What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2020

Thanks, shiney for your reply.
I'm going to experiment and take the leaves off one clump, leaving the others.

Perki- please wrap yourself up in the protective wrap of your choice.
What are you like, young man!

 

@pattie I am just getting wrap up ready to leave the house

 

Sometimes i don't get around to cutting the old leaves off the hellebores, but they will die off themselves but if they are you can see the flowers better. As @shiney has said it's best to cut them before they flower so i don't cut them off by mistake, which i have in the past. Haven't got round to finish them it's raining again and I've been baking.

 

Cleaned out the Greenhouse yesterday and refitted 2 new panels that had smashed. Sowed some Broad Beans too. Today I have mulched the veg beds with homemade compost, which was teeming with bugs and worms. Also mulched 2 of the 3 beds in greenhouse, but have ran out of homemade compost, so will get some well rotted horse manure. Left the compost bin open to dry the sides out a bit in this glorious weather today and will turn the other heap into it tomorrow or Monday. Plus Mr Robin is having a feast from it. I have a couple of jobs inside to do and then I might order some seeds.
Rusty

 

Well it started off dry so I've been out and cut some of the perennials back not all of them just the messy ones near the front of the border . Loads of bulbs showing already crocus - snowdrops and a few daffs which I wouldn't of noticed if I hadn't of cleared the dead perennials. It come on raining again so back inside

 

Mulched a few of the less hardy things that have now died down. Then washed part of a greenhouse.

 

@Michael Hewett and @Upsydaisy thank you for your concern. The vet was quite guarded in her prognosis and all the stuff I've read online supports what she said. Life expectancy for cats with renal damage ranges from a few weeks to a couple of years. Plus, he also has a heart murder ( vet said on a scale of 1 - 10 it was a 5 ). The vet thought he could be older than we thought, 10 or more, but also said that his life in Greece could make him appear older. I've been spending past few days digesting what she told us. A chest x - day was discussed and we were warned of the risks. I agreed at the time but now I'm inclined to be hesitant. The purpose of the x -ray is to confirm a diagnosis that is suspected. If the treatment options remain the same then I have to weigh up the risks for doing it against just giving the appropriate medication with x-ray confirmation. She did mention this. The urine sample test hasn't come back yet and I need to have another chat to her when it does. For the time being he has started the new kidney friendly food. He likes it but is still hungry after eating it. Vet said no more treats or human meats either. And, that is another thing we have been thinking about. The new diet and drugs may extend his life but how will his quality of life be if he cannot have the foods he loves. Food is a big thing for him, possibly because he didn't get much in Greece.
This was him in Greece

And this is him now.



This is him now.

Managed to get around three quarters of an hour or so in the garden yesterday, sloshing around in a mud lake, but thoroughly enjoyed the time outside. I removed a Pony Tail grass from under the Cherry tree bed and stuck it in a lot that I first filled with compost and some gravel for extra drainage. I also stuck in some Daff bulbs I found in a bag in the garage and two young Toadflax plants that I removed from another pot. The remaining Daffs went into one of the baths. Dead headed the dwarf Buddleja, cut back a Geranium and a Ladies Mantle in another bath and pulled out a few weeds. Made a start of clearing my little pond of leaves and blanket weed. It is very congested and the oxygenation weed has taken over again, despite my pulling lots of it out by the roots in the Spring. I broke the pond net so will need to buy another one - maybe invest in one more sturdy!

 

Awwww... poor little chap , he's certainly one very lucky cat to have found you!!! What a transformation, doesn't look like the same moggy now..well done ! It doesn't bear thinking about what would have happened to him if you hadn't taken him under your caring wing @luciusmaximus
I am with you on your thinking......quality of life imo far out weighs quantity of life span. Happiness is everything. Keep strong.

 

@luciusmaximus Sending you and Dimitri hugs. You have given him such a good life and I hope he gets a little more time with you.

We lost Skwij with renal problems when he was 13. He would not eat the special food so we sadly had to have him put to sleep.

In England before we moved here ...



In Portugal, which he loved so much and where he is buried. He suffered allergies and skin problems all his life but so loved the sun and warmth.



Sorry, both these photos were in England ... here he is in Portugal ... hiding in the bread oven from the rain.