WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY 2018

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    @Tetters thats tragic! For the moment it’s open and will probably stay like that but that is a wake up call to say the least! It’s only a shallow pond and he’s great in the water. I’m hoping it’s been drilled into him now that water is dangerous (we live on the Isle of Wight and are surrounded by it) he’s also a good swimmer, I wonder if a net would be more dangerous should they fall in? I imagine that to be more of a struggle... I don’t know though, you’ve got me thinking now :dunno:
     
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      I am unable to give details, but I know the little boy who drowned near here was found face down in just a few inches of water (four I think) Apparently he fell over while playing and must have bumped his head. It happened a few years ago. The 'net' I refer to is a plastic mesh which can sit just under the surface of the water (or above if wished) and you can walk on it. I had some of that installed over my own pond for quite a while when I fostered small breed dogs for a rescue.
       
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        I have now decided I would like some blue between the daffodils and the alliums shoots. A neighbour offered me a free clump of bluebells. I haven't heard since so they might not have remembered.

        It has been said that bluebells are too aggressive. The people I have spoken to say otherwise.

        Would bluebells stand as tall as the tete a tete daffodls? Is they do then they might be too big.

        If not bluebells, what else could I use as alternative?

        G.

        Ps once all the spring plants have finished I will start to think about summer and autumn plants.
         
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          Avoid bluebells....they really are not good garden plants; english or spanish.
          I never planted any but have plenty here that I try to control....a real pain when they seed in perennial clumps :sad:
          Blue iris, anchusa, blue hyacinths, brunnera hadspen cream, blue violas or pansies, or consider iris pallida variegata....this has delightful variegated foliage for 8 months of the year (blue/cream) and blue flowers in summer. A good foliage plant too. Get one and divide it after a year for more ...??? :)
           
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            Purchased 3 for £10 bags of ASDA compost - 70l per bag - nowhere else can beat their price - prepared 2 baskets for obelisks; 2 hanging and 2 for stands. Used the advice from this 'ere forum - lined baskets with old compost bags, threw in a handful of cat litter (unused :blue thumb: - but Alfie :cat-kittyandsmiley: was not very happy :doh:) - topped up with compost and trimmed the compost bags. I must say they don't look at all bad.

            Lurned sumfink nu today - 'Surfinia' is the trade name for trailing petunia :smile:.
             
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              I think Morrisons are doing 3 x 70L for £9.
               
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                I did my favourite thing today. I put the cart before the horse.

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                I was going to wait until I got the tree and then do it all in one go.

                I was disappointed that I couldn't get the circle right. My neighbour told my it looked close enough so I left it as it was. I filled the pot with broken bricks. Hopefully it will be sturdy enough.

                G.
                 
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                  That sounds like a great idea!! @Tetters ! I’ll definitely look into it, the same thing happened to my uncles brother in a stream in Italy when he was only young! I will have a look into it and may well install! Thanks for the advice,wake up call and suggestions!!
                   
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                    This question come up frequently on a pool dedicated board.
                    A safe solution is a sheet of weldmesh. This will support the weight of a child.To disguise it you could paint it black and cut it to fit over the coping stones. Any aquatic plants can grow through it.

                    As for doing stuff in the garden, it was a golf day, then I needed to go to Stockport for a new leccy trolley battery, mine wasn't holding the charge for a complete round. But I did have time to give everything a spray, including our many giant lilies. The stuff I used is some organic Richard Jackson product, my wife bought on a shopping channel and is supposed to control "everything" even lily beetles. The jury's out on that one.
                     
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                      Looks good Gary ......is it for Salix Flamingo ? :)
                       
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                        I love Bluebells and have large clumps of them in the border under my Acer Brilliantissimum and also down in the shady end of the "walk around border". They, in my opinion, fit into my Cottage Style garden or any "wild", wildlife, or woodland garden anyone is lucky enough to have. I also have the Whitebells and, again, they provide early colour and pleasure.:dunno::love30::snorky:
                         
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                          Gary it doesn't look that bad mate...your achieving a few goals :blue thumb:
                           
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                            This afternoon when it warmed up a bit in the breeze...garden furniture was unwrapped and washed down and now in place...another job out the way :yahoo:
                             
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                              I went,
                              through the slush and ice,
                              out to the greenhouse to water the plants. Whilst leaning over and watering some of ones sitting on the floor, a pot's hanger broke and it came down on the back of my head. I managed to grab it before it bounced onto the floor.

                              So I guess that omen, @Gail_68 ,about water, was meant for me... :snorky:
                               
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