WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2017

Welcome to Gardeners Corner

 

You did make me laugh, well done for standing up to him.

 

Had to do a quick post before trying to sleep (damn insomnia is bad lately).....so pleased with mr snorkys work on the lighting...he's a good lad

 

Not much done in garden owing to arrival of this little bean _ rubbish pic, will take better ones. He is absolutely gorgeous


He/ she is just 2 weeks old, eyes just beginning to open and no teeth ( incisors beginning to erupt ). Brought to me by a kind lady who found him whilst out walking her dog. He was very cold and a little dehydrated when he arrived and had not had anything to eat for about 24 hours. Upon closer examination I discovered a maggot crawling out of his ear . We removed a total of 9 from his ear canal and the surrounding tissue. Poor little mite. He feels much better now and his appetite and awareness are improving. I am concerned about the damage that may have been done to his hearing but its a little early for a long term prognosis. I'm sure he would appreciate lots of healing vibes. He is still very poorly but fighting.

 

Well done lucius! Hope he recovers. It's horrible when you find maggots in little animals. Suggests he's been struggling for longer than 24 hrs

 

I will never know what happened, there a several scenarios which could account for him losing his mother. Fly strike is quite common in hedgehogs. Given the length of time needed for eggs to hatch its possible there was a dead hoglet in or near the nest - mortality rate is high with young hedgehogs. All I can say is that his stomach was completely empty and at that age hoglets cannot survive longer than a day or two without food . He has been very lucky to have been found. The lady has been back to look for other survivors but found no one.

 

Thought I hadn't heard as much from you lately and had assumed correctly....a hoggy rescue!!!! So damn cute. Hope the poor little thing doesn't have lasting damage-9maggots is a lot for a little fella. Couldn't be in better hands now though.

Looking forward to more piccies.

 

Potted on wallflowers......
6 trays of individual colours.
A little late in sowing...last month...but hoping they will make decent plants by autumn

 

Thanks for the reminder ...


... now, where did I put that packet of seeds?

 

Oooooookay, so, I just "popped" outside ...

• spotted bliddy bindweed creeping back in
• found weed killing gel stuff applied to a small patch of bindweed in the front of the border
• pulled out the last of the Sweet Williams, shaking their seed heads around as I went
• moved a couple of my vegetable bags to cover some now bare areas
• moved some pots to add colour in dull areas
• saw a big fat grass seed head poking through from neighbours side, stepped into the border to pull it through and throw it out!
• fed the vegetables
• de-leafed the tomato plants from all the non producing lower stems
• noticed some seedlings growing from my "cast it wide and see what happens" method of direct sowing
• WAIT!!!!!!!!! The border I've been working on, and stepping on, is ... the border where I had gelled a patch of weeds!
• Washed hands and shoes - put everything away again

Ah well, I've always thought any plants I have will always have two choices: thrive or not! Just didn't factor in being King Numpty of the Numpty People and transferring weed killing get to hasten their demise

Hope everyone else is having better luck

 

Ha ha M,
I have applied glyphosate then watered with the hose, have staked a dahlia only to step on plants alongside, in my haste, cut the fruiting stems on melons, fruit and all, when intending to thin out the non productive stems, and walked on my lawn after treading on weed treated areas.
Cant afford to think of myself as unlucky though just a little clumsy and impatient ......but I can be a plonker at times :rasp:

 

Hello " M " ,

You should leave the Sweet Williams in ( or at least if there are any colours you especially like ) , you get a bigger clump with larger flower heads from their second year onwards.

 

Thank you
This is their 2nd year. I've thoroughly enjoyed them ... thing is, I loved them so much after their first flush, I bought more seed I need to use those up before their expiry date Then, I shall let them do their own thing. I only really meant to chop them down a little ... but, got a bit carried away They are the plants which drew in the Hummingbird Hawk Moth - so definitely a plant I do not wish to be without! I still have another clump which I didn't get around to culling, so, I'll leave that be and listen and learn Thank you for the advice; much appreciated

 

I've been installing a small pond, its still work in progress but all the hard work done.

 

Looking good, my friend!!! Your plan is pulling together nicely

One thing which makes me pond-er ... be aware that any shady "gaps" near/around the pond feature, will be a magnet for slugs/snails. So, do please give some thought on how you will secure any gaps. Other than that ... it's all good to go!!