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

I've been digging out buttercups, strawberry weed, grass, broad leafed weeds etc. from some of the veg garden. Very hard work as the soil is so claggy. There's a loud sucking noise each time I lever the fork upwards in the soil (and it's not coming from me!).

I don't seem to have got very far but the wheelie bin that I dumped them in was so heavy that it was difficult to move! More complaints from the bin men

 

To day I have made a bird feeding station out of my large Eucalyptus tree that was blown down in the storms,recycling nature

 

Whilst "digging" around in the Greenhouse, which I still haven't cleaned up, I found among other plants in pots a White flowering Hydrangea so I planted that in the border under the Lilac "Madame Lemoine". Then I got on my knees and planted bulbs of Freesias, Dutch Iris, Anemones, Gladioli and Acidanthera in different areas of the borders which took some time as I kept uncovering other bulbs planted over the years and then I went for a
This afternoon I sowed, in trays, 5 varieties of Tomatoes [just the conventional types due to last years lack lustre performance] and the trays went into heated propagators. Then I had to decide what annuals and perennials to sow and ending up sowing, two varieties of Cosmos, two varieties of Monarda, two varieties of Centaurea, Asters, 2 varieties of Shasta Daisies, a tray of harvested Lupin seeds out of pods from last year, Rudbeckia Goldsturm, Rudbeckia Rustic Dwarf, Nicotiana, and then put two varieties of Sweet Pea into water to soak overnight, by which time it was time for another But I've still got over 30 packets of annuals and perennials to sow and plant or give to the local Garden Club Sale in May.
I also discovered at the back of the Green House 4 different Clematis in pots that I'd "forgotten" I'd put there to overwinter, so they will get planted over the weekend.

 

Slug'n'snail patrol - they're out already!

 

I'm expecting so many I'm making a wildlife pond for frogs. Pellets down in the interim...

I also couldn't resist any more and have planted out the fig. Went for the 'stick it in a big pot' approach as opposed to making a barrier out of slabs.

 

Ah, also split a peone. Heard they don't like it so hopefully all will be well...

 

I don't have much faith in that myth, loofah, as my wife used to move Paeonies and other hardy perennials around in the borders so much that I used to joke that the plants would need suitcases if she kept moving them like she did I've got over 9 Paeonies and I can't remember one "sulking" when moved in the dormant state during the Winter. Splitting a Paeonia is a slightly different matter as it all depends on the size of the Paeonie, when you move and split it and how much you divide it so it might just "sit still" for a couple of seasons but give it a good feed until it comes back to normal.