What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2020

Been out and pruned a Euonymous that got broken by a falling spruce branch last week, not sure how it will grow back. Also cut back Buddleja nivea that had finished flowering, lots to shred now and a bare stump about 2ft tall; I now have a better view of the, non gardening, neighbours rapidly growing field maple collection.

 

Didn't manage to get the celery planted out yesterday so I've just done that, plus the basil and chives. Just carrots left to go in that bed and it's full! Strawberries in the other bed when they arrive (due in August), and that's my veg done for the season.

 

Re sown some of the wallflowers to make it up to 400 plants. Suppose i will have to water the polyanthus and blueberries. Just ordered the 90 tulip bulbs for autumn delivery.

 

Well it been a muggy day and been threatening to rain all afternoon then it did good job i wasn't outside might of got washed away. Been busy the last few days planting out tender stuff and moving thing around , I've done all my larger pots / troughs for a summer display just got some little pots to fill in now . Give the back lawn another feed its showing bits of red thread , with all this warm / wet weather perfect conditions for red thread. Got quite a few plants with a lean on it been quite windy late last week.

 

My gifted blackcurrant bush has just been dropped off. It's bigger than I was expecting and has some fruit on it already! I got it on the patio just in time for a torrent of rain.

 

Between yesterday and today I finished some, uhhh.. now that I think about it, I am not even sure how to call what I made




Essentially a bunch of cardboard lined with plastic, but it works well enough, allowing to cram in more plants while keeping them elevated.
I already put in a tomato and a Ukichi Kuri. There should be some space for a tomatillo, two cucumbers and a patti pan.

Some support for my wife mint plants. The bind weed was trying to smother them.


Also, I applied slug nematodes, given it was raining just a while ago.

 

Not much for me to do today - it's rainy so I'm indoors planning sewing and knitting projects instead. But I did have a check over everything and took a few pictures. It's looking good!

 

Weii, I mowed all the lawns....and the weeds in paths - paving - were so bad that I ran the mower over them as well. They grow so very quickly, I seem to be trying to gauge them out on a weekly basis. We've had no rain here for ages, and hot temperatures...but the weeds thrive. Way too many of them to squirt with Weedol. As we shouldn't keep soapy water for watering plants....would that kill weeds??

 

The garden has been wrecked over the past couple of days the hail was that hard yesterday its ripped leaves and shredded most of the flowers. It's continued raining hard most of today too so I can't really do a clean up yet on the plus side the lawn will benefit. It was pretty brown before. The weather is crazy at the moment. It was in the 70's yesterday lunchtime. Then by the afternoon a hail stone thunderstorm

 

Just had a thunder storm here and a downpour . Planted out one of the dahlias senior hope and a new plant that arrived today Colocasia hawaiian punch , also potted some of last season wallflowers up they looked to good to throw out, they have all had a good watering in now. I need to sow some wallflower seeds Logan reminded me the other day

 

So @ARMANDII what are your opinion on the Alliums you've bought last autumn ?

 

Been over to my Dad's today and did some sorting out. Took some cuttings of some plants that I like that are too huge to move. There are quite a few smaller plants that I will dig up and rehome in our garden next week. I am also going over tomorrow to collect his Lemon Tree .....I once had one that I managed to kill off after a couple years....so fingers crossed 2nd time around!