WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY 2023

@Upsydaisy fingers crossed that it works.

 

Sowed some seeds, Snapdragon, Polyanthus and Bell flowers.
It's too cold to do anything outside, it's that cold wind.

 

Hello.
this is the start of year 3 for me since deciding to try to do something about the garden!year one was clearing out areas that had years of being used to dump stuff. building a seating area in the fallen down lilac. cutting out some boarders, building a compost and scratching my head as to what to do next. I killed quite a lot of plants but some were successful and I learnt a lot too. this is my seat thing. last year the garden looked nice. the first year I bought lots of alpine plants for the rocky bank but they did not do well. it also looked a bit rubbish so I planted it with grasses, Echinacea , asters and thing like that and it also had a few things that arrived on their own and I thought it looked muck nicer. last autumn I bought some roses so im excited to see what happens to them. I actually bought a couple the autumn before too which were amazing.
this year I didn't get my dahlias in before the frost and so I am keeping my fingers crossed that they have survived. I did just have a little dig and they seem ok as the moment. most of my gardening this month has been looking at it, willing stuff to start coming up! I did prune the original roses I bought the first autumn this last weekend. I took a video but im not sure I can upload it on to here??
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The steel wool scratches the plastic so it is much better to "wash" off the writing and leave a smooth surface that can again be labeled and again the ink would not penetrate below the glossy finish. I did try using something like that a few years ago and yes, it did work but no, there was only one use left in the little stake because the lettering had sunk right in and could not be fully removed. I'm a little anal with trying to reuse things as much as possible.

These are just little stakes - entire length is about 6".

 

Been out for all the morning ,so nothing doing out in the garden today unfortunately.

 

I've been brushing loads of dead leaves up - in the Western Australia beds in NBGW, pruning banksias, and pulling out self seeding everlastings.
I really should do more in my own garden

 

@CanadianLori I use a pencil on plastic labels which doesn't fade, and remove it with washing up liquid.

 

I've not been able to do anything in my garden for the last couple of months due to the weather. Today I ventured out there while a large, heavy branch was removed from a Beech tree by a local man that does various jobs for me. The tree is about 45-50ft in height and is leaning, not helped by the prevailing wind. Hopefully removing the branch from the side that the tree is leaning will take some of the pressure off.

 

I think a couple of our Hebes will be joining yours too @shiney .

 

I have lost 2 hebes as well :-(

 

I'm surprised the Hebe salicilifolia has died @shiney . Around here it grows in derelict land and was one of the first things I grew from cuttings around age of 8!

 

We're leaving ours be for the present to see if, by any luck, they spring into life.