WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY 2018

Agree loki.......a garden can be full of bees minding their own business with no intentions towards us if we are relaxed about them. We are then compatible sharing the same space

 

Our garden is strange it is long but narrow. We've got gorgeous loamy soil, edged by clay, edged by claggy clay that never dries out? We think we must have a high water table. It's a wet patch across our gardens. It's just about 6 feet wide across our gardens but never dries out? In high summer there's still ground water
We've spoke to the water company, they say they've had no other complaints

 

Spent three hours in my "self-proclaimed low maintenance garden" just clearing up, a bit of pruning and gave the lawn it's first cut of the year. Identified a few plants that need replacing. We'll have a think about those.

Sunny and warm for the time of the year.

At least it's tidy.



And I dragged out three buckets full of conifer needles from on and behind the rockery. A "hands and knees" job.



My fish were taking a bit of interest in what I was doing, but it'll be a couple of months before they start feed.

 

Oh that's gorgeous, love it! Thank you for sharing X

 

My crocuses are looking rather downtrodden. I get the impression they are not pet proof. Maybe in few years when the clumps have beefed themselves out a bit they will fare better.

One or two of my daffodils are just thinking about coming out. More and more bits of yellow appear each day.

I have several varieties of tulips under planted in various pots around the garden. They are all shooting nicely. The leftover few I planted in the ground are yet to show.

Today I was going to borrow a few more daffodils to strategically place in the back to distract from the building site look. I decided not to bother in the end. Anything I moved would have to be replaced eventually. It seemed like a lot of effort for nothing. I could easily pick up a few daffodils while I’m out.

G.

 

Would I be able to get daffodils at discount shops? I don’t really want to pay garden centre prices for what is effectively a stop gap. I wondered too about white ones.

G.

 

After another 15 bags of sand, 3 70ltr bags of compost and sieving of a load of the old soil the new pond is in . It's not filled yet, will do that tomorrow. Need more soil and compost and a ways to go with landscaping and planting but it's getting there. Really keen to start sticking stuff into the ground but I know I should wait as still very cold up here and chance of more frosts. Just happy to have made some forward progress .

@ARMANDII you said that a wildlife pond will need soil on the bottom. Ordinary garden soil and does it matter if there is a bit of clay in it? What is the best way to add this, all at once or a little bit at a time spaced over a few weeks or months even? How long will it take for the water to clear?

 

I really like the white varieties......nice contrast to the yellows and perfect near purple or red hellebores.
Do you have any friends who grow daffodils? Here I lift and divide a few clumps every year as many do so spread the word locally you would like a few. Then I would pot them up and grow on out of sight somewhere to plant out in autumn.
I would not plant daffodils now unless you see later flowering varieties in bud; all you are doing is adding fading flowers and dying foliage.
I prefer planting something else rather than a temporary " stop gap"

Well done lucius.....knew you would work it out.

 

@Jack Sparrow have you thought using pots to disguise your building area. Might be easier than having to do two lots of digging.

 

Yes, you would; just not at this time of year. At this time of year GC's and the discount shops are selling other tubers, corms and bulbs - summer flowering ones.
August time will see the beginning of daffodil bulbs appearing in the shops (along with tulips, crocus and other Spring flowering bulbs). White ones are also sold at the time in discount stores but they tend to go fast.