What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2020

Hello, quickly visited The Range (first time shopping apart from food shopping) for a compost. Luckily they had Jack's Magic compos, took 4, will last for entire season.

 

Can't keep a track of the weather here at the moment, it seems to be flipping from blue skies to rain to insane hail and back again every time I glance out the window.

I've been slughunting for the last few evenings; most years I use nemtaodes every 6 weeks, but I didn't bother this year as we *thought* we'd have moved house by now - and goodness me you can tell the difference! I don't think I had fully appreciated how well the nematodes were working until now, my hostas are already on their way to ribbons and the primroses not much better. Even things like the heuchera are taking a battering and they're usually not touched at all.

In-between slug destruction I'm also having stern words with the dahlias and tomatos; they're growing too well, too quickly I need them to stay small enough to sit tight in their respective smaller pots until we can finally move, it's going to be much later planting them out than usual

 

Sorry to hear about your Viburnum and rhamnus @shiney , allow its sad to lose a plant even ones which have been with you for many years I try to see it as a opportunity to grow something new.

Tulips are looking great @ARMANDII all that time planting them has paid off

 

I am inundated with aphids so been squashing away and sprayed any plant that looks like it has some except for any plant which is due to flower soon.

More watering in the GH I mange to boot a strawberry plant which I just put down

Verticut the lawn and still on the attack against poa annua , a fight I seem to be losing.
Just been having a wander round the garden hoping my beard iris will flower for once , I am going to have a right tamtrum if I get no flowers this year plants may go flying

 

Well another busy but enjoyable day in the garden. Potted up 7 Strawberry plants into hanging baskets and gave them a feed. Repotted some of the tub Fuchsias with fresh compost and feed. Staked some more plants ....got it right this year and staked early

Weeded the front 2 patio borders.
Has anyone grown Snakeshead Fritillaria from seed....had ours a few years now and I had hoped they would multiply.Wondered if I could harvest some seeds and sow in pots?

 

Since I had to work today, very little. It's been cloudy and cool anyway. Only watered and checked out the weather forecast. Tomorrow is supposed to be a beautiful sunny day but after that we are back in the cooler. Calling for snow by Thursday..

 

@2nd_bassoon its awful when you don't know where you are up to with moving I was the same last year. Lost a lot that i dug out and had to leave lots I loved too. I've almost had to start from scratch again. I hope it happens soon for you

 

The iris is supreme Sultan, I've been using the potash today on the strawberries only thought about feeding them after I come back inside and had a moan about them. dont know if its a late or early flowering variety .

 

I haven't done much again in the garden today (still Decorating)
I did have a quick check around. My seedlings seems to be poking through so I must of been sewing them too deep. One of my Delphinium seem to have taken a good beating in the rain. I'm hoping it perks up over the next couple of days. The laurel is still alive too
I'm hoping to get some bulbs in too over the next couple of weeks. I miss the Narine's, Allium and even the Daffodils over spring .

 

Hi all, some of you were interested in the work on my septic tank soakaway, the link is below....

Septic tank soakaway

 

The plants are quite youngish still coming into their 3rd year , I bought them in 9cm pots so the first year were going on. The rhizomes are south facing so they can get a good baking but probably over shadowed at times by other plants ( to many plant not enough space ) , seen as its a late flowering type they possibly plenty of time yet and they look healthy, I'll give them a high potassium feed see if that kicking them into growing some flower buds