What jobs are we doing in the garden today 2016

You're not quite getting the hang of this are you

You have to pick them off the patio and put them into the compost heap ( the pooh not the hens; a cat litter "scoop" is good for this). If you insist on water, pop them in a bucket of water and make compost tea for the garden

Not a lot in the garden. Pulled up a few dead bits and moved a few pots around, but that is all.

 

Could you grab some cuttings from it (just in case?)

 

Not much apart from weeding some of my pots. The bulbs are all making an appearance now. The Iris are all flowering and the crocus are flowering here and there. I noticed there are plenty of very small slugs about! It was very nice to be outside as the weather is so mild. It's 12.3C at the moment.

 

I think you got me confused with some real proper professional type gardener. I like quick and easy results, so a detour to the nursery is the more likely scenario.

@Fern4 - I also noticed a lot of those tiny beggars about too. Action taken

Had a lot of things I had to get done today, but played truant and spent the day working in the garden - it was such a lovely sunny warm day 15c so that is my excuse!


GG

 

Not exactly in the garden, but more in the workshop. For a while now, I've been looking for a small spade, and have been unable to find one locally. So, I bought this....



...and with a bit of cutting and cold grinding, turned it into this...



No doubt something similar is available in the UK, but here its proved impossible to find one. I hope its going to be perfect for planting some Japanese Holly, as well as some other small plants when the weather allows.
edging

 

Have been working today so nowt really except standing pots upright and covering a few more delicate things up a bit first thing and moving things into sheltered areas, mildish here but the wind is very high and gusty.

@Sandy Ground - looks like a very professional job, @Zigs is I think a bit of a tools buff.

GG

 

More a bit of a tool usually

Very nice Sandy

 

Not being outside gardening, I set up my sprouting seeds on the kitchen windowsill instead

 

Ive been shredding all my grasses and prunings this week after buying myself a garden shredder st the weekend.

 

If you dont mind me asking, which one did you buy, and are you pleased with it?

 

Went out,trudged through the swamp(lawn) looked at flooded side of house,shrugged shoulders,gave up,came back in, ....................................................................

 

I'm planning on potting up some seedlings. As soon as I figure out which pots to put them in - too many choices...