WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY 2018

Been chiseling out the old pergola posts today so I can reslab where the virginia creeper and old posts have been, only managed 5 of the 6 posts before the rain came in, Don't know if I can get the slabs clean again, I'll wait for spring and give them a good scrub

 

Another day getting scratched to ribbons pruning the native hedge around the chicken paddock. Managed to get most of the hedge cut in one day. Last year it was cut back hard and took 4 or 5 days to complete. Looks like the effort to reduce its height last year has made this years task easier.

 

With the cold night temperatures it is time to bring the orchids indoors to spend the winter in grow tents under LED grow lights.

 

What type of led lights are you using? Daylight rather than cool white, led tube or regular led lightbulbs?
Reason i ask is im planning on using 4000k cool white led tube producing 800 lumen per bulb.
Tia.

 

For the orchids indoors I have found that it is best to use the smallest LED grow light that I have, which is a 90-watt red/blue UFO light.

I have found that a 150 watt light, even set to just vegetative spectrum, will be too bright and cause red tint to appear on the leaves.

The photoperiod is set to be the same as the local sunrise and sunset, the height of the light is adjusted to provide 500 footcandles at plant level, which should be ideal with the red/blue spectrum.

 

Today I’ve just admired the view from my kitchen
And wondered where all the leaves off my acer bloodgood went!
I’m guessing it was a bit breezy last night hey ho, it was gorgeous whilst it lasted

 

It was all going so well.




Then we ran out of tape.

 

Manged to clear all leaves ,staked my chysanthemums which are still blooming ,took in some of my fushes into as a mini plastic green house but there is still a huge fushia outside still blooming , tided my plant pots dug the sides of garden and back then my back started to hurt so off inside i went

 

No gardening today but replaced my Neverbend trowel I broke yesterday. The second Neverbend this year!!
Will erect a temporary polytunnel this week to keep tender plants in that like to be dry over winter.

 

In my younger days a friend made me an unbreakable trowel. Weighed a ton and I loved it.
It lasted for several years...until I broke it
I have broken most every garden tool on a regular basis ARMANDII

 

Planted 2 new bare root roses and moved another to a different place.
Planted 20 allium bulbs and found some tulip bulbs that i dug up last summer.