What are we doing in the garden 2024

Glad you're feeling better @Busy-Lizzie !

 

Thank you @CarolineL.

Today I hope to plant some tulips but I need to clear some space first. I plant spring bulbs around late flowering perennials and snowdrops around hostas.

 

Sorry to hear you've not been well @Busy-Lizzie . Hope you're on the mend now.
I collected more leaves yesterday, but didn't shred them with the mower. Should have done the ones the other day as they were quite dry, but it isn't great when they're really wet, which most of them are. I've got a bit of room left in the cage, so I might get more today, but they'll be damp too as there's been some smirr overnight/this morning. I also collected some good branches from the nearby maples, which the farmer had conveniently chopped for me when cutting the roadside hedges. I used them to add to thread through the wire of the cage door and keep it firm.
Other than that, I couldn't really be bothered doing much as I was a bit weary after my late night the day before [daughter and myself went to see Mr Zimmerman in Edinburgh] but I'm beyond being out after 11pm these days!
I still have plants to put in - I'll get them done eventually - today might be the day!

 

Not sure where to post this but here goes. I have been away for a few days and got home yesterday to find that my unpaid for green bin (I share payment with my neighbour for one bin), which I have been filling up anyway on the principle that the space may as well be filled as it would rot down eventually, has been emptied.
I was intending to sneak it out amongst the paid for ones at some point and see what happened, but no need for that now.

 

We've got two chaps putting a new door on our outdoor storage "room"/cubbyhole (would have been for storing coal when the house was built but I use it for gardening stuff) so when they're finished I'll be outside painting it with wood preservative. I've got some colourless stuff that I'll put on first while we decide whether we want it a different colour.