What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2019

Eryngium Big Blue flowers for ages here Nick.....much taller taller. The best silver blue foliage too I think

 

Definitely has a longer flowering period, thanks Verdun!

Eryngium x zabelii 'Big Blue'

Nick

 

Odd question...but do your eryngium smell horrid? I’ve had them in various locations in the front and back garden over the last couple of years and when i cut them for a vase they absolutely stink of poo yuk yuk yuk

Oh and as for the monarda...watch out for them getting downy mildew...first year I had them they were attacked badly and were destroyed....this year however-fantastic!

 

Would this be a Monarda then please. I spotted it in the grounds of Cawdor Castle two years ago but it wasn't labelled.

 

looks like it to me!

 

Thanks Snorky.

 

Thanks Armandii. I wonder which one it is, I'll have a look on the web later.

 

So far today I’ve just done a poop-scoop, and pegged out the washing...


A full washing line blowing in the breeze always makes me happy!

Now to sweep the drive edges, and weed the bottom of the drive, where the tarmac is interspersed with rubble, and therefore full of weeds.

 

Dorset Perennials is near me and their website shows on just like it called Jacob Cline, I'll be ordering 3 or 4 different ones from them later.
Rob

 

@BigC I'd just be aware of the cheaper ones - I got a cheapish one from B&"Q a few years ago and it was horrid and heavy and useless...now I'm looking into buyig a stihl one - a bit more expensive but it will actually do what it is supposed to. I'd also recommend going cordless too (obv depending on the size of your garden) but the blimmin cables are a nightmare.

 

@BigC I had to use mine quite a bit last week as the removal of a tree caused a great deal of damage and left lots of debris all over my yard. I picked up the bigger items but it was dandy for sucking up and mincing the rest... I'll go down to the garage and check the name as I recall it didn't cost much and the collection bag is super easy to remove and empty.. back in a minute...

it's a Black and Decker.

I use it in the fall to scoop up leaves and since it minces them, I put them on the gardens and then in the spring just dig them in.

@Sian in Belgium on Friday I installed a post for my brolly style clothes line as I too love the smell of clothes dried outside. I was going to put the dryer on the tree stump where I had the tree removed and thank goodness I checked the height first. No matter how I'd done it, I would've needed a ladder to hang the clothes! So I spent part of Friday digging a hole behind the stump and then cemented in a pipe and now my line slides into that. Dandy amount of laundry these things will hold and it is in just the right spot to get a great breeze.

My back is complaining a little over the hole digging bit as I have heavy clay here but it was well worth the short term pain

Today I've got a few more branches on another tree to trim back. It was intertwined with the dead one that was removed and now is unshapely. And I still have a lot of broken stems to remove. I am so glad these were perennials that got damaged because I know they'll come back next year. Well, maybe not one of the ferns - it not only got broken, it go trampled badly.

 

@CanadianLori, I got my mum (well, her carer, actually!) a brolly, or whirligig style clothes line. She is so pleased she can hang the clothes out to dry in the fresh air, where mum can’t see them (mum is very fretful with her dementia at the moment), and fold up the dryer when not in use.

As you can see, our dead cherry tree is still doing sterling service holding up one end of the washing line, and I’ve been told that standing deadwood is an important nature resource as well!

Sorry to hear that a fern got squashed in the tree removal. They did well though, if only one plant is mortally wounded...