WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2022

Gosh @Jocko you and your wife don’t stop! All I did was dig the trench for the peas, fill with shredded paper, added compost then sifted the topsoil (dry clay!) back on top. Set up the poles and had a very irritating and annoying time putting the pea netting on the poles!! All I got was a cold bottle of San Miguel for my efforts, it was lovely though

 

Enjoying a break with my gardening assistant Donna ( the statue) and a mug of Chamomile tea.

Gorgeous day!

 

Sowed some more Sweet Peas and Geranium Orchid Blue while the CEO had the hose out giving everything a good soaking. We then emptied a large tub of Daffodils, planting them in the garden, before the boss refilled the tubs with compost for the imminent arrival of annuals and such.

 

Both retired so not a lot more to do other than garden. I get stir crazy on a rainy day!

 

Today:

- dug over the raised beds around the pond;
- watered;
- got tangled up in the netting over the pond and nearly went for a short trip;
- supped copious amounts of tea ;
- read 'Amateur Gardening' magazine;
- filled in some gaps between the patio slabs with postcrete.

Not a bad day all in all....

 

We have three Oak trees growing in our hedge. We want to bring them on - not that we will ever see them grow. Thank you birds.

 

Weeding, endless weeding.

 

Sorted out the Lobelia and pricked them all out...proved very time consuming, I should've done them earlier before they got tangled up
Emptied and refilled with fresh compost the large flower planter and two smaller wall ones The 3 urn planters will get done tomorrow.

Weeded another section of path, just a small bit left which I'll do next weekend.

Tidied up and removed some dead twiggy bits on the Weigelia, which is coming out in Blossom.
Dug up and replanted some escapee Verbena B
Weeded one of the small borders.

Just this bit left to do now.

 

All I did today was transplant a big clump of Hemp Agrimony from the front of my Butterfly Border to the back, it was so large that I had to saw the thing in half as it was too heavy to lift into my wheelbarrow! I should've planted it where I wanted it to establish in the first place! I have another that needs transplanting, but it's only about 2/3rds of the size of this one, so should be a lot easier to move and won't need dividing.

Nick

 

Wow that's alot of pricking out ,potting on and planting out FC !!!

Is that Slug Pellets sprinkle over the trays?

 

Cleaned out and refilled the 3 Urn planters ready for planting out in May.
Weeded and ditched some underperforming plants in our Pets Corner and also weeded the raised beds that edge the smaller 3rd patio.
Swept all 3 patios as we seem to have eager nest building birds competing for moss off the house roof!! .Messy devils.

 

Forget my sniggering, I don't know what I was thinking.