What are we doing in the garden 2024

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  1. JJ28

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    For the first time in ages I have felt up to tackling some serious gardening (rheumatoid arthritis has been very bad lately) but it was impossible to make much of a start on weeding the borders as ground is still way too claggy - brown waste bin gets refused if there is any soil in it... So I cut back as much old growth as possible, tidied up clematis, strawberries. Is it too soon to prune hydrangeas? I'm now going to browse for perennials...
     
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      You should be ok in Sunny Sussex by the sea ! I've done mine on the sometimes sunny Solent.
       
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        Started to cut off the old flowering stems on the lavender plants, still got 5 to do.
         
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          I'll be pruning the old heads off mine this weekend
           
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            Earlier this week we filled an open back truck with plants dug from the garden. The proceeds will go to the charity. Ben, who did the digging (some of the plants were very heavy - such as large Euphorbias) left muddy footprints across 30ft of the patio as I wasn't able to put down the plastic protectors. :noidea:

            I store the protectors (about 10ft long each) in the car port propped behind a stack of boxes that contain shaped branches (contorted Hazel) and a lot of other dried plants that Mrs Shiney uses for her flower arranging. I couldn't get the protectors out because a Robin has made a nest in the top box and the Hazel branches.

            We did a lot of weeding and I did a lot of turf patching around the edges of some of the beds. The patches were needed because of the 2sq m of Cyclamen dug out from the edges of the beds and lawns so they could go into the truck.

            I then carried on working on the runner bean area.

            I spotted that I somehow have to dig out brambles in the rhubarb patch :doh:. Rhubarb has enjoyed all the wet weather and is already knee high.
             
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              Good morning just finished levelling the topsoil for the turf when it arrives and its drizzling :smile:

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                Thank you, infradig....I'll do them as soon as possible - guess what, it's raining again.
                 
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                • Alisa

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                  Sowed lettuces, radishes, herbs in the greenhouse. Yesterday my enormous cordyline australis was taken out. It took the gardener 5 hours to chop it and get out. Tap root was massive. So happy, it's gone now. It became too tall and too leggy, completely out of control.
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                    Spent the day in the greenhouse tidying up and moving things to make space, a bit of watering followed by sowing most of the perennial seeds and flowering annuals.
                    Having a general look round and noticed a Buddleja with a couple of dead branches that I will need to remove.
                     
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                    • Hanglow

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                      Mainly planning where this year's veggies are going. Seems I need about double the bed space to fit in what I want :scratch:

                      Spread some more compost on the flower beds, tidied up some paths, added more woodchip to them.

                      Also saw a cat again in the allotment, been seeing it most days I go there since Xmas, coincidentally I caught 20 mice before seeing it and none since it's been around. No collar but it looks like a normal healthy cat and is quite tame
                       
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                        Started building some steps in the back garden , its a bit tricky seen as I am building them on a slope but in a trench if that makes any sense :rolleyespink: , I couldn't be bothered at the time scrapping the ground off to the level I want so dug down to where the steps begin I'll put a picture on when I get the first row of steps in . Got to wait for mortar to set I've got a large stone slab to go on top which will squeeze the wet mortar out if I do it now.

                        I dug out a cordyline last year @Alisa I to was surprised how far down it went like a giant carrot root . I ended up chopping it off with the mattock fed up of digging
                         
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                          Unable to do anything on the balcony once again due to the continuous rain all day.
                           
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                          • Alisa

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                            Yes, the same, loads of digging, then trying to shake it, digging again, chopping main root deep and cutting with a chainsaw, finally there was a crack sound, and it was felled down. That stump had to go through the house, I don't have back exit, or side path.
                             
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                              That's a grand job. :thumbsup: It looks like you've already got a spaghetti tree growing in that new lawn to be @wiseowl. :biggrin:
                               
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                                As it rained all day (mainly drizzle) all I did was feed the birds and do some planning in my head.
                                 
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