WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY 2018

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  1. ARMANDII

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      Sian in Belgium
      Just read your post and it must be heart breaking to see your beloved plants suffer as they have done :) Hopefully, as many plants are resilient, some will recover.
      As you said, we here are getting away quite lightly in comparison; esp down here where it is a little cooler and where sea mists make a difference:)

      How on earth people are coping with 45 degree temps in Spain and Portugal ?
       
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        @Sian in Belgium[/USER] my heart goes out to you. That's a lot of growing time totaly destroyed. We aren't nearly so hot here. Got up to almost 100f a few times but we also had the benefit of a beautiful downpour yesterday.

        Back to hot sun but I made a solution for my greenhouses.

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        The tree shades one end of the 6x8 greenhouse so it only needed the 2 shade rolls.

        Then I cleaned up the black spaghetti- some CCTV wires and hid them properly. Made some more soil blocks and got some pots ready for new seedlings.

        Did a little weeding and admired my cucumbers. Should have one ready to harvest tomorrow and there is a succession of younger ones to follow :)

        Picked some more tomatoes and a few Ring of Fire peppers.
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        Had lots of extra time on my hands today because yesterday's rain did most of thewatering for me and filled the bird bidet.
         
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          You got rain? bring some over here!
           
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            Despite my 6am waterings, I fear I've lost one or two of my clients plants (stupid place to plant a hydrangea)!
             
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              Its raining here at the moment. Very fine but its still better then nothing. I didn't manage to water the garden tonight so it couldn't have been more timely.

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                Send some rain here Jack, I felt about 5 drips (not drops) earlier!:mute:
                 
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                  Planted out wallflower plants this evening and watered them in. They always make large specimens by October. With the rain due this week they should settle in well. Picked a few pounds of runner beans too.
                  Damp early this morning but it was a beaitiful day :)
                   
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                    Nice to hear your getting a drop of rain Gary and I hope it's enough for your plants mate...watered ours last night but if we have no rain they'll be done again tomorrow...all lawns around here are dried out and carrying a burnt look :sad:
                     
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                      Good idea with these Lori to help your plants mate [​IMG]
                       
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                        We were promised thunderstorms and heavy rain showers :). Didn't get them! :sad: :mad:
                         
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                          Promised rain this afternoon but right now it is sunny, warm and dry:)
                           
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                            Just blazing sun all week long again :( send the rain this way please. The garden is so barren, we can’t even dig to plant!
                             
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                              Sorry to hear your grounds gone hard mate :sad:...this weather is getting beyond sick now :dunno:
                               
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                                Not much to do today/this year - but next year will be huge. Hoping to totally redesign the whole garden and create different areas/rooms for relaxation.. just need to get the borders sorted first! Next door have a lot of outhouses on the border as fences which need covering with tall fences.
                                 
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