What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2020

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  1. CanadianLori

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    @Aldo we have suburbs and towns just like you. I like being close to the shops and things and I still have lots of wildlife come to visit. The yard you are looking at is unusual. They have no gardens, mostly weeds for a lawn, a 10 foot rusted out satellite dish and all sorts of abominations. It seems there is a hillbilly in every neighbourhood and unfortunately ours is next to me.

    I'll just be watering today as it is going to get hotter again. Yesterday it hit 98f.
     
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      My life long Pal and I bought a cabin on a Farmers field by a lake in a place called Tilton on the Hill several years ago, Perki, and we'd decided last month to open it up and have nearly two weeks fishing in Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Peterborough, Norfolk and Suffolk. So two weeks ago I took up some vital supplies, (two bottles of "The Balvenie), my Fishing Gear, and we opened up the Cabin and had nearly two glorious weeks of catching Carp, Roach, Rudd, Tench, etc in some "in the Sticks" areas where we had Deer, Foxes, Grass Snakes, and Rabbits wandering past us while we also watched the Red Kites soaring in circles in the skies. My neighbours looked after my Kittens and the Garden for me and we're going to do it again in September with some luck.
       
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        You know me so well, Sheal, but instead of sleeping I'd gone fishing!!:hapydancsmil:
         
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          I knew where you were @ARMANDII and I won't say why or how here. The observatory was a little distraction, mainly for non members that have ulterior motives.

          When I lived on the island, the local radio station protected their DJ's (and their homes) when they were away on holiday by saying they had taken time out to work in the garden. :)

          Oh, and the cabin sounds like a wonderful retreat. :thumbsup:
           
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            Well, we're pretty secure in the small cul-de-sac where I live, Sheal, as nothing goes unnoticed in it and one neighbour even takes the licence numbers and times of vehicles entering:dunno:. There's probably more security cameras on the Houses than anywhere else in Town and, of course, with every House being alarmed and with everyone taking it on themselves to keep an eye on Houses where they have gone on holiday and even doing evening patrols and some having keys to neighbours Houses as in my case. The neighbours like looking after any animals and having an amble around my garden and I usually get asked for a division or cutting of any plants they fancy
             
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              It sounds better than the security at Fort Knox then. :biggrin:
               
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                After a quick cuddle with the Kittens I had a amble around the garden and got some pictures and what has been growing and flowering while I was away.........

                Rose "Orange and Lemons"
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                Rose "Kings Ransom"
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                These Alliums are "Summer Drummer" and are now well over 5' in height plus being planted on the hump of the walk around border also makes them tower near 7' when you're standing on the paths.
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                Rose "Regensberg"
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                  This was the Bearded Iris staging in it's early months with just two tiers and two rows of pots lined in front of it later on

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                  But this is the new 4 tiered staging that I finished just before I went fishing and lengthened to 13' which now gives 52' of staging on which to put the new pots of Bearded Iris when the 25 new varieties arrive later this month.
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                    It's mainly the usual jobs around the garden here. Mowing (yesterday they, finally, came to pick up my mower to do a repair under warranty - new mower and the gasket was leaking :doh:), edging, weeding, squishing and spending quite a bit of time tying in or winding up the beans.

                    The beans are growing like mad but the multitudinous (I like that word :heehee:) side runners are waving around everywhere and not climbing where they should. Typical youngsters. :whistle: The overhead runners always need training across the top of the frames and they're gradually forming a roof. :)

                    One of our plum trees lost a 20ft branch which was due to a combination of strong winds, old age and about 100lb of plums on the branch and side shoots with that large branch growing almost horizontally. I have now finished sawing it up and putting it on the bonfire heap.
                     
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                      General garden duties here to today ,I have a few bedding plants leftover so I will fill a few battered looking spots in the hope to disguise the damage......don't have high hopes of that happening though.:sad:
                       
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                        What plant is this? We inherited one when we moved house.
                         

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                          Hi Tim, its a Leycesteria Formosa commonly known as a "Pheasant Berry", which was used by Game Keepers to give cover to their Pheasants. I really like it as the Bracts look really unusual and exotic.
                          • Other common namesHimalayan honeysuckle
                            flowering nutmeg


                          • FamilyCaprifoliaceae

                          • GenusLeycesteria are deciduous shrubs with hollow stems, simple leaves and terminal and axillary racemes of tubular flowers, followed by fleshy berries

                          • DetailsL. formosa is a vigorous deciduous shrub with erect sea-green stems bearing long-pointed, ovate leaves and pendulous racemes of white flowers with showy red-purple bracts, followed by deep purple berries

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                          • So it's hardy and grow, like mine, to around 6' in height by around the same in width and, like all plants, like a feed every now and then.:cat-kittyandsmiley::coffee:
                           
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                            Fed ,watered and mulched the Roses,had a good sweep up ,dead heading,picked some Rasps and French Beans,cut some sweet Peas ,gave the chooks coup and Run a good 'do' and tried to thin out the over growth of watermint and Water forgetmenots as they had really taken over the pond.
                             
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                              Today I’ve mostly been hand-weeding the grass!!:heehee::roflol:

                              I know, I know!! But I don’t use weedkillers of any sort, and our grass is being choked out by sheep sorrel. It grows more vigorously than the grass on the poor soil area, and doesn’t seem to have as many predators. I mean, a month ago the “wildflower” area was yellow with rapeseed. Now there are just bare stems, and little striped rugby-socks wandering forlornly around... In contrast, nothing seems to eat the sheep’s sorrel, so when it’s dry, and not too hot, I will hand-pull the flowering stems out, working patch by patch.

                              Today I alternated this tedious task with watering the young perennial plants I grew from seed, and planted out yesterday, pulling out great chunks of lychnis coronaria, where the plants are old and looking a little tired.

                              I’ve also been crawling around the pond, trying to photograph the hawker dragonfly, before her wings harden and she flies off...
                               
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                                The slopey garden is getting back at me today. Finished sealing off the base timber and have placed it in the pre dug grooves. The left end is half in the ground, the right end is sticking up out of the ground. Ended up concreting in some posts to support the middle of the base - more to go in to support the right hand side. It is level and it looks level from the other end of the garden. I'll end up installing some timber around the potting shed and my new tool shed (when it arrives) and filling with stone so that the whole area is level to walk on.

                                Nothing's ever straight forward is it?

                                If you have a look at the picture, you can see the tops of the posts - attached to the base with heavy duty metal brackets. At least the potting shed won't be going anywhere if we have gale force winds...

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