WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2017

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  1. Mark56

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    What did he cut it with? Nail scissors? Looks great.
     
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      Ha ha, almost! He actually did some with scissors!!! He used to be the head greenkeeper at Mentmore golfclub before it closed down and is a bit ocd. So impressed with the weeding-every scrap of weed out and neatly dug over-never been able to get it to look that good!

      I'll be working on the front garden tomorrow and planting the new bits in the back. And a quick trip to the garden centre again :)
       
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        Then credit where credit is due: Top Job Mr/Mrs "Proper" Gardener :love30: You deserve this: :star:
         
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          Beautiful morning :SUNsmile:
          Prob lift my onions to dry them off.....smaller this year.....and get deadheading and grass done before wet day tomorrow
          Yes went to the beach earlier ....lovely but signs that days are drawing in just a little :noidea:
           
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            @Snorky85 Good luck on Friday :grphg: It's looking good. :thumbsup:
             
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              We've just come back from a week in France and the weeds seem to have been having a party! :doh:

              I need to do the same with ours - but after looking at it I felt too tired. :sad: A scythe is too much like hard work for me so it will be strimmed and then cut on high.

              Before we went away I picked everything of the edibles that could be picked. So yesterday I spent what spare time I had picking crops. Before doing that I've had to make emergency supports for a black plum tree. The crop is so heavy that one branch has snapped off completely and a number of others are cracking. I happen to have a number of 4" diameter 8ft poles so have been using them to prop up the branches. These plums don't ripen until September so I hope to be able to still get the crop from them.

              Before we went away our golden plum tree was having a similar problem and branches have been propped up. Both trees are about 70 years old.

              The golden plums are ripe so I picked 22lbs yesterday with loads more to go. I wore gloves as the wasps were very busy on the plums, but they just ignored me (I'm used to being ignored :heehee:).

              I picked 14lb of runner beans (will pick about 10lb more today and bag and sell all of them, together with some of the plums), 3lb Blue Lake French beans, 3lb Bridgwater beans, 3lb blackberries and two courgettes that were only flowers a week ago and are marrows now :rolleyespink: (8lb and 7.5lb). I expect to pick about 15lb of rhubarb this morning for sale this afternoon.

              Proceeds of all sales go to charity. :blue thumb:
               
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                Good luck from me too Snorky........you are a star! :)
                Shiney, have you ever featured on the tellie? Your garden would make a great programme I think:)
                 
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                  Harvesting sweet peas this morning - the scent is wonderful :wub2:
                   
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                    Onions lifted and drying in the gh...smaller than usual but healthy and sound.
                    Planted out some of the wallflowers from trays, picked beans, tomatoes, carrots and spring onions
                    I have some huge lilies and one (stray??) by the path is sending out a powerful scent. The flower size covers two palms and I dont remember planting it there
                    Despite the regular warnings of rain it is sunny and dry ....washing dried and hoping to cut grass soon (twice a week regime if I can) :)
                     
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                      Making a list of things I want to change when the time is right i.e. moving plants and eliminating failures. I'm taking pictures of things that are working well and those that aren't. Gardening is a continual learning curve.

                      Things I've learned this summer.

                      1. I have too many pots - next year I'll go for quality over quantity

                      2. There's too much shade in my garden and I need to lighten it up. Lots of heavy pruning coming up in the autumn

                      3. I must label better- it's so infuriating when I have to go through seed packets to compare pictures.

                      4. Look after my roses better

                      5. Stake earlier and don't underestimate how tall plants will grow.

                      6. I must organise my cut flower garden better and mark out rows.

                      7. Don't be too hasty planting seeds - they will romp away when the earth warms up.

                      This is just the start of my list.
                       
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                        Thanks @shiney Thought I was feeling more relaxed today after doing a bit of planting and thhen came in for a cup of tea and felt a bit migrainy weird...it can bog off! Had my tablet and things seem "ok" for now....

                        ...been a bit of an odd week so this is a real test for the new migraine medications.

                        I'm absolutely shattered and need to drive to Lincoln later to take dogs to my mums and get hair cut in the morning. Was up all night as one of my dogs was feeling sick all night and kept wanting to go outside and eat grass-poor girl :(
                         
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                          IMG_0948.JPG IMG_0959.JPG IMG_0962.JPG IMG_0963.JPG Yesterday we I mean Mr Kandy made a start on chopping down the cherry tree out at the front of the house because it is another tree too close to the foundations and some of the roots have marched towards our neighbours house:yikes: The white flowers in the spring which the bees love only last for a couple of weeks and then they all drop off plus this tree like the Serrula sends out suckers all over the place so it had to go.I don't know how he is going to get the stump out eventually so might have to resort to either a stump grinder or drill holes in it and then put poison? In it to kill it. Took the bags of chopped up foliage and branches over to the Lottie to join the apple and holly prunings.Today we have been for a nice walk and this afternoon while Mr Kandy gave our beech hedge its annual prune I put out two lines of washing and mowed the lawns.My feet are killing me now so am resting them with my feet up after a nice hot shower:snorky: (PS,at 66 he still has a fine set of legs to be proud of:biggrin:)
                           
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                            :grphg: Hope you managed to get a break before having to drive :grphg:
                             
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                              I've been on TV but not to do with the garden! It's too disorganised for any TV programme. We tend to plant things in the nearest gap, leave anything that is self-seeded or bird sown and get around to tidying up - eventually. :heehee:

                              I'm sure your garden would look great on TV. :thumbsup:
                               
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