WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY 2018

and all night and most of today. Garden partially flooded again so slipping and sliding through puddles of mud everywhere whilst sorting out the outdoors and feeding . R informed me - as he leaving for work - that water was pouring out of one of the gutters. So spent 20 mins up a wobbly ladder in the pouring rain pulling out leaves and twigs. At least the rain is good for new pond .

 

Sounds like the cat isn't earning it's keep @shiney!

Small bit of seed-sowing this afternoon - trying coreopsis, guara and silene for the first time. I have an ever-increasing list of spring clean up jobs to tackle but it's refusing to stay dry long enough to start as yet. Here's hoping tomorrow's forecast proves wrong...

 

@Jack Sparrow what didn't you check first mate on your search system

 

@2nd_bassoon @shiney can have the extra for cats from here

 

First of all i'd just like to give a big to @Verdun & also other GC Members who contributed towards the best grasses for my front garden but garden centres are limited to so many

Today my other half started out the bottle brushes on the front and they had completely gone but he worked between dry and wet weather alternating ...I couldn't thank him enough

Bare in mind when viewing the pic's of the grasses they are only young and need to establish

Bottle Brushes coming out.



Golden Sedge (Two together each side)



3 Elijah blues put together both ends and 3 Pony tails in the middle



2 Carex Prairie fire put each side of the 3 rocks











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Looks real good Gail

 

@Verdun the yellow look beautiful but the other's being young it seems weird it's through seeing the bottle brushes for so long down the boarder

 

It has been raining seriously all day, so just potted up some younglings at the kitchen sink, thinned baby plum tomato seedlings which apparently have 999% germination rate, painted grey pots white and helped the Teenager with her huge board game project.

Doing something together with a Teenager, talking and laughing surely counts as gardening? She seems quite healthy, vigorous and moderately invasive. I wish some propagation will happen in the (not too near) future.

 

My pink pampas grasses are growing in their pots also, as you can see from the middle which is shorter...I didn't do them right to the top because of them being moved

 

@Jack Sparrow this thread that Wiseowl has provided should help you out.

EVERYTHING APPERTAINING TO ROSES

 

Rabbit stew/casserole perhaps?

 

Full picture of my plants today they seem to be ok but not sure if my bottle brushes will survive and no signs of life yet on my clematis...only time will tell

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