What jobs are we doing in the garden today 2016

Planted 3 evening primrose plants (bought at a village sale at the weekend) and moved a couple of day lilies. Lawn mowed, all new plants fed and watered.
Oh and I created a pot "bog" garden which I planted up with: Sambucus Nigra; Astilbe; Hosta and Houttuynia

 

Had a really good day in the garden with this little cheeky chap.

Found this slow worm under a pot and little one found a vole in the corner.. cats bring them all the time managed to save "Wormy"




Then the coal train came.. I have shouted "traiiiin" every time I've seen it come past for the whole 8 years I've lived here, sad but love it!


Got round to planting some pots and baskets, moved things about, tidied up pots, propped a dahlia up, bit of a clean and give everything a water



Feel much better about moving now I've sorted most of it out, been stressing over how much I started off and bloody bought few things left to do, need another 2 baskets for begonias I forgot about and could of mown the grass too!

 

Weeded everywhere and anywhere... Cut the lawn... Visit to B&Q ... Visit to the garden center and all planted up

Replanted a lot of the pond plants, cleaned the filters and purchased two new fish all looking good... So with a glass of wine now chilling out in front of the chiminea



First time this year... Roll on the sunshine and warmer weather

 

Is that the train that goes to port talbot?

 

Hi @Apple Blossom, It goes up to the local open cast mine it used to be called Tower Colliery. My father used to work there as an Electrician when it was a deep mine. Interesting place
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Colliery

 

It is..... Being a Welsh lass I remember it very well

 

what a cozy setting that sunken yard, linz

 

Moved a clematis mowed the lawn and made this,


Being obsessed with planters and trailing plants atm this will be my next design and save the bees a journey.


It will look lovely with something like this trailing out of it.

 

Although today has been the first day without rain this week, I have very little motivation. My get-up-and-go never showed up, never mind stayed the course!

But I did manage to do the first bash at cutting the edges of the lawn to the patio, and also to the drive. An overhanging branch that was nearly sitting on top of my old pear tree has been removed (extendable pruning saw strikes again!)
I should cut the grass, but I have already accepted that just ain't gonna happen today!

 

I've tried to do some repair work to the 'bowl' of my bird bath. A crack started to appear a couple of years ago and having dried out while I was away for a couple of weeks, it's now like a sieve. I can't get a replacement of any kind on the island and the fact it weighs a 'ton' I won't be importing one.

Not the best picture but the only close up I have at the moment.


I've used a recommended putty for it but it wasn't the easiest of things to apply. The inside of the 'bowl' is scalloped so that hampered procedure quite a bit. I'll sand it down tomorrow and see if it's done the trick, albeit a temporary measure. I expect the top to fall in half at some point.

 

I hope your bird bath will be all right after you mend it @Sheal

Today I repotted my Fuchsias. It took from 1.30 until 7 pm ...
(with 2 coffee breaks ! )

 

I've never been to Tower Colliery @Linz I'll have to go there one day. I don't think it can be far from here.