What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2020

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  1. mazambo

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    Not what I wanted to hear having only one fully functioning knee, is there a chemical option?
     
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      I've spent the morning bucketing up 32 large buckets full of rubble we dug out of the ground when planting the trees - all building rubble! Took it to my next door neighbours rubble heap (she has a valid waste licence). I am totally exhausted. And I've smashed in all my nails and ripped some quite low in the process, despite using gloves. I've then done our "shop" and filled up the fridge....only for us to have a damn weird power cut - on off on off on off on....which has messed up our big kitchen fridge. So i've had to go and turn on our small spare fridge in the garage and fill it with the essentials out the main fridge. We're now trying to fix the big fridge. I'M FED UP AND EXHAUSTED! :sad:
       
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        There is nothing wrong with my eyesight, I can read just fine so you don't have to put words in bold to make your point.
         
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          I went out into the garden today, clad in my usual Body Warmer and mucky gardening clothes, and found that that cold, freezing, wind had dropped away making it good to be outside. I started intending to prune the 6 or 7 Hydrangeas that are around the garden and
          began with the 4 near the Lilac on the West Border. Getting into tbe border, trying not tread on anything with my wellington feet I started to prune out the dead branches and stems and, as usual, cut back any shrub branches that needed it.
          While doing that job I spotted a Imperial Fritillaria that my Wife and I bought at a Wednesday Market in Market Drayton back in '92. I'd planted the Fritillaria by the Lilac when the Lilac was just a tiny thing just starting to grow so, in my ignorance, I thought it was the right spot, but now............
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          but, nearly 30 years later, it might not be the right spot now.:dunno: The Fritillaria is a special one for me as it has memories of that lovely day with my Wife so I wanted to give it every chance to keep growing. Looking at where it was it was obvious that there was a lot of other shrub, Lilac growth that was blocking it's light, so I started to cut back all the overlying branches and stems . Twenty minutes later the Fritillaria could see the sky again:heehee:


          Taking a break, i ambled down to the entrance to the Wildlife pond and there was the Clematis "Armandii" doing it's stuff and dangling down trying to entangle itself into the Clematis and Jasmine hedge.
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          I checked 9 of the 15 Clematis waiting to be planted by the Trellis Garden Entrance and gave them a water.
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          Then I gave the Hardy Perennials and Alliums in the Green House a watering and check. I'm going to have to get a move on and starting planting them and those on the Patio:doh:
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          Then I had another amble around the garden and the Acer "Katsura" is starting to put out it's splash of coloured leaves
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          While the Tree Fern has come through the Winter without any damage.:hapydancsmil:
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          And I stopped to admire the Fritillaria "Raddeana" which is putting on a splendid show.
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          After that I headed for the House and that Mug of Tea,wishing that I had worn my gardening gloves as my fingers were burning from some young Nettles that I hadn't seen while pruning:wallbanging::cat-kittyandsmiley::coffee:
           

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            I forgot to mention that you have to catch your lion first! :whistle:
             
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              I don't know about chemicals as I don't use them.

              I suppose it really depends on what type of fucshia it is. Ours is what I tend to call a 'wild' fucshia. We only 'dug' it up because it was diseased.



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              Yours may not be the same type and is not as old as ours. :noidea:

              We removed another one, diseased, that was smaller and younger and that hasn't come back. I have a dodgy back and knee but waited until the soil was in the right condition and then worked on it gradually. Most of the roots weren't particularly big but were a mass of fine ones (a real nuisance) and one larger one.

              The smaller one was somewhat easier to remove.
               
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                Waiting, ironically for Ireland, for rain before I can do much more, and also splurged all my energy and more yesterday so a planning abed day here; well that is the idea! My next splurge needs to be at the north facing back and involves the old dog crate as shelter and pea climbing frame on the outside using a large fish box as planter and cabbages and strawberries inside.... safe from any passing hares!
                 
