WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY 2023

Having watered patio pots that had started to wilt yesterday, the watering will resume today for the rest of the back garden. Thankfully, the front garden is a gravel/rock garden and is left to its own devices.

 

Hi,

The plot holder might want it to seed first before handover?

Good luck @Balc to you and your daughter you've got some hard work ahead of you; strim then clear the debris then rotavate; wait a while for new weeds to show their heads then attack them they should be easier to pull out?

Kind regards, Colin.

 

Hi,

Well done @shiney you've been busy.

Although I detest the mess the pigeons have been making for years I'd never ever resort to shooting or killing them; I'd never hurt anyone or anything willingly but having evicted them the mess now is greatly reduced and they fly away immediately when they see me; I'd never own a gun or any weapon.

I'm interested in your tree work needing to get tree surgeons in; what size trees are they and are you also removing the stumps and roots. Last year I felled and logged 15 very tall trees taking 14 days working on my own up our very steep garden in dire conditions; a couple of months or so ago I dug out eight of the big stumps together with roots; again on my own it being incredibly heavy work; how much of the work are you doing? Good luck and I hope the tree surgeons don't cause your pocket too much pain.

Kind regards, Colin.

 

Watering some freshly laid turf, pulling bindweed from everywhere, harvesting some kohl rabi, sideshooting tomatoes, strimming.

 

You are probably right as often as I am! I'm only right when we go to the eye clinic & they tell there's nothing wrong with her eyes & it's the only time I'm right & she concedes that,happily!

 

Thanks, Colin but we don't have a strimmer nor a rotavator! I don't have a great deal of use for either on the balcony! Our daughter's garden is mostly lawn with a few flowering shrubs at the sides so she hasn't any use for them either!

 

Would someone at the allotments 'rent' you one in exchange for beer?! I have found a bottle of single malt scotch opens many doors

 

My fathers motto was never do today what you can put off until tomorrow or preferably the next week.

 

Just a bit of watering.

 

After watering the containers I swore not to have, just sat back and watched the Sparrows.

My dwarf Buddleia is full of aphids at this time of the year, which makes it look a bit wonky but that's ok as it will anyways flower well and the aphids focus on it and leave the rest of the plants more or less in peace.

The Sparrows sat on the soft new stems until the stems bent down and then apparently enthusiastically harvested the aphids from the backsides of the leaves. A quick googling told me that even dedicated seed eaters collect insects for their young so apparently that's what was going on.

Very nice, a natural balance in my small very urban postage stamp of a garden

Some collateral damage occurred, but that's ok too and the Sparrows did look apologetic


Roses are in full bloom and my late sown Sweet Peas are justifying the expense of a seed pack of 29p mingling through the roses, and even the afterthought Morning Glory is flowering amongst the conifer.

Summer is just so nice, isn't it?

 

@Selleri we've sat out these past few days enjoying the aerobics of a couple of pairs of Robins and Blackbirds as they do mid air somersaults catching little flying insects for their young. It's amazing how much they cram into their little breaks !!

 

Hi,

Thanks for your tree felling information @shiney you've had a good selection of big trees and you'll be pleased the work is now completed also you'll now be able to plant what you like.

Very funny @Balc a strimmer & rotavator would be very useful indeed to level your daughters new allotment; how about spoiling her.


Top of our mountain Before converting to wildflower meadow.

Cleared the lot working entirely on my own even digging stumps and roots out. Wagon load of mulch to wall and after digging over with spade twice removing lots more roots; stones; bricks and other rubbish I could use the petrol rotavator.

Here's what it looks like now when the wildflowers are in full bloom.

Good luck to your daughter Balc; we have a friend who lives for his allotment; when he's not in the allotment he's planning what crops to grow.

Kind regards, Colin.