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

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  1. Jenny namaste

    Jenny namaste Total Gardener

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    :phew: Hope the day goes well for you tomorrow Jack - do it gently please,
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    I didn't do a lot yesterday. I tried to get the bonfire going but don't think it did well - haven't checked back but it was dying down as the wood was too wet and it got dark before I could go and look.

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    There's lots of lawn edging to get done and it will take me weeks :doh:. Only managed 30ft before my back told me to stop. The cutting is quite easy but picking the stuff up and weeding the edges isn't :sad:

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    This bed may look a bit sparse at the moment but in a week or two there will be some nice colour in it as the pulmonaria are starting to flower. By this time next month there won't be any soil visible as the pulmonaria fill out, the hundreds of cowslips start to come up and the leaves from the aquilegias spread.

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    The weeding needs to be done before all that and the covering of moss removed.
     
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      Been in the GH potting on tomato seedlings.....really ought to get dressed now:snork:
       
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        Must be nice and warm in there then Loli,
        lucky you,
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        I am going to plant up 2 of the Homebase zinc planters with red cordylines, 1 for my neighbour and 1 for me.
         
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          I'd ask for photos, but I expect the ones you'd upload would look like any other Tomato seedlings :biggrin:
           
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            It's not that warm Jenny....just depends on what age you are;) :heehee:
             
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              Helleborus double pink speckled came today. It's a beauty. Will plant it tomorrow....supposed to be getting warmer too so I'm pretty cheerful at mo
               
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                Strimmed around my front garden today then mowed the lawn out there. I say mowed the lawn....not much grass to be seen it's nearly all moss now. Some hard work coming up this year methinks. :)
                 
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                  Love Pulmonarias Shiney. The rapid transformation from apparently dead stuff to full spring colour is amazing. Do you have different varieties? Blue Ensign is my favourite but I have a couple of silver foliage ones too.
                   
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                  I have put put some Iron Sulphate down now, rather than waiting for Spring, as the moss is the worst I've ever seen it.
                   
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                    We have loads but I don't know what type. We don't have any silver leafed ones (jealous!). They were here when we moved in over 40 years ago. These actually change colour from pink to blue as they continue to bloom. This is how they should look in a few weeks. They flower right through April :blue thumb:

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                      Brilliant spring plants. Might get couple more..they are great foreground to hellebores
                       
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                      Lovely afternoon today. Spent a couple of hours working on the new raised beds. Should be finished by the weekend.

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                        Do not know if I have done the right thing
                        But today I dug my ready compost into my veg plot and intend planting early potatoes in it this weekend ?

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