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                  The flowers look the same as yours but I cut it back to ground level every year. I don't use chemicals either but I'm in the position that I can neither use my left leg to dig or to support my right leg to dig so the only digging I can do is with my arms, I suppose the other option is to leave things as they are but that's not me particularly when I have so much time on my hands at the moment , I had a few plans before my knee went like this and as long as I can get about I'll do my best to carry on with them, unfortunately if I need to use chemicals as a last resort then that's what I'll have to do.
                   
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                    I reckon it got into that state, shiney, because a Lion peed on it:dunno::hate-shocked::heehee:
                     
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                      Had a day off work so a very lovely day out there. Potted on seedlings, my trial plants Costus and Tree Basil are doing very well. The "should have googled first" plantation of Chia seeds is doing way too well, they are about 30cm tall and very vigorous. Very. :yikes:

                      First chillies and Cosmos needed bigger pots. Then I massively ran out of windowsills. Maths is supposed to be my strong subject, and yet every single year I sow seeds until windowsills are bursting and then am very surprised that bigger pots need even more space. :scratch: Why did I sow Cosmos (Cosmi?) when I absolutely don't have room for them remains a mystery.

                      My project of raised bed is going well, its now partitioned with a bit of cardboard and root fabric to keep the future tomato and cucamelon roots on their side, and the first round and purple carrots, as well as Boltardy beetroots are in, tucked safely under fleece. Some dill here and there of course. The lettuce in the washing up bowl has germinated, and spring onions are showing up. Both had a nice fleece coat too.

                      I discovered that I like beetroots in all stages. The young leaves are delicious, both young and stored roots my favourites, and even the seeds are fun. :wub2:Should I be worried...?

                      The front border is too much for me. I ripped out a binful of Erigeron that is no longer flowering well. Approximately 50 cuttings are to go back in later on. The sucker rose in the middle of it will stay in, there is no way I can get it out. I'll just cut it down as it grows.

                      Anthirrinums are apparently perennial. They are sprouting nicely from the remains of last year's stems. I'll let them do what they want just for the fun of it. :)
                       
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                        No, Selleri, but maybe we should be worried about you!!:dunno::hate-shocked:
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                          Lots of bits and pieces here over the last few days; sowed the tomatos, and potted on the chillis, red cabbage and celeriac seedlings, along with last years fuscia and salvia cuttings. Both the propogators and the coldframe are at full capacity now so it's a constant game of jenga to work out what is most in need of going where.

                          Also did lots of general tidying and pruning, and gave the lawn it's first, much needed, mow and treatment. It's been an incredibly soggy winter here and we also had a series of builders and scaffolders criss-crossing it at various points due to issues with the flat upstairs, so it is in desperate need of some TLC.

                          I seem to be suffering from pest problems far more this spring than I remember in previous years; I found what I assume is vine weevil in several of the strawberry pots, so they've all have a nematode treatment, but lots of other plants are looking distinctly nibbled, so I'll start a new thread in the appropriate place for that.

                          Covid has wiped out basically all my work for April; on the plus side I have lots of time to spend outside, but on the downside I have no income, and our house purchase is on indefinite hold, so all the time that could be spent usefully working on the new house and garden is instead mostly going to be spent kicking our heels :doh: Overall I think the downsides have it :wallbanging: :rolleyespink:
                           
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                            Sowed some more Cosmos, Zinnias and Petunias. Lovely in the greenhouse but still a tad nippy in the breeze.
                             
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                              Fed the birdies first thing and then moved the remaining unplanted pleached trees out of the front garden border so they are out of the wind.

                              Got the pick axe out and broke up some of the front border and forked a section over and added some calcified seaweed soil conditioner. Got the electric tiller out, used it for about 2 minutes and it burnt out! Talk about blimmin annoying. Then started with a stinking migraine so have had to come in and go to bed. Feeling rotten again and to be honest slightly narked about an unfair/unfriendly comment someone made on a different thread-but then again, probably feeling a bit sensitive with all this rubbish going on in the world. Ugh.
                               
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                                Potted on my tomatoes this morning. It was great to spend a bit of time in the warmth of the tunnel.

                                Havent done any more in the garden as I was clearing out the garage so that we can get to the chick cages in readiness for the imminent hatching of eggs.

                                Chicks are auto sexing so the cockerels can be identified on day 1. Female left, male right

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