WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2017

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    Dont worry, my bottom will be top of my thinking :snorky:
     
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      Good morning folks :)
      Just been to the beach......blue sky, blue sea, golden sand, the sound and smell of the sea and the beginnings of the smell of autumn. Magical :)
       
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        We're bathed in sunshine here on the east coast. First official day of autumn and so much to do in the garden. I'm doing some transplanting later and maybe plant bulbs. So much tree surgery and hedge cutting to do to improve the light.
        My tulips arrived from Dobies yesterday but I'll leave those until November.
         
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          just pruned out my climbing honeysuckle vine which is on the deck. needed it badly. now back to my coffee, and getting ready for work.
           
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            It's a work in progress. I have no concept of level. All I can do is dig out some earth, put a line across and backfill the hole with sand. Unfortunately on this occasion I ran out of sand. I was hoping there was going to be enough left over from the previous job but sadly not. When I next get out there I am going to have add some of the topsoil back on top of the sand. That's not a major problem though as there are gaps between the slabs that would be filled with soil any way.

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              Woke up to a beautiful sunny day but had an awful headache. Managed to get myself in the hot tub with a cup of tea and my sunglasses on as it was so bright. Was lovely just looking at the garden and enjoying it. Lots of birdies about and dragon flies buzzing around the pond.
               
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                Talking about Hydrangeas - we apart from some that have been here over 60 years we have planted, in the last five or six years some Annabelle that do very well. Large white flowers growing on soft wood (cut back to 6"-12" each year) but they get a bit floppy when heavy with rain.

                Last year we planted Phantom and it is beginning to do well.

                Annabelle has big round brilliant white flowers that turn a soft green as they go over (excellent for picking and using for dried flower arrangements) and Phantom has big conical white flowers that change to a pink tinge as they go over.

                We're getting a bit worried about the space they will eventually take up if we don't control well :rolleyespink:

                This is a picture of them together (not in our garden) - 12ft high and rather wide :doh: :hate-shocked:

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                  Yesterday I managed to get some mowing done and also take down one of the ShineyFrames.

                  I removed the rabbit defences - 30" high chicken wire pegged down onto the weed suppressant membrane. I've left that for Michael to roll up neatly, when he turns up, as the bending is too much for me. It's surprising how long a piece of netting it is when it's stretched out along the ground - 70ft :rolleyespink:.
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                  I'll also leave the plants for him to pick up and put on the bonfire heap (too much for composting)
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                  The bean canes have been stacked :pathd: and I'll work on the other ShineyFrame in a couple of weeks when the French bean seeds are ready for storing.

                  @Verdun I used to experiment with different bean plants, including Mergoles, (did a thread about it some years back) but have come down to just Polestar now - except when I get involved in trialling new varieties. I found that different varieties gave better results depending on the type of weather each year. So eventually plumped for Polestar that seemed the best all-rounder that could cope with heat, cold, wet and very dry. They have an excellent flavour but don't grow as large or prolific as other varieties in their ideal conditions.
                   
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                    For anyone wanting to compare Annabelle and Paniculata this is a perfect picture Shiney. :)
                    Interesting info about Mergoles, Polestar etc .....you are right about considering the weather too. At least 2 or 3 summers to judge well :)
                     
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                      lots of stuff for two days, pruning, weed waking, lawn mowing, and some weeding. maybe later look at my bulb book for some new stuff.
                       
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                        I have both on my property. have three Annabelle, two of which have made babies, have to separate one of them at least this fall and put it somewhere, or give it away. the other can stay for now. My Paniculata have shaped it into a mini tree, it handles pruning like that well, so you don't have to let it grow like the pic above.
                         
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                          Interesting idea Redstar....mini tree Paniculata. I can see it would work. Got a picture? :)
                           
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                          no pic right now. I have trouble uploading from my camera to this sight. if the pic is not in my downloads, which is hit or miss then I can't upload from my files here. anyway. of you look at the Paniculata, mine has one trunk that comes up from the ground, the trunk is (on mine) about 2 feet high before it starts jutting out limbs, so you just trim the limbs off, until the height you want the limbs to start jutting out. But the limbs to reach upward some first, rather than outward, so judge for that. Right now, mine only has two main branching off the main truck, each branching has lots of branching. I cut a third one out last fall as it was hanging too low on my other shrubs and this year did not even look lacking. I like pruning it when I can see the limbs, after all the leaves and flowers are done, so this one waits until January.
                           
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