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

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  1. merleworld

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    It's brightened up here too, nice and sunny outside.

    I walked the mutts then spent the morning doing the front garden. Dug up several plants, dug over two borders, trimmed the lawn edges with hand shears and then mowed the lawn (I use the term loosely 'cos it's mostly moss). Also gave the plants some slow release fertiliser. Oh yes, and pulled up a zillion Sycamore seedlings :wallbanging:

    Still lots more to do out there but at least it's looking tidy.

    Daren't touch the back lawn at the moment, it's unbelievably soggy still.
     
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      Potted up 49 tomatoes of 5 varieties, 20 Lupins, 9 Sun Flower Red Queen, 62 Sweet Peas some in trays of 6 pots to make them easier for selling by the Local Gardening Club or on Shiney's Open day. Then spent some time with a mug of tea and Jenny the Cat in the Arbour just enjoying the Sun.:coffee::cat-kittyandsmiley: After that it was cleaning out the Bird Bath, checking the Feeders, and doing a weed patrol in the borders. I've got about 5 large low pots that were planted with Lilies several years ago so I've been keeping an eye on them daily to check for the dread Red Lily Beetle. I spotted something red hiding in the leaves a few days ago but found it to be a Ladybird so I left it happily sunning itself but now I think it has taken up residence there as it's not left the Lilies and seems content where it is. But I did find today 5 Lily Beetles in one pot of Lilies so there are now 5 less Lily Beetles in the world:yes::heehee: I've still got Monarda, Shasta Daisies, Rudbeckia, Comos, Ice Plants, Cleome, Nicotiana, Echinacea, and a few more to pot on......but that's for another day. I then spent an hour with a mug of tea and a manual, scratching my head and muttering a few choice words putting my Telescope on it's mount and calibrating it, but we got there and I didn't drop any of the balancing weights on my toes, or break anything which is amazing!!!:heehee:
       
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        Confession:
        went to friends' house this morning and just sat there in the sun drinking coffee and eating eccles cakes
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        came home, snapped off a few dead branches from pots - decided it was tooooo nice to work so,
        I got my lovely nursing chair out on the patio and sat there in that lovely sunshine and knitted 2 adult and 4 junior mouslings for the tea cosy. Just got the sheaves of corn to make in the morning. Hope the sun shines again tomorrow - it was bloomin 'andsome,
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          Stripping paint, pottering in garden centres, sanding, potted up loads, and generally busy :)
           
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            Sowed some beetroot and fennel in the veg plot.

            Found one of my pots of Arctic King lettuce which had overwintered in the greenhouse was full of greenfly, so I gave it to the chickens.

            Spent the rest of the day working my way through weeding and edging the herbaceous bed. I paid particular attention to a few small patches of that annoying little weed bittercress, meticulously getting rid of every single one.
            At least I got them all before they went 'ping' this year. :fingers crossed:

            While I was doing all this, Mrs. Trunky was busy painting the new summer house. A productive and enjoyable day in the sunshine. :SUNsmile:
             
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              Turned my heap,planted my new Roses that were delivered this morning,mixed compost and manure for my strawberries ,planted my spuds,glanced in the GH to check all the seeds were behaving,they'll keep while tomorrow,did a bit of weeding and faffing...poured myself a Scotch and sat in the sun:yes:....
               
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                Double shift at work, so barely seen daylight let alone the garden - and I am on my blimmin' kneecaps I am so tired.....

                Hopefully the old batteries charge by morning

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                  I spent today catching up with the seedlings that needed potting on in the greenhouse. Sorted out the best of the tomato seedlings as well and potted those on. I always feel mean committing seedlings to the compost but I haven't got room for them all. I've also stuck to the promise I made myself at the beginning of last year, washing the pots and trays as I've finished using them so I don't have a mammoth task later in the year. :)
                   
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                    Had a trawl through the hugger-mugger stuff in the greenhouse, and sorted out a dozen of more plants that are good enough to plant out :)

                    Quite a few Delphiniums, grown from seed last year, a bunch of Eucalyptus (ditto - from seed) and ... can't remember the rest!

                    There are loads of Hydrangeas, from cuttings last year, but I think I will wait until they are in flower so I can position them according to colour.
                     
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                      Today I'm going to do more in the front garden. I need to make a semi circle in the corner of two borders and remove the turf so I can put an Acer in.

                      Once that's done I'll plant out a deciduous Azalea, a couple of Peonies and the Acer. I am also going to mix some compost into the borders I dug over yesterday and sprinkle some seeds.

                      Also need to take up some of the Dahlia tubers in containers which were left out over winter. If they are okay I'll put them in the front garden too.
                       
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                        Good idea. They can get a bit boring if they're all one colour together!
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                          After a busy morning do other things - shouldn't be allowed :nonofinger: :heehee: - I mowed three lawns, shifted ten barrow loads of compost, did some more weeding and continued reshaping lawn edges. It all passed inspection by Sarafi the cat :blue thumb:
                           
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                            Right! Today's plan is

                            Finish the service on the car (couple of filters, and then plug it into the laptop to tell it that it has been serviced.

                            Finally set fire to the tree remnants (it cannot wait any longer, and I am banking on a few barbies being lit around here today as its a nice day and Mothers Day

                            Cut the grass

                            Clean the greenhouse (and maybe even press it into service if I have time
                             
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                              Hopefully ... if I've judged it right?!! ... the Hydrangea Walk will be a gradual colour gradation from white at the near end, through pink to red at the far end. I thought I'd have a go at forcing some blue ones in the bit beyond the end. Time will tell :)

                              Scruffy photo - White at this end, Pink in the middle and Red (that you can't see!) at the far end

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                              Not long until the Inspection :)
                               
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                                @Kristen ....it's going to look marvelous....i can picture it now:thumbsup:
                                 
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