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

Wet and gray , I dont know what your thinking

 

Due to running out of space in the GH and still have one or two tomatoes to plant i'm going to attempt to bodge/make an extention....this'll be fun....

 

Stage 2 of new bed just completed. Removed any weed roots, edged the bed with my usual (yes, cast off wine bottles) and just waiting for Mr Mum to return so he can empty the compost bin into the site.

Hoping that by end of day I'll have it planted up and bark chipped! It's going to have:

~ escallonia (one apple blossom pink; other is a red one)
~ daylillies (evergreen)
~ hydrangea (Selena?)
~ Holly (Gold King?)
~ euphorbia (can't remember the type)
~ deutzia
~ smaller daylilies
~ yellow gladioli
~ nerine bowdinii
~ and I'm going to risk sprinkling in some annual seeds from a couple of old seed packets just because I'd rather try than throw them away (cornflower + taffeta poppy)

 

Mrs Scrungee asked me to mend our gazebo before it rains. Now that job's sorted out I've asked her to sweep the paths & patio.

 

Put up half the bean climbing frame in between morning drizzle & afternoon torrents / gales, but my heart isnt really in it. Stupid weather.

 

Well i won't be doing any watering that's for sure

 

I nipped out yesterday at lunch time to mow the grass as heavy rain was forecast. You may remember that last year I experimented with cutting 3 stripes side-by-side with my 24" cylinder to make "regency stripes" with a view to getting a wider mower; yesterday when I nipped out with the new (that's a joke! "Knackered old off eBay"!!) mower and was back in half an hour later. HUGE saving of time compared to yesteryear. I wonder if I will find a use for the 24" again, or if I should flog it??

 

Last night was really productive, for the hour and a bit I had in the garden.
Planted out some bare-root aquilegias that I had been growing in pots.
Planted out a carnation that survived the damp of last year, the missus loves carnations so hopefully this will do well.
Planted out 2nd of 3 clematis montanas against a new trellis.
I know it's a bit late for planting sweet peas, but the first 2 lots failed so I had some soaking overnight and planted them along with some ipomea(which had started shooting in the water, overnight!)

Watered a few bits and made everything looked happy in the greenhouse.

 

After last nights heavy rain I've got home from work and me and the little un have been snail and slug hunting around the garden.
The slug pellets didn't seem to do much! Picked around 35 from around the hostas!

 

Ventured out this afternoon t do a bit, and the heavens opened, so that was me done again.