WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2022

I was naughty - only a little bit of weeding in the morning, then spent the afternoon visiting a lovely snowdrop garden - Gelli Uchaf near Llandeilo (opened for NGS). They have lots of daphne bholua in flower too, and the scent was fantastic. I must also admit to buying a couple of snowdrops - Primrose Warburg and Wasp.
A couple of pictures from their garden...

 

Chopping waste into small chunks for compos6. Got my first seeds intge polytunnel last week. Have a few fruit trees to move and putting in a hedge

 

Why not shred and then compost them? I do that and it not only makes the job productive, but saves money as well.

 

@shiney your post shows in a way the difference between two countries. In this council area, we are not allowed bonfires unless its April 30th. Usually, I would use my electric shredders in the workshop, and take the cuttings to them. Even if for some reason the instructions say that for some reason, they should not be used indoors!

As far as the petrol one goes, yes, I agree, they are heavy but I solve that problem by keeping it close to the compost, so its no big deal to move it a couple of metres. As an aside, some here have now started to buy bigger, towable ones to solve the weight problem. These are towe using either garden tractors, ATV's or something we call "Mini Tractors. The latter are self propelled multi purpose things that are used for all manner of things such as clearing snow, landscaping, light ploughing ets.

 

If someone had a bonfire like that here, I'm pretty sure that hanging would be re-introduced! Good photo by the way.

One other big difference. At present, a licence is required to have a compost heap. There is a proposal to repeal this law though. Then people wonder why I dislike the SS (Stupid Snotters, aka Greens).

 

Started cutting down the old stems of the Japanese anemones in the front garden, it started to drizzle so had to come in but I did what i wanted to do today.Can't do a lot because still got to get rid of the hellebore leaves and the bin won't get emptied until Friday.

 

Tell them what I told mine "Well unless you want to be donning wellies and wielding secateurs you'd better get used to the idea of a gardener pdq"

 

Only ,very gingerly, opened up the greenhouse and moved a few plants outside to enjoy our lovely sunny and mild weather.
Had a slow wander around the patios and found the Daffodils near to blooming, and all the Snow Drops are looking so pretty too. Dare I say it........Spring like!!

 

I have to spend a bit of time in Switzerland with work: while in many ways it is a truly fantastic country, they do love their rules. You can call the police if at all disturbed by noise after 10pm. And they do. In some villages/communes you can't hang your washing out on certain days or mow the lawn. They seem to just accept it - and I don't see folks getting upset by it so I suppose what you are used to dictates a bit. That stuff drives me crazy though!

 

Being a bad girl. I said I wasn't going over my budget for seed buying. Now I'm two times a liar! I just ordered some campanula seeds and primrose seeds. Plus something called zulu warrior.

The delphinium seeds are still outside and now going through their first thaw as it is now 33f 1c.
I'll give them one more night of "winter experience" and then bring them in to hopefully germinate.

 

Ooooooohhhhh... is this the one Lori ....beautiful!!


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