What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2019

Oooo, don't forget to remove that before you use them again!

Nothing's been done in my garden for weeks. The weather swings between wet and windy and frosty.

 

Thanks @Logan.

I have about 40 Geraniums and 16 non hardy Fuchsias and have had them for years now. Each year I cut them right back and then put them in the cold frame and forget about them. Once a month they get a quick check over but I never water them until mid March. I do the same with my Dad's plants too, although I noticed one of his Geraniums budding up today , so I removed the buds to conserve the plants energy.

 

Only went to the garden center to get some moss peat and one of my daughters in law came along for the ride. We got the bag of peat and then she was telling me she needs a place for her "hopefully will sprout" asparagus fern. So that pot is going down into my indoor area. Never seen one of these plants, or if I did, I don't remember it.

 

@Upsydaisy yes i don't water them much, i usually forget. I can keep the geraniums going but sometimes the fuchsias don't make it, i take cuttings of them but i forget to do it, but the small plants from the gc don't cost a lot.

 

Thank you @ARMANDII for the pictures.

 

Planted my Eupatorium cannabinum. Hopefully it will encourage butterfly species which I've never had in the garden before to visit, like Holly Blues, Ringlets and Meadow Browns.

Nick

 

If you cut the Fuchsias back hard they will go dormant, keep them frost free ( not in the house) and they should be absolutely fine. I also take cuttings from them when I cut them back in the Autumn and root them in individual pots of water indoors, I leave them there all winter and pot them up in Spring.

 

Busy afternoon today. Cut half of the grass in front garden twice. It will need a third cut. The daffodils under the cherry trees had become swamped by grass and weeds but as the daffodils have started sprouting I couldn't get the strimmer in there. I pulled the grass and weeds out by hand, which took around an hour. Scattered a 70l bag of compost over the newly exposed daffs. Need to buy more compost tomorrow. Tidied up the edges around the daffs. Made a start on reclaiming the raised bed by the boat seat. It's very overgrown. I've done half of it. So much couch grass in there and my other planting areas too. Unlike ARMANDII my couch has very long roots . Planted my recently bought pot of daffs by the pond, splitting them into 3 bunches.

I sat on the bench with a coffee after I had finished watching the Bluetits checking out a nest box and listening to a Chaffinch. Someone on the farm lit a fire and I noticed smoke beginning to drift up the lane and across my garden. Immediately my thoughts turned to the wildfires in Australia and the impact on the wildlife and domestic animals . It's something I've been thinking about a lot over the past few weeks. I read that the current estimate is half a billion with the wildlife suffering the highest losses. I've already sent money to a couple of rescue places in Australia. I don't like giving money as I don't know where it goes exactly, I'd rather pay for something instead. But, I felt I had to do something.

 

Cleaned it off as soon as we were done. Old towel and white spirit. They are cleaner than theyve been for a long time.