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

Hi got compost, gravel and sand ready for tomorrow when I am hopefully going to finish digging borders and maybe I'll plant somethings out. I wanted to do some today, but just decorated son's bedroom so it was off to the Range to get bedding and other bits for it. Can't wait!!

 

Following on from my stand against the lingering winter yesterday when I got the grass cut, prepared a couple of planting areas and did some general tidying today I managed to apply some chicken manure pellets to various trees and shrubs followed by a lovely thick mulch from my compost bin. I also removed old leaves from the strawberries and mulched them. And then after tea I gave the shed a coat of wood preserver, it'll need a second coat so it can have that tomorrow

I also dug over the veg patch again to check whether it had dried out enough (the surface has dried out lovely) for the spuds that should have gone in a month ago, its not bad and I think they may possibly be put in tomorrow .........hundreds of worms about

 

Did some watering.....

 

Tidied the shed out.
Piled up various rubbish ready for a bonfire tomorrow
Brushed and cleaned the fences ready for painting.
Watered the seedlings which seem to be miles behind last years!

 

Such a glorious day, yesterday, that Mr Mum and I spent a good few hours in the garden. Tried out my mantis tiller - great little tool that! - but, despite the lack of rain for the past few weeks, the ground is still a little on the damp side for the tines. Did manage to get one area in the copse done though; albeit a smallish area.

The rear lawn has been mown and looks so much better. Potted up a couple of hostas too.

 

Got home yesterday from 3 weeks in Norfolk and Brighton, found my garden a virtual desert, it`s been so dry, and all my plants in the greenhouse keeling over.
Note to self: Neighbour not a good gardener.

 

I gave them all a good watering last night, and will check over today, unfortunately my T&M fuchsias arrived while I was away, delivery said early April, so I hoped they would come after I got back, plus side, she potted them into modules, 1000s of pots in greenhouse corner, but at least she tried, bonus would have been if she had watered them,

 

I think you need Father Christmas to bring you a greenhouse-CCTV set

 

Pricking out

 

Been there, done that, doing that, planning to do more of that

Worrying about where to put them all - traditional worry at this time of year, but new worry is about the lack of decent temperature for them, and which ones can cope below 10C - I have areas of the conservatory which are dropping to 8C, and others to 6C, and only a small area I can keep at 10C+ :(

Might have to turn up the thermostat on the whole conservatory

 

I sowed a few Salvias (various),Physalis and Red Robins in 1" modular cells.
And I put 12 more Red Robins on a damp piece of Kitchen towel and sealed them in a polybag.
I took them up to the airing cupboard and was fishing about at the back, near the cylinder jacket and came across a pot of something - with cling film over it. Could'nt remember putting it in there . Ah! Begonia Sutherlandii baby corms - date 7/3/ 13! All sprouted little white stems . Now in the bathroom to get used to light and the Kitchen towel is where they were. I must make a note to check on that more regularly. How long before I peep please?
Jenny

 

There are three things about getting old:

The first is that you lose you memory ...

... sorry, I can't remember the other two