What jobs are we doing in the Garden today 2015

That looks gorgeous, @shiney! I think I will be scouring the garden centres for one when I next come over. We don't have quite the same strength of winds as @Sheal, but they are still mighty powerful!

 

Today we will be cutting the boundary hedge between us and the road, but certainly not low enough to please one of our neighbours... So we will then be retreating inside and hiding!!

 

yes there outside, only started them a few months ago from seed, just wanted to get some growing experience in this year for my 1st proper go at it next spring, with my new shiny raised beds ill have by then, so excited

main reason i want to get rid of my current plants is to make space for me to turn over the area where my raised beds are going to mix in some sharp sand as drainage is not the greatest

 

This morning was some weeding and topping up the compost piles. This evening I will likely plant some Saffron.

 

Thanks @shiney, I'll check it out.

 

Just a quick deadheading of violas, roses and my solitary dahlia! I'm afraid the rugby has priority today.

 

doing a few small jobs today....

well thats the beans down, cant wait to do a lot more next year, the family loved them

runner beans chopped by Martin Young, on Flickr


end of the runner beans by Martin Young, on Flickr​

and of course all ways have to find a bit of time for admiring my 1st ever sunflower, only sow'd the seed on July 2nd...

Come on! lol by Martin Young, on Flickr​

 

I've sawed the corner posts for two raised beds, ordered a bulk bag of topsoil/compost which should arrive next week and ordered a wheelbarrow too. Then I decided to hide behind the sofa for a while in case the bank manager was looking for me

 

Lovely afternoon in the garden dug loads of weeds planted a few more plants, finally planted our weeping willow only bought it in spring, ordered 10 bags of bark chips and weed proof membrane.
Just poped in for a quick brew then back outside

 

Ah well!

Today I will mainly be getting over the hangover that I got to ease my disappointment

 

Planted up another 32 garlic this morning then potted up some chestnut trees ive grown in rootrainers. I just wanted to see if theyd grow and they did,100 germintion, and I just couldnt throw them out. I think I will plant them around the neighbourhood for future peoples to enjoy ....
Cut my strawberry runners free from the parent plants, thats circa 80 free strawberry plants, yum yum.

 

Got a few odd jobs done today.

Installed a new water butt behind the shed to replace the one which developed a crack (it had lasted over 20 years though ). Lots of faffing about to get it connected to another butt, hopefully I've got the 'plumbing' right, rain forecast for tomorrow so we'll see.

Went crawling under the pigeon netting on hands and knees to tidy up and weed in amongst the winter brassicas. Found a random small hole which something had dug underneath the leaves of one of the cauliflower plants, possibly a mouse or a vole? Managed to avoid getting tangled up in the net too.

Potted on some Tatsoi winter salad leaves in the greenhouse and did a second sowing of Mizuna.

 

Took loads of cuttings of osteospermum, lavender and penstemon. Sowed some achillea, aquilegia and gernaium pratense. Divided a hardy geranium and checked on everything in the greenhouse. Having good luck with cuttings at the moment, worried winter is going to be harsh so trying to build up some 'insurance' so to speak. Decided that if I end up with loads of extra plants I will do a car boot/ give them to friends.