What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2019

The weather been fab for past few days so i tided up the garden for spring
Got rid of all the leaves at the back and swept them up weeded and got rid of more leaves from the sides turned the soil over and empted 2 growbags and used the soil as top soil around the garden cleaned the yard it took me 5hours in 3 days phew but loved it good exercise but i can feel my bones creaking lol

 

I will get a couple of containers today......every year I determine to have less pots, much preferring to grow in the garden, but I end up with more of them

Shiney, your work ethic is impressive

 

Busy few days just gone. Cleared all the rocks and bricks id dug out the border when planting the new hedging. Vine weevil killered the pots around the house and planted a few plants in the new raised beds area.

Then been up to my mums in Lincoln to bring the dogs for her to look after and have cut the grass, weeded, mown around the perimeter of the garden and weedkillered it as the nettles and weeds etc were growing through our fence.

After a bit of a row with the farmer last year we came to an agreement that i could mow and weedkiller that bit (he never maintains the entrance to the back field that he uses-very annoying). Luckily all the stones and edging etc we did last year is doing the trick-theyre just getting in the only section we haven’t stoned.

Travelling back home today to then jet off and meet mr snorks in San Francisco whilst he is working out there. Can’t wait to get there

Neighbours have been given instructions on how to look after my seedlings whilst I’m away. Confident all will be ok as she is a farmer ha ha.

 

I finished the repair to bottom of the tea-house skirt yesterday afternoon. I gave the whole of this side of the building another coat of Dulux mahogany Weatherstain, (it used to be called Woodsheen, before the price went up to over £50 for a 2.5ltr can).This is the "weatherside" and it was looking a bit dull. On the next dry day I'll wash down the rest and give it a bit of a polsh.






It's not really a stain as that implies that it soaks in, it will a bit, but it's goes much further on smooth finishes as it's a polymer that sits on the top.

On rough surfaces like our featherboard security side fence and door between the corner of the house and the corner of the garage, it didn't go very far.

 

Totally superb DHR

 

Great job

 

Potted on Amistad cuttings and agastaches, top dressed couple more hostas in pots, watered gh plants. Resisted the urge to pot on Tithonia seedlings...just a few more days for this I think cosmos germinating as is hordeum J. seed

Very little sunshine today but it is still pretty warm....13 degrees or so and won’t be much lower overnight so things growing apace

 

Hey Snorky...have fun in San Francisco

 

I've spent today cleaning windows. The lack of sun made it an ideal day to be doing it.

G.

 

I've been to San Fransisco.

G.

 

It must have been about 20 years ago when I went to San Francisco. The friends I went to visit worked during the day which left me free to wander at my own pace. I loved it. The 11 hour flight was hard though. Neither my wife nor I are good travellers so I don't think I will be going back anytime soon.

G.