on top as it was full to the brim! The nice surprise was to find some potatoes in there. Fresh as new and will do very nicely for Sunday dinner!
Rest of the day was spent on the table and this evening I did an emergency repair to a friends outside lecky meter box that had popped out of its hole in the wall!..Just got it finished as it was getting dark.
Who was it who said."When you are retired you can put your feet up"?
It was a lie!
I dont think I would have it any other way:gnthb:

 

Garden is slowly drying out after the rain of this week but still very damp. I did a bit of perennial tidying up and leaf gathering. The Asters have taken a battering from the rain though, but the nasturtiums are still flowering.