What Jobs Are We Doing in the Garden Today... MK3.. 2013

Kristen...no i didn't but if you do..pass it here and i'll do it I don't know....a womans work is never done

 

I'm spending much of tomorrow hopefully working through all my pots that need cleaning! I've got about 200 or so really nice plastic pots which I was given

 

I have a man coming later to take away the slabs that were surplus to requirements after my garden revamp 2 years ago,

 

Particularly at the rate that my expanding belly is popping buttons off my shirts :(

 

My bee orchids are allowed to naturalise - I avoid cutting the lawn in that area, so no chemicals either. But they'll have to take their chances if they want to try to get a foothold in my stripey-lawn areas ...

If Iron Sulphate going to annoy things like that do you think? (I know "all chemicals" and all that, but this isn't exactly a complex MegaPharma product)

 

Man came and took slabs, coming back tomorrow for the gravel. So while feeling energetic got some things from garden shed I needed, then tidied rest back into shed, so much room now, I can see what I want now.

 

Good point

 

Another marathon work load day today, nice weather dry but very cold
Compost box barrowed top half to a holding area, then barrowed bottom 1.5 cubic meter, into my veg patch, dug it in
Started filling the compost pile/box off again, with some woody plant material and torn up cardboard, then the stuff in the holding area aereated a bit, fluffed up and topped up

Jet wash the small patio that had been my holding area, then started jet washing the 3 ton of quartz chips, that I have had piled up since August, then decided just to barrow them to the border and let the rain do it :-)

I do not have room for a second compost bin

Jack McH

 

Looks like its going to be a beautiful day....sunny, dry and warmer. PlantIng today including a new hellebore.

 

Just been outside for 10 mins or so and retreated to indoors, there`s a few jobs need doing so may venture to do them one at a time, with warm up sessions between.

 

Make a hypnotising ice sculpture that doubles for Gin & Tonic time?

 

After being to Dobbies I had some planting to do, so did that, then cleaned the decking, then gave the sleepers and the step near the shed another coat of black cuprinol, dug some compost into the borders, and had a general check over.
So far, Everything has come through the winter great, pleased as punch!

A few more pics ( sorry, but I'm loving my garden, even now without colour and the summer fullness!!)