What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2020

Just watered in the heated greenhouse and re-covered the cold frames. I wanted the areas under the frames to get some of last night and this mornings rainfall but we are expecting snow tomorrow and Thursday. Being superstitious (half heartedly) I left the shovel by the back door to scare off any more snow.

 

Been potting on tomatoes today - Gardeners delight.
Yesterday I was spray painting the fence after seeing the good job that @Temmy was doing. Unfortunately concentrating on where I was spraying, I didn't notice where I was standing, and stepped on a nail in a broken pallet (that I hadn't got rid of since the recycling centre is shut!). Went straight through my welly and stuck in my toe. I pulled it out and thought TCP was enough, but my daughter nagged me to call 111 who suggested I got straight to A&E or Minor Injuries. It was very weird going to the hospital - no-one around, and massive signs and warning tape everywhere. But the lovely nurses checked it, gave me penicillin, and got me out in 10 minutes! Hooray for the NHS!

 

Ouch!
Hope it's not too painful and heals quickly @CarolineL .

 

Thanks @Upsydaisy ! Much better today thank you. But I feel very stupid

 

Aw no!! Don't say that, it was an accident!!

 

@CarolineL I my heart went in my throat when I read your post. Glad you got it taken care of.

About 20 years ago I stepped out into the garage, with sneakers on, and stepped on a 5 foot piece of baseboard, lengthwise, with a nail in it. I had a heck of a time getting it pulled out as it had gone right up through the top. I probably looked like a scene out of an old Oliver and Hardy movie. Luckily I'd had a tetanus shot in the last ten years so it was just of matter of time for it to heal. Didn't even hurt after couple of days.

But is still unnerving!

 

At least the shovel is ready...snowing

 

Will we see a snowman Lori ?

 

Two Newts in my pond now . I've noticed over the past few weeks ( post Tadpole ) that the snails and pond larvae has been declining. There just appears to be some Ramshorn snails left. I netted yesterday to pull out blanket weed and both Newts came up together in the net. So I'm assuming they will continue to strip my pond until it is devoid of life. I'm also assuming these two are male and female and will make lots of baby Newts with equally voracious appetites. A third assumption is that having firmly ensconced themselves they ( and any progeny ) will not wish to vacate and will eat any future larvae/eggs/babies, etc that appear in my pond. And whilst that may be the circle of life it could lead (potentially ) to knock on effects.

I don't know when the Newts discovered the pond. Last summer the pond was teeming with life. I noticed a slight drop off in autumn and thought this was due to hibernation or lying low at the bottom of the pond for the winter months. I also found snail shells on the top of pond plant pots and along the edges of the pond. Assumed birds. I vaguely remember saying to R sometime late summer (can't remember when exactly) that when I walked past the pond one day I caught a flash of silver. I did stop for a closer look but didn't poke about as didn't want to disturb anything. I thought I had probably imagined it but now I'm not so sure. A larger pond may be the solution but could also attract more Newts leading to more competition for food.

Did more work on the cherry tree flower bed. Re planted some of the original plants but in different positions plus a few other new one. The bed is bone dry, soil is like sand as no rainfall for a few weeks and tree sucking up moisture too. The plants in the bed are drought tolerant. I added what mulch I had left and raked through. Need more mulch. Gave the bed and a few pots a really good watering.

 

Why don't you get one of those garden vacuums?

 

Oh dear, I hope that it's getting better and it wasn't your fault you were just concentrating on what you were doing.

 

Put some grass seed down at weekend, now having to water 5/6 times per day, need to get another sprinkler and connect them up to the water timer. Gladys are up 6/7" in pots, and Dahlia's that were just put out last week are just showing, so will be taking cutting soon, ordered a load of seed from Uk suppliers, the ones I have used here In France are not even doing postal delivery.

 

Ouch ! Curling my toes up in sympathy here

 

Quick snap through my study window hence the poor quality . The trees to the left and right of the eucalyptus are his pines. There are loads of them - too many really. If it was my garden I'd remove at least half of them.