WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2021

I thought you were under slug attack.....but later realised they were leaves on your window!! Tell me I'm right.......please!!

 

@luciusmaximus @Upsydaisy they ARE slugs aren't they?! Gives me the creeps!

Make sure you don't over do it shiney!

Think I will do a bit of hoeing over the back shady border this morning.

I also need to find somewhere to move a box ball too. It's gone yellowy and apparently its environmental stress-so might be sat in water at the roots according to RHS

 

Planted out a lot of potted crocuses in spaces where they failed to come up from last year.

 

Do you know...I've zoomed in and am even more convinced that they are slugs.... @luciusmaximus let us know please....I'm freaking out here!!!

 

Apparently I have made a lot of mud and made the ground lose by well= I cannot do the action but I was chopping the gravelling soil with the spade to even it after I made all this apparent mess. I tell you what, with the phone call from Rascol the sewing machine people just awhile ago I do need a medal..It's tough being a Boss but somebody has to be that...me..o...

 

But found a little baby in the garden just before the mud fight..
A Baby Toad...

 

Mr. W. made this a while back and we has strawberries in it for years..We
decided that Mr.W would repair it and change it a tad, then it might go in
the new greenhouse...time will tell...plans get changed often..

 

Here’s the next gripping instalment of my garden tidy up
Today i was checking out the pots at the bottom of the garden. Crocuses and hyacinths were coming through so have moved them to a position where they can be seen.



Cleaned out and refilled all my bird feeders. Need to get some fat blocks.

Then weeded the gravel areas at the front.



They were full of small weeds, which because of the gravel were only shallow rooted so satisfying to pull out. Still took ages to get them all.

Spent some time pondering what to do with this bit of the bottom garden


it’s a fair bit higher than the rest of the garden as I’ve used it to bury rubble from an old stone pond. I’ve tried sowing with wild flowers but without success grateful for any ideas

 

Obvious to me living with a Garden that has natural rocks plus any changes that have taken place rubble even red soil from deep digs by Artisans I am presuming, lots of large gate hinges and bits of rubbish.coke cola bottle a couple of years ago.. from the 80's in one of my digging sessions,
A rockery one side at the back..which can mean a lot of digging and planting up easy fast growing mm....rockery plants...rubble can go in that you dig up..looking like there is quite a lot there..very French..they love hanging on to heaps of builders waste.. for years and years..we meaning I have one more to dig out..half is done though..

 

The rain finally stopped to make way for a lovely afternoon. After sorting out a poorly fern I finish planting out ALL the Bellis not one single one left...finally.

Checked over and tidied up the Heuchera cuttings that I took last year.

I was really happy to see the Iris that I had dug up ( well chopped really!!)from my parents garden last summer look to have survived my manhandling of them and are showing signs of life.
Sorry...it's a bit like being a proud parent and boring everyone with endless photos of
the kids. But these little shoots have made my day.:glad:

 

Looking good @Upsydaisy

 

@Loofah I thought about doing that but I added drainage in etc when i first planted it. I bet because the ground is so heavy clay there that it has just made a pool around the roots. Easier just to stick it in the raised borders.

Didn't do any weeding today. But worked in the greenhouse moving stuff about and sown rudbeckia - one tray and one set of cells.

My sweet peas i planted i did in November are rubbish. Only one has sprouted. I'm wondering if the greenhouse is too warm?! Do they need a "cold spell" to set them off?

 

Thanks @Logan. They're nothing special in themselves, the 'special ' bit is because my Mum had originally planted them years and years ago.