WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2017

Chocolate and banana loaf cake?? You know you're my favourite lucius

 

. It was a choice of Lavender, Rose petal and Lemon Cake, Cherry and Vanilla Madeira, Sticky Ginger or Carrot and Cinnamon Cake. The bananas needed using up. I don't like cooking very much but cake making is not cooking, its creation

 

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Old man winter is making an early appearance, as the temperature outdoors is only in the low thirties, and the wind is gusting to 50 miles per hour bringing the wind chill to almost zero.
Be that as it may, the temperature in the greenhouse is a balmy 74 degrees F, so I enjoyed the warmth and up potted some orchid seedlings.
Now, I'll grab a book and enjoy a little extended summer weather in the greenhouse.

 

I've started digging out the first bed in my new garden. I thought the soil would be clay/loamy but it's sandy/loamy and slightly stoney, a bit of a surprise but easy to work with.

 

finished planting some bulbs. some pruning. more on Sunday. then some leaf burning.

 

Started digging at the Hydrangea I cut down and then got very fed up with it after an hour and it still refusing to vacate so abandoned it in favour of sitting on caravan steps with a bowl of homemade leek and potato soup watching the birdies.

I cleaned out one of the bird baths, tipped a bit more gravel into soakaway and added a few pebbles to sink pond.

I've been looking at grasses to plant around the sink pond and I didn't realise there was so much choice . I want something to add ground cover/shelter and that will not grow to wide or tall and no loud colours. Anyone got any suggestions please

 

Maybe it would be a good idea to stick to the Carex varieties - there is a wide selection. and they are evergreen.
One word of caution - don`t plant Carex pendula, it is a pain - seeds everywhere and you`d never get rid of it.

As for the Hydrangea .... could you find a ''man who can''

 

Thanks for the tip Tetters

 

Check out acorus Ogon lucius
Evergreen, attractive and easy.

 

will finish covering up my cushions in the gazebo. then onto the leaf raking /burning project. then some more pruning, and two wheel barrels of mulch for where I put those bulbs yesterday.

 

A woman's work is never done.



At least that's what my wife says. I'm still not sure what that means.



g.

 

Moved some plants around this afternoon, the eupatorium was drowning others plants out and other plants were fighting for space, It looked like a bomb had gone off spades / forks / bulbs / plants everywhere. The veronciastrum fasination was difficult to dig up but nothing compared to the Eupatorium difficult just lift. I had to dig up my baptisa as well hopefully not to much damage but will have to wait and see, dont know where I am going to plant it yet

Moved the calamagrostis Karl foerster in front of the Eupatorium and planted some allium summer drummer with CalaKF, with veronicastrum next to the CalaKF with other alliums planted around. I got some perovskia to plant infront of the Veronicastrum as well.

Planted some tulip pink impress around but unsure how its going to look so maybe I'll be removing them in spring.

 

taking a little break, my hair all smoky smell, and clothes.