WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY 2018

Verdun I saw him and he was adorable ...please add another pic for Logan as she's like me adores animals but do you mind adding it in the pet section please

 

Pet section? Yes ok Gail, and thanks. Didnt know there was one....wot am I like eh??

 

Verdun i'm adding the link to save you looking and add your beauty

Pets Corner

 

I'm sorry i missed your post, was it on the pet thread?

 

Just a pair of secatuers for the brambles. Got a strimmer I can use on the long grass. Had another hour yesterday and uncovered a bit of hedge.

 

@shiney - what a mess. This beetle is one I have been well aware of from nursery days, but have never actually seen it in action.
You said that it seems to have affected just one variety - which variety is it (there are so many) ?

 

Well at least your going at it Lucius but take breaks mate in between because there's a lot to do there

 

@shiney ....an afterthought... have you put some kind of membrane down around your Viburnum? I think it`s about now that the bug will drop off into the soil to pupate.

 

Well, today started strangely....

Drinking my breakfast coffee, I noticed that the family of rooks were hanging around one of our plum trees. The delinquent teenagers were being ... delinquent teenagers! They were fighting over a label, ambushing each other, distracting by throwing twigs and leaves in front of the other, to get the label. Sip, sip, sip... wait! That's a white metal label!! One of the permenant metal-stamped labels!! Oy!!! They'd only pulled the label of the conducta plum, and nearly flew off with it as I ran across the garden!!

Coffee-time disturbed, I went and sorted the pond again... the rooks are still pulling out the pebbles, though not as much as before.

The veg bed was next, tying in the runner beans. Some are nearly 3 foot up the poles now! The French beans are doing well, the 3rd sowing of mangetouts needed a string support. The yellow pear tomatoes were tied into their support poles. They will go nearly 6 foot high over the summer.

This afternoon was potting on the 30+ different chilli plants, and tying in the yellow pear tomatoes on the patio. One plant got knocked about during a storm, so had become a multi-stem. They needed to be thinned out a little, rationalised, and tied into the trellis frame. Then it was dead-heading, tidying up the pinks, and time for a medicinal beer!!

Edited to say:
I started to add a comment to say that we picked our first courgettes this evening, and then totally forgot to mention it. Derrr!!

 

Did a bit of weeding and found a place to put 3 small Agastache called Kudos Coral.

 

Excellent plants logan .
Check out kudos Mandarin too

 

Removed everything from this greenhouse and replaced some of the window film. It really does help insulate. I did one side last year and now I'm ready for winter. Yes. It's never too soon too start getting ready.

I put everbody back and tidied up the capillary watering set up. Stillmsome tidying to do on the shelves but that is going to be quick work.

My hot peppers seem happy. There are red habaneros, carolina reapers and trinidad scorpion morugas, plus one mystery pepper on the racks. And my lovely manzano is back on the shelf.