What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2020

Yesterday I cut some of the grass in the side garden and pulled some very long brambles out of the Hawthorne hedge with the aid of my loppers. Pruned two more Hydrangeas and fed them. Watered a couple of dry pots. Cleaned out one of the bird baths and the feeding station. I don't who it is but someone is leaving enormous piles ofin the feeder and the entrance tunnel and in the food bowl . Dirty little varmit.

After gardening I got out a zero, a book and some nibbles. I had just settled in, no more than 4-5 minutes and one of the male Chaffinch arrived. He stood on the patio wall, around 3-4 feet away and proceeded to shout at the top of his voice to any females around. It was very loud and quite piercing. I turned around to glare at him, thinking he'd get the message and take it someplace else. He just bobbed his head at me, I'm sure he was laughing, and carried on for another 10-15 mins or so.

 

Today, dig in green manure on veg plot, lift last leeks and parsnips. Plant out young vegetable plants, sow carrot seed and a few beetroot.
Weed raised bed.

 

Yesterday, I potted on some Delphiniums and Dianthus. Put some self seeded Foxgloves into trays to grow on. Gave everything a good water.

Rusty

 

Sown Socrates Cues and Cobra French Beans,potted on Toms and pricked out more Lettuce,I'm sure there'll be more faffing before the day is out.

 

Cut grass and de-nettled as much as I could, potted some spare toms beets and teesles for grandkids

 

Can't believe I've just had the hose out ,after being ankle deep in water for the best part of 3 months everywhere is now snuff dry.

 

Hi All,

I am prepping bed for root veg. I know that manure can cause forking of carrots. What is the best way to give it a feed? Will home made compost do the same as manure??

Rusty

 

All I'd do give the soil a little sprinkle of Bonemeal before sowing.

 

I wouldn't put anything in the soil for root veg.You could try a soluble high potash fertiliser when you have to water, beetroot are the same.

 

Cut back lots of ivy and bramble (wow, I can actually see and access my water butt now!) planted Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve', Veronicastrum 'Fascination' and heucheras in the borders, removed a large sapling that was obstructing access to the water butt. Was pleased to discover that my Salvia 'Caradonna' and Fuchsia 'Mrs Popple' have new shoots on them. My Achillea 'Colorado Mix' is settling in and has some lovely lush growth on it, will probably get to see all the different flower colours this year, only saw 3 of them last year as it was struggling in a 9cm pot and on offer at the local GC and had only just been planted!

Finally managed to photograph an Orange-tip drinking from one of my aubrietas (), tho not very well, as you can see!

Nick

 

I thought they were Gingers until I saw the leaves and I thought "Blimey, Shiney's got them flowering early"

 

Is that a picture from last summer @shiney .