What jobs are we doing in the Garden today 2015

What a great job Shiney

I should think it does...it's certainly opened your drive up,it must seem so much lighter even though it looked good before

 

Yesterday

First job check my unheated propagators, a few seedlings through not too bad, I did these a week ago.

Then stocked up my new heated propagator, and sowed some cucumbers (Diva's) sweat basil, so dwaf peas, added in some lobelia mixed trailing and some Malva

Decided to take a risk and start off some sweat peas in the greenhouse so put these to soak overnight to be potted today

I had a tidy of the greenhouse, checked my fushia's glad I didn't chuck out the one I thought I lost the other day, as it's starting to produce new leafs at the very bottom. I did some dead wood pruning of the fushia's, so it's now see if I killed them off.

Checked several containers which I'm surprised to what has survived the winter, so shall now start upping my watering.

My Cordylines are fine and my palm made it phew... think I might re-pot my Palm though..

Then it was hit the back garden, while doing the 'poo' duty I made a decision the grass has got to go... I've had enough.... I spend all summer slogging away trying to get it near to half decent, then winter comes and all my hard work is totally trashed.... It's again clumps of grass surrounded my moss, bare compacted earth and puddles even though it hasn't rained for several days!!!!!!!

To replace the lawn, would mean digging out over a foot of soil, so that I can put some form of drainage in, then back filling with decent topsoil, then relaying the law, which will cost a arm and leg to achieve... And having the two dogs would still me over winter the lawn going to take an hammering..

So it's going to be slabbed... Just need to decide if I want any flower beds, or just expand my container collection or not erm...

 

Hi, ive just been out and bought these planters £50, this afternoons job is painting them and putting them in place, if I can get a lift with them.

 

ID on this plant please, it was in one of the planters, ive planted one up and was going to plant the other, but what is it please.

 

I don't know what the plant is - sorry, but I do love your planters!

 

Thanks Heather-Jo, ive managed to get them in place on my own the old fashion way, just going to have a cuppa tea and I will go out and paint them up.

 

Nice one Martin they look heavy great job

 

Oo! They look great! What do you plan to put in them? I seem them full of beautiful flowers - but then I see all containers full of beautiful flowers!

 

Did more hydrangea pruning.

The hydrangeas are really really old and i have cut down to the new buds and cut out any dead wood.

Is there anything else i can do to help rejuvenate them? They are not looking their best











Or is it best to replace them?

P.s. Sorry the photos are bad think my iphone couldn't cope with the gravel drive background

 

Well, finally got the spade out today and made a start on the "jungle"
I am aching though, but plan to be back out there tomorrow morning at 7am.
I'm getting too old for this digging malarkey and my back is aching as I am tall.
The garden bin is full already after cutting back to the ground 2 overgrown buddleia and forsythia bushes.
Once I got started, I quite enjoyed myself, despite the aches.
My garden path is all grass which I plan on getting rid off and replacing with bark chips. I am planning on using neat vinegar as weed killer, have any of you used this method? I know you have to take care with this, as it also kills any surrounding plants. Just thought it would be a really cheap weedkiller.

I will have to dismantle a small greenhouse to as it has been wrecked by high winds over the past few months.

Now for a nice warm bath and a few wee glasses off wine, not too much wine, as I wont make it into the garden for 7am

 

I have hacked mine back before till there was virtually nothing left, but they bounce back every time. Mine must be around 10yrs old now.

 

Another day off plants....

Popped over to the garden center for Fiber pots for my sweet peas...

And decided to take a chance..

They had starting bedding plants or should I say plugs, outside but under cover, so I took a shot picked some up to pop in my greenhouse which is unheated... But saying that I've been taking the temperature readings on a daily bases, and even though we've had a hard frost or two, the lowest temp remains 3-5 degree's.... So hopefully the frost is kept at bay..

Tomorrow, going out the the allotment, and plant my first early spuds, and hopefully get another bed prepared, just two to go..