What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2019

Taking shape there Kon

Everyone’s been busy in their gardens it seems....just back to see what I can tinker with out there. Need to pick beans I notice. A few late salvias making a good show....e.g. Amante (given to me earlier this year as a small plant so usually should flower earlier)
uliginosa , Leucanthe, (although been flowering for a while they are now looking at their best) and Waverley

Need to find places for C. Octopus, Alstromeria Rock n Roll and Phlox Goldmine .....none of them exactly shy retiring types either ! Need to go with plants to complement not compete with them? Not a “dumper” plantsman.....everything has to go in their “perfect” spot

Met a truly inspiring old lady today who was going through chemotherapy. Prob won’t ever forget her. Wonderful chance meeting

 

Scorcher here today. Haven't finished off the outside border as too hot to be shovelling wood chippings.

This morning instead, I've been taking more cuttings. I've split some trailing plants that had rooted themselves laterally so have some extra plants. Some of the penstemon I took cuttings from a couple of weeks ago have already started growing! The garrya elliptica on the other hand has been very difficult to root. Keeping fingers crossed on one last bit hoping it doesn't rot or dry out. The lavender cuttings I did went mouldy grrr.

Dead headed the front garden and gave it a good watering early today in anticipation of this heat.

Also went round to my neighbours and watered all her pots and did some dead heading whilst she is away....and snaffled a couple of cuttings from a couple of shrubs and trailing plants. he he.

 

Oof, boiling here so haven't done much, just potted Salvia 'Blue Marvel' and deadheaded everything. Day for working at the allotment late this afternoon I think, just too hot now! Lots of butterflies here today, many Red Admirals and Painted Ladies, and the smallest Comma I've ever seen! First one this year. Second Brimstone of the year, not many of these about, usually get quite a few of 'em. Certainly plenty of bees around the Sedum spectabile!

Nick

 

Watering,deadheading,sweeping and general tittivating and putting markers on plants that need dividing but that was early this morning got way too warm after that.

 

Ditto the scorching weather.....wonderful Even hotter to come
Deadheading again. Tomatoes and beans picked again
Front lawn will have sprinkler on it later

 

They do have a degree of hardiness in the right spot (ie; sheltered) in the right part of the country once established. I agree that it is probably a little late to be planting out small greenhouse grown Anigozanthos unless they're in the Scilly or Channel Isles.

 

Only watered and weeded the hillbilly side of the lawn. They never weed or sray for weeds... imagine the jungle.

Already thinking about procrastinating on a few jobs but I know time is running out.

After Sept 4th I won't be able to do much gardening for a month. And Since the one tree that had to removed kept one corner very shady and now it is full sun, I have to move some ferns and also some other plants that hve been in that spot for over 8 years. Not looking forward to the digging.

I find it hard to believe tnat it is a few month for the little incisions they use for cataract removal to heal. I believe after week 2 or so, I may be safe to use long handled tools.

 

Often my first job on a Saturday morning is lawn mowing. I would prefer to do it on a Friday evening as it is a time consuming job but for one reason or another that never seems to happen.

In my garden, the sun comes around mid morning. Picking up dog poo and subsequently mowing the lawn is a job I try to do while it still relatively cool. This morning I found that the mower was struggling. I deduced that the grass was too damp. I now have a part mowed lawn. I will try the other half a bit later in the day.

From now on I think I need to mow in the evenings rather than the mornings just to be on the safe side.

The other problem now is, it's now too hot in my garden to do anything else. I guess I'm going to have to bite the bullet and get stuck into something. Anything I can achieve will be a plus.

G.

 

Brush or rake the grass before mowing Gary.....grass dries much more quickly then. Also it lifts the grass for better cutting

 

I planted my santolina chamaecyparissus out into the front garden. This had never been my intention but the plants had been kicking around in pots for a couple of years or more and they were getting in the way. I was out there tidying up and I though "aha". Now they are no longer in the way. Whether they grow or not is another matter.

G.

 

Just a little pottering in Mum’s garden today.

So I tied in 4 tomato plants. Two had not even been tied to the canes that were put in when they were planted late June. They have grown multi-stemmed, and then flopped all over the place. So I cut out all the side-shoots, and kept three stems per plant, as it was hard to discern which was the main stem. The other two I planted mid June, tying them in as far as I could, and removing all signs of sideshoots. So they were much quicker and easier to do.
Also watered my box of plants from Secret Garden, before putting them,back into semi-shade. Below the patio table.
Pruned back the flower spikes of some lambs ears, and put all the prunings on the compost.

Then it was off out for lunch!

 

Cut lawns but it’s bloomin’ hot

Neighbour popped in to ostensibly say hello but walked off with some free plants incl a few runner beans Got to admire her cheeek.....and her cake making

The cricket is depressing so I’ve given up watching the English team’s direness.

 

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