WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY 2018

I cleaned all the ceramic patio pots and the pot movers. The latter being plastic has meant that some have gone discoloured by the effects of the sun. The pots got a bit of fresh compost on their tops and a bit of a feed. Still it was a job out of the way.

We don't sit out on this patio in the summer as it gets far too warm. It's south facing and the York stone gets very hot. We have got the verandah of the tea-house, which is always much cooler.

As I cleared the pots off the patio to clean them I've given the patio a spray of "Wet and Forget."
Might be a bit early but I've got plenty left.



It's looking a bit naff after the winter as usual. I have in the past jet-washed it around this time of the year and it comes up really well.



But jet-washing is a pig of a job, so I'm hoping this stuff will do the trick with possibly a second application when it gets warmer. So the jury's out at the moment.



I've finished planting out all the clematis and tidied this narrow bed next to the garage. It gets a lot of sun.

 

Plenty of indoor work to keep me occupied today....besides it has been pretty wet. Nice sunshine right now though
Potted on rapidly growing echevarias, argyranthemums and rooted cuttings of heliotrope Chatsworth and White Lady.
Lots and lots of perennials growing now

 

WeeTam...bullrush is better than bull**** mate

Nice one @Jack Sparrow and it looks like you've got good weather there mate

Martin if you have shady areas already then it's pointless but that area looks nice regarding a pond and making it decorative besides

 

@Doghouse Riley Do you replenish the compost supply completely or just top dress as a mulch for pots with fish, blood & bone etc?

 

Not done much today but I did prick out some toms, morning glory and ricinus, , those ricinus babies are huge
Apart from that I just watered the window ledges, if you know what I mean

 

Spent the day with grandma and chopped back all the ivy, tidied it all away and swept the paths and scraped some of the moss so it wasnt slippery. Where i'd sprayed the wet and forget previously it has kept the algae away and so not slippery so safer for her in the garden.



Good old grandma did us a roast lamb dinner and then we went up to the cemetery to put flowers on her parents grave and i finished off my great grandads grave. Put weed supressant down, stones and a new plaque. The edging was too flimsy and i couldnt get it into the clay ground but was ok without. I'll try find something better.

 

Snorky at least it's more safer for your nan mate

 

I just scrape off the top few inches adding some fresh compost mixed with a bit of fresh topsoil, the stuff I made up for the new clematis I planted, (don't want to disturb the roots) and add a bit of liquid feed. I also pruned off the few dead leaves that thew frost got a couple of weeks back.

I'll probably give them a spray of Roseclear tomorrow, I'll also give our Sambuca leaves a spray of a suitable insecticide, it's the first thing blackfly go for, as soon as they get a chance. I'll do the same for the acers once their leaf buds have opened, they're another target for blackfly.

 

Well i'm relaxing today as we're blessed with the at 8-24am ....good god i do feel bad

 

oh my gosh he is just the most gorgeous puppy. How luck you are Verdun. I want one now . I do miss having a dog.

 

I totally have to agree with you mate

 

we have sunshine so im off out to play ............be sowing seeds later this afternoon as Im not too sure how long the weathers going to last so.........................................
in the proverbial "Im making hay while the shines"
Happy gardening everyone

 

Make the best of it ....as we don't know how long it will last

 

Thanks lucius.....he is a bundle of pure fun

A chill in the air down the beach earlier but a sunny day in prospect (nico will love the beach)

Enjoy your day everyone