What jobs are we doing in the garden today 2016

Nothing in the garden because it is sooo cold! But I repotted a few plants in the house/yard.

 

I've been helping my youngest granddaughter do a bit of weeding .

 

Up early this morning taking photo's and back by mid-day... spent the rest of the day weeding and digging over the bottom end of the garden... planted the remaining of my earlier purchases so all done... I feel another visit to the garden centre coming along as I still have a large space to still fill... this area has solely been planted to attract wildlife so hopefully it will look really good and colourful.

I tidied the pond up and put in new plants...fish enjoyed their first real feed and were darting around in the sunshine... whilst tidying up one of the large pond grasses I purchased last year a toad jumped out at me, I nearly jumped out of my skin as I wasn't expecting that... lots of tadpoles and I've just noticed a number of newts.

It's gone a little bit on the colder side now so ready for my tea

 

@martin-f think you have a budding gardener there .... your granddaughter looks like she is have a supper time

 

Been busy today! Potted up two small clematis and fashioned something for them to grab onto and climb up but will need expanding when they are bigger.

The garden I am looking after is in a bad way, and hasn't had much attention over the years. There are many wild grasses and huge weeds growing, and loads of rubbish under some of the long grass- I've found screws, rusted fence panel plates, pegs, plastic bag fragments from where they have rotted, takeaway containers, a rusted trowel, food packaging, and all manner of other rubbish which has been picked out and disposed of! I'm imagining when I go to plant more things I will find more under the earth...!

The lawn and surroundings were full of dandelions so I've done my best to pick them out, some had very deep roots and must have been there many years!

I'm looking to create a wildflower and grass border so I weeded, cut some of the wild grasses back a bit, and followed the instructions on the seed box to plant (rake/aerate soil, water, scatter seeds, rake, water) it was called "pretty wildflower garden" and was from the pound shop, so will see how successful it works! I also scattered in a few cornflower seeds too.

The front garden is a pebble-covered garden so I weeded and tidied this and then tidied up and dead-headed the hanging basket of pansies and violas which is looking a bit sad! Still don't have much idea of what I'm doing but things are starting to grow so this is good!

 

Nematodes down for vine weevil - found a couple of the blighters in my fern pots too


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I hate the little blighters!!!

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Potted on the tomatoes black cherry, sungold, gardeners delight and tigerella.
Turned over the beds and borders at the bottom of the garden and removed last years bedding plants.

 

Finally finished the garlics and strawberry shananigans. Thats c.120 garlic and c.120 strawbs potted up ready to dissapoint me

Pruned the redcurrants and the gooseberies and fed them again too.Treeferns got a dose of chick poo and a soaking.

Got the pond waterfall up and running which gets more oxygen into the more active golden orfe fish .

Finally chilled out next to some of the daffs with a coffee and muffin

 

Thanks AB , yes she loves been out in the garden with granddad , she was a big worry when first born she decided to come 3 months early , and was just over 2lb ,

She's come on leaps and bounds and now a healthy baby my other two keep her on her toes ,

All three watched there mum and dad get married yesterday happy days .

 

Many thanks Armandii, I will do , there going up near York tomorrow in a log cabin for four days leaving the kids behind with my youngest daughter, me and the wife on standby if needed,

I will post a few pictures up of the day when we get them in an appropriate part of the forum, sorry for the off topic.