WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2021

Thanks @Perki I tell her you said it.

That's the problem with curved pots although these only have a slight inward curve

 

Managed to get out for a while and plant the rest of the tulips, clear some dahlias and move some pots under cover. I've also started pruning what I think is a dogwood; it's been neglected for years so there's a lot of dead wood in there and I just wanted to begin to open up some air flow. I'll leave until next year now to see how it responds

 

We spent a lot of time cutting down the Cosmos that we had on the patio in 40 litre pots. We have about 20 pots with four in each and all the plants were at least 6ft high. It's surprising how long it takes and how much there is .

It took us 90 minutes to cut them down to a size that would fit in the garden waste wheelie bins and the lower stems were so big it needed heavy duty loppers to cut them. We emptied the soil in the pots into the bins as well as they were a solid mass of roots. In the old days I would have thought nothing of lifting and emptying them but nowadays it takes the two of us to lift them I started doing the first few on my own but realised I wouldn't be in a fit state for anything if I continued.

Once that was done, pots washed out (so was I ) and put in the pot resting area I adjourned to my resting area . The mess on the patio waited for another day.

The last two days I have been pressure washing the patio to clean away the mess and to resite the remaining pots. I limit myself to two hours a day with the washer. One hour washing and one hour resting, then half hour washing and still one hour resting for the other two sessions. Only another couple of days to go, I hope. The trouble with doing the messy areas is that the areas that looked clean now look dirty! . So a quick blast of the rest will have to be done.

We're still picking up a bucket full of windfall apples every day but it must slow down soon.

 

I have been ferrying all my woody cuttings and old scrap timber to the allotment. We are allowed to have bonfires the first two weeks in November only, I have quite a pile there now. I don't have anywhere at home to burn stuff.