What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2019

Well, guess a picture would soon be in order. Just had a delivery of a huge truck load of wood chips. and another of top soil. Husband will be renting a tractor to pick up and put. should be fun. Trust me, huge piles, really really huge. big truck. Love it.

 

I had an easy day today, bit of lawn cutting and hedge work and back home by midday.
First job had Bill badger problems, holes and turf lifted. Quick repair as no doubt there will be more to repair by the end of the season.

 

Spent the day at my Dad's and worked my way along the ' woodland walk' area weeding and clearing it of all potential trip hazards including a ton of ivy runners!! Trimmed a large shrub that was obscuring the largest waterfall in the big pond. Dead headed and removed some spent annuals. Lovely weather...perfect in fact.

 

Never mind the Tulips I love the colour of your doors

 

Not much done in the garden today other than giving the lawns a feed.

But a bit of planning for 2020.

We've already dumped the four "tree roses" we bought from T & M three years ago, they did OK but we weren't overly impressed, so that's freed up four ceramic pots.
There's another rose on the patio which is a bit out of favour, so that may be dumped or might get a reprieve, but in which case it will come out of a ceramic pot into a plastic one and be relegated to a place along the drive next to the fence, with others.

I sent off for a David Austin catalogue weeks ago and now I've "forced" my wife to finally make a choice.

So we've ordered new roses for the five available ceramic pots. This will bring up those in ceramic pots on the two patios to a total of 12, plus 2 in stone tubs, 6 down the drive in black plastic tubs and 3 in borders. I've also said, "enough's enough!"



We've ordered these bare root to be delivered in November.

Eustacia Vye.
Olivia Rose Austin.
Roald Dahl.
Charles Darwin.
Desdemona.

All their roses can be seen on their website, but my wife prefers to look at a catalogue and tear out the pages of those she likes.

A friend who lives a few miles away in Timperley has said that the Wyevale near her has been finally taken over by Dobies, as was advised by e-mail a few weeks ago.

Shan't bother going this late in the year, if I want any "Christmas tat," I can get it on e-Bay.

 

Just a bit of potting up today. Last years blackcurrant cuttings. Stood back and thought to myself get a grip man what the hell are you going to do with 20 blackcurrants ?
Lookout Ribena

 

Nice Conch !

 

Yes @WeeTam I've got a lot of blackcurrant cuttings from last year, don't know where to put them.

 

Those look like heavy duty thread cutters! Thanks for the tip. Also, I might build something to raise the peppers up 2 feet to make it easier for harvest time. Will tumble that idea around my empty skull over the winter

I only watered things and trimmed the longer grass at the perimeter of the yard today.

 

Strimmed the bank at the end of my back lawn then all round the boundaries to keep nature at bay, then mowed. With such a wet year this year the moss is taking over again. I'll be scarifying next Spring.