What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2020

Is the soil sandy / clay ?
Some hydrangeas do very well in shade , if you are looking at hydrangea the paniculata do better in drier conditions than the normal lacecap / mophead variety's well tolerate it better they still don't like to dry out , I think H.quercifolia is the best for the drier site would would look excellent at the back reaching up to 2m tall, white flowers with a dark red leaves for autumn and its has leaf shape same as oak leaves.

Also worth looking at Acanthus - Japanese aneomes ( can spread like mad ) - epidemiums - brunneria can take dry condtions in there stride when estiblished alexander great is a very good variety for dry shade - geranium marchorrzium and phaeum ideal - euphorbia robbie - liriope

Depending on how dry it is azalea / rhordi should be ok , some osmanthus - viburnums seem to grow anywhere, could try cornus kousa for a back of the border plant.

 

@Snorky85 Is the soil acid or alkaline? As this can affect your options. Azaleas and Rhododendrons like acid soil also they don't like getting too dry in summer as this affects flower bud formation.

 

Good going Woo. They are exactly the same as the ones I got from India.

Tenha um bom dia meu amigo.

 

Did a bit of weeding inbetween the showers.

 

The soil is a little bit clay like-actually quite nice digging into it in comparison to my own heavy clay. Not sure how acidic it is-I'd have to get a testing kit on it. This is the level of light its got today at 2:30



Clearing the god damn awful patch gradually. I've just dug out crocosmia, kniphofia a, irises, purple sage, chives and a couple of achillea. Now I'm clearing all the grass and weeds. Very tiring but very satisfying

 

I've been trying to clear up after Carol!!!! She's put the Brugs to bed for the winter, that entailed extensive pruning which Vince had to clear, she's also wrapped her banana plants and generally made a mess! Why she does this when we have a gale is beyond me.

 

Finally all cleared. I'm utterly exhausted. Will put weed suppressant over it in the morning.

 

After some much needed rain over the past few weeks, we had a dry sunny day today. We will probably have a frost tonight, so I needed to get my skates on!

I’ve cut back the perennial rocket that had dropped its leaves, harvested a big armful of rocket from one of the veg beds. Pulled out the two squash plants, as they had no more fruit on them. Harvested two green courgettes - probably the last of this year. The rocket and courgettes will be used to make courgette pesto (also using our own walnuts, rather than pine nuts). We have found that it keeps in the fridge for at least a couple of weeks, and we might try to freeze some too. I picked the last of the tumbling Tom tomatoes, and the yellow pear tomatoes that were up in the veg beds. They are mostly green, but may ripen. The plants have been cut down / pulled out. Two trugs full of fallen leaves were put in one of the leaf-clamps, although the oaks still haven’t dropped.

Time for a cuppa before making that courgette pesto!

 

I’m trying some Venus flytrap seeds to see if I’m successful, if not it’s back to flypaper next year

 

@ARMANDII it's surprising how much you can find when doing such things. When I'm weeding I'm surprised how many bags that i fill up, a few weeks now I have bags waiting around to be emptied but have to wait for the bin men to empty the grey bin so i can fill it up again.