What jobs are we doing in the Garden today 2015

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    Your garden is beautiful @Dips
     
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      Thank you :-) its curprinols Barleywood. They should start giving me free paint for the amount i promote their colours lol

      Thank you :-)
       
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        In work all weekend, so just able to do the watering side..

        Morning cuppa was drank while checking the plants with hubby, surprised as everything seems to have a real spurt of growth, even the couple of containers that were struggling are well on their way to catching up the others..... And planned what I was going to do after hubby went to work...

        Went out the allotment, only intended to spend an hour this turned in 4 hours oops, the plot next to mine still vacant, I'm pondering whether to take it over, on provision that I more in clearing it for next year rather than expecting to get it all up and running this year! think I shall email our plot secretary.... Everything is now starting to take, I've been behind with planting due to the major back garden project...

        Home a cuppa on the patio, then I hit the garden

        Weeded the raised flower beds (only very small weeds) then I tidied the greenhouse and put canes up for the last of the tomatoes plants, and tied the others...

        Then it was deheading, and finally watering everything, which is now so much easier and quicker with having the outside tap put in.... Watering with the hosepipe I find therapeutic where as watering with the watering can a dam nuisance and very time consuming and that's with out cleaning the kitchen floor afterwards...
         
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          Cat destroyed my buddleja again :(


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            Feel better soon @Sian in Belgium :)

            Lovely work @Dips! You already know how much I like your oh-so-cool blue :cool: and the effect of all the blue pieces when seen together is so impactful. Fab!

            Today I did some weeding of the front of the house where they were starting to pop their cheeky heads up again :mad: and started digging a border under the living room window. Talk about slow progress. I look forward to the day when I can finally do some actual planting, perhaps some time in 2018 or so :heehee:
             
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              That really looks lovely - it sets the patio and table off perfectly.
               
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                Thank you @Anzia and @JackJJW :-)

                Managed to get more done today. Potted on four tomato plants and loads of cardoons. One of my lavenders died but luckily had a spare to replace it with so did that too
                 
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                  Weeding ,watering and feeding,and I was supposed to be picking the Strawberries for tea but they never made it to the table:snork:
                   
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                    Destroyed or damaged? Plants are resilient.
                     
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                    Identified a young rowan tree (seeded itself in a pot) which, although I will not keep (grows too high and wide), I have temporarily repotted and placed in a bald spot in my front garden. When it outgrows the pot I will take it down to the recycling depot, for someone to take. I did this with a young ash tree (attaching growing conditions to it) and was delighted to see it gone within a few hours!
                     
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                      Just damaged :) if he keeps this up though I'll only have one stem for flowering in summer. Buddleja are so brittle


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                        Potted on some datura which are taking forever to grow:doh:
                        The heavy rains over the weekend seem to have done the garden good. Holes appearing in my hostas :gaah: Not good, found the culprits and placed carefully onto my right foot
                        Tried to set up GH irrigation system for when I'm away
                         
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                          Potted on some dahlias and petunias, killed a few slugs and started my little pots project. Decided to do something colourful on a very tight budget, will post pics tomorrow.
                           
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                            My job today was to tackle some Ivy and other unwanted growth behind the garage where the runner beans are. Heres a before and after. Reckon I shall have to inflict some chemical warfare on that ivy once the runner beans have finished.[​IMG]
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                              I found myself looking at the 30 year old Lilac " Madame Lemoine" this morning and thinking "It's finished flowering, now's the time to prune it". It stood 15' high and was probably nearly 20' wide and hadn't been pruned for over ten years. So I got the pole pruners out and started to lop the outside branches and worked my way into the centre. I suddenly realised how humid it was and it wasn't long before Lilac debris, leaves and petals were sticking in my hair and on my face. and working it's way under clothing:phew: There were times when the pruner would get stuck high up in the branches and it felt like Lilac was fighting me!!:gaah: Struggling to free it while getting hot and humid seemed to tire me more than I thought it would:doh: In the end with the help of a saw for the thicker stems I cut the Lilac down to around 7 feet in height. Although, pruning after flowering is the best time for a Lilac I still might not get as many blooms from it next year but it should have recovered by the following year.:coffee::snork:
                               
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