WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2021

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  1. noisette47

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    I'd imagine that if they come back, it'll be from the roots, like dahlias or runner beans :) Nothing to lose and it'll be interesting to see what happens :blue thumb:
     
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      I'll be shouting it from the rooftops if it happens :blue thumb:. It's not very high up as I live in a bungalow. :heehee:
       
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        Mine are mostly in big pots on the terrace. The foliage is finally looking sad after the recent frosts, so I'm going to tidy them up, move them under the roof and wait and see :)
         
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          You have some big tall trees in your garden, shiney, you could always use them to shout from:dunno::heehee:
           
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            Thanks very much for your suggestions DIANNEW. Will try harder and come back for more instruction if needed!
             
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              What are we doing in the garden today?

              Not much.....

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                That looks decidedly wintry and inhospitable ...... I don't envy you.
                 
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                  Perfect time to mow the lawn :blue thumb:
                   
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                    :rain: and fog, so no gardening. Managed to get a bike ride in before rain arrived in earnest.
                     
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                      I've got fog too @luciusmaximus. :doh:There's been very little relief here from snow and frost since Boxing Day.

                      Oh lawns, they're those green things aren't they? :heehee:
                       
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                        No chance of any Gardening today..Waterlogged from yesterday and last night we had more than forecast..Walked about earlier with the 'mob' and felt underfoot splodge everywhere with a few places little lakes..One of the flower/rockery beds I have been working on is coming along with new weeds that are hand picked out...:whistle:.The Choisya might be a Ternata..The Honeysuckle photo is How the 2nd one was until our not so nice with the 4 hunting dogs fame neighbours decided theirs and our ivy had to go..poured bleach all along the wall. I put some branches of firs around the area in the hope it does not get the treatment again...It..was quite an explosive kinda day...:ideaIPB::hate-shocked::wallbanging:
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                          I went out in the in my mucky gardening clothes to plant the 1000 "in the green" Double Snowdrops and managed to find space for 500 of them in the middle of the border by the Tree Fern and Lilac. The other 500 went by the Hellebores under the Acer Brilliantissismum and as far back as I could plant them. The one joy of my sandy soil it that it is easy to work with a Hand Trowel and is easy to plant bulbs etc in so the Snowdrops went into the soil nicely. I did start off wearing gardening gloves but I found that separating the Snowdrops and planting them individually easier with the gloves off and getting my hands dirty..
                          I had to cut back the old Hellebore leaves which uncovered some of the new flowers that had been hidden and which also gave me more open space in which to plant the Snowdrops. Just as I got the last of the Snowdrops into the ground it started to drizzle quite heavily so I put all the gear into the Green House and headed for the House and a Mug of Tea. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to plant the 200 Aconites so, if the rain stops, I'll try later before it gets dark. We have cold weather and snow forecast over the weekend so that might put a halt on things:dunno::wallbanging:
                           
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                            Halfway through the planting of the Snowdrops.......
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                              I have turned the compost for the last time and this bin is now closed and will be used to mulch the border in front garden. I have started off a new heap, with the Chicken bedding and a compost bag of kitchen waste I had been saving to start this new heap. I then started to dig out the chicken run and riddle it out, I am going to use it to grow my spuds in. I have thrown the big bits back in for the chickens to work on. I will continue to spend an hour here and there, untilI get some fresh wood chip, in the next month or so and then it will be dug out and added to the compost that is destined for the front border.

                              They didn’t seem particularly pleased I was in the run.
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                              Especially Kebab.
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                              I sieved 5 old compost bags of this.
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                              This went back into the run.
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                                :rain: and then fog again. Cleared in afternoon but too wet to do anything. Garden is waterlogged again and mud lake in side garden grows ever bigger. Left porch door what whilst filling bird feeders and found one of the Rats sat in a sack of suet pellets happily munching away when I returned.
                                 
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