What Jobs are we doing in the Garden today 2014..

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    Bindweed and wood aven are the root(s) of all evil! I couldn't believe my ears when a woman at the horticultural society said bindweed flowers are pretty. :rolleyespink: :snork:
     
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      :heehee: Actually, Charlie, I think they are!!:dunno::snork: I let one grow up the South side of my Arbour along with Compassion Rose and 4 Honeysuckle this year and it looked great. When it finished I just dug it up and binned it on the compost heap. So long as they are kept under control I think they're okay and I love to see them along the hedges of the lanes around here. I also have to deal with Nettle seedlings as I purposely grown Nettles down at the bottom of the garden as food for Caterpillars.......but I can't say Nettles are pretty!!:dunno::heehee:
       
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        Oh! I don't know! They can look quite good. :blue thumb:

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          Just moved my apple tree, nice big stake to hold it. Plenty of muck below and above it. Plus cleared the front bed put in some viola in between the bulbs that are just starting to poke though . All done for today its been sunny and clear but now getting a nip in the air as the sun goes down.. All in all a nice relaxing day
           
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            I never let them get to that stage, Shiney:dunno::coffee: I always dehead them in a effort to stop them seeding and spreading.......but since I keep finding seedlings I'm obviously missing some:dunno::hate-shocked::gaah::heehee:
             
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              Nettles and bindweed in the wild are fine by me! :spinning: But bindweed in my garden, no no no! Dug out a heaped wheelbarrow of roots earlier in the year. If I tried to keep a bit it would just spread too quickly.
               
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                We've had that area covered in them for years and they look lovely in flower. They also look pretty good with their variegated leaves but we've dug the whole lot out this winter. They take a lot of work because of the amount of runners that they put out and we're trying to reduce the amount of work we have to do in the garden. :old:

                Of course, things don't always work out the way we originally planned. We've reduced that work in the back garden and then, this year, we've pulled out the big conifer hedge/trees (22 of them) in the front garden and turned the area into flower bed. :doh:

                My next trip to get a load more horse poo is scheduled for Christmas Eve :). I'm expecting to get between 20 and 40 seventy litre bags full. The quantity depends on whether I can get help to dig it out and bag it and whether my back is up to it. :noidea:
                 
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                  The fruit-tree order arrived from Devon today, so planted a Chinese jujube, Peach Avalon Pride (supposed to be peach-leaf-curl resistant), Quince 'Lusitanica', blackberry, grapevine and raspberries. Just two cherry trees to find a home for tomorrow:hapydancsmil:
                   
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                    leaves still too wet to do anything. But I think we found someone to pay to help. He came out of the woodwork, used him years ago, looking for some money. So that will be helpful. Have lots of jobs to do around the house, inside and outside.
                     
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                      Most of the leaves have now been cleared as Michael came round with his blower. We normally can't breathe a sigh of relief until the willow leaves are all down. This year they have come down a month early. :blue thumb:

                      Some trees are still clinging to their leaves but the willows, poplars, silver birch, cherry prunus and fruit trees have all finished, and they are the bulk of them. :hapydancsmil:
                       
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                        Had to replant this bulb. No idea how it ended up like this

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                        And emptied some of the old grow bags into the new lavender bed
                         
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                          Sometimes the birds pull them out.
                           
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                            What do they just pull them up and leave them then?

                            There was no damage to it at all and it was well rooted it massive clump of soil came with it
                             
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                            I often get the birds pulling up newly planted bulbs in the borders, I think it might be that they're searching for any insects or worms exposed.:dunno::scratch::doh::snork:
                             
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                              It's the problem with youngsters of today :heehee:. They need an ASBO :)
                               
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