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

Mowed the lawn trim the box hedge and the Berbius hedge

 

Thats early for box Jiffy I hope you dont get any heavy frost

 

Read that Papaver Rhoeas like a period of cold and can be sown outside now so I found a place to sow a few. Sowed some Penstemon "True Blue" in the heated prop as they can flower the first year from an early start so I thought it was worth a punt. If they flower this year then good and if they wait til next year, well it's something to look forward to! Noticed that some of my crocuses are flowering.

 

Started the annual washing down/cleaning of all the greenhouse glass, ready for seed sowing to start next week.

I make a point every year of removing any panes which have moss growing under the edges and scraping out the moss before it gets too established. There's definitely more moss than there was last year, the mild wet winter must have encouraged it.

It's a slow, fiddly job but well worth doing and satisfying to see all that lovely clean glass afterwards. Got over half the greenhouse done, hopefully I'll get it finished tomorrow if it isn't too windy.

 

Sowing a few seeds today, digitalis, clematis and a few others

 

Replaced an old rotting gate with a new one, that I made last week, in the back garden while the weather was fine.

 

More clearing weeds, nettles etc from under trees as I plan to underplant with something more attractive (to me). Left a little bit as there were a few ladybirds enjoying a wander round so thought I'd leave them something till the good stuff comes through.

 

Nothing in the garden today but in the GH sowed 60 dahlia redskin, 30 dahlia bishops children, 10 sungold tom, 10 tigerella toms, 10 impatiens balsamina, 10 nicotania sylvestris.

 

when i pop home later i shall be taking pictures so that GC members may laugh at my plight

 

Finally planted my new bare root roses into their final positions this morning.
Going to sow some lupin seeds this afternoon.