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

I have some Lychnis,which I grew from seed. They made nice plants, and now (a couple of years on) are a serious clump. They are decently Red, but that Vesuvius looks seriously red I'm happy to grow some from seed next year if you give it the thumbs-up for red-ness

 

Planted out tomatoes. The hard part was getting their stakes a foot down into the ground. It was such a beautiful day I actually finished manicuring the grass around the stepping stones... just didn't want to stop pottering.

 

10 pence for the first person to guess what I have been doing today ( no it isnt rude )

 

Picking up 10-p pieces?

 

I've been squashing Viburnum Beetle Larve, there munching well

 

I've been labouring under the burning midday sun, getting a few more seeds into the allotment. Mad dogs and Welshwomen! Hope I've not got burnt, I had factor 25 on. Having a lovely cup of tea indoors now.

 

TOMATOES TODAY
Planted up a patio pot of Garten Pearl and Tumbling Toms for a neighbour. Then the 2 window boxes under the kitchen window = A Maskotka either end and a Tumbling Tom in the middle - in both of the boxes. More patio pots for 3 other neighbours in the morning and start thinking about which cordons to grow in tall Asda pots on the patio and the 3 Asda pots up against the south facing garage wall. Also have 3 more seedling Tumbling Toms to pot up. At least some Toms are starting to leave home at last,
Jenny

 

Replanting my lillies in a bigger pot, weeding, trimming, and grass cutting! . well, that's the plan anyway

 

Amongst other things I pruned back the Forsythia. Actually, it turned into a hatchet job and it looks like a bleedin' pineapple now

 

Is that all?

 

Done some weeding, tied in clematis and honeysuckle, planted some geraniums and night scented stock I got off freecycle.
Stained the back fence before I start planting my hardy exotic area of my garden.

 

Decided it was time to put the Frogs Band out for the summer so made a Stand

Following early acquisition of some Bamboo

reminder:

see Recent Purchases thread

I have planted it along the front of Leylandii <Spit!> hedge which provides the backdrop for my exotic garden:



and created an "opening" in the middle for my Band. Looking from the lawn across the pond it is possible to see the exotic garden (although it is deliberately disguised), and I now realise it will be possible, with some low planting in the middle, to create a vista to the Frogs Band's Stand



zoomed image:


Here's the Stand from the path within the exotic garden, with a shaggy backdrop from the newly planted Bamboo:


I'll make a T-junction and a little path leading to them next.