What are we doing in the garden 2025

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  1. Bluejayway

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    Pricking out, potting on and - guess what? - watering:roflol:
     
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      The tomato plants I potted on last week have really taken off, almost doubled in size. Sowing of runner beans and peas still on my to do list of jobs.
       
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        @noisette47 no glyphosate in France. I do defintely want to clear the area nearest the house so we can sit out there in the cooler months when the sun is too low to hit the north facing terrace and I want a bigger herb bed for easy kitchen access.

        The entire gravelled area is about 30m x 60m and we just keep it mowed now, except for patches of clover we leave for the buzzies.
         
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          It is available from Spain via Le Bon Coin or from a local, friendly farmer :) A classic case of illogical laws being quietly ignored by the populace. We're mostly not herbicidal maniacs and there's still no viable substitute. Que chacun raison à son âme et à sa conscience :)
           
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          Thanks @noisette47 . I'm reluctant to use weedkillers, especially glyphosate, even tho it would certainly help with some of the more stubborn areas of our plot.

          We're currently using light exclusion for new areas to plant up and have bought a lorry-load of chipped wood to spread as we clear each bed of weeds. Onwards and upwards and we don't mind native plants in the grass.
           
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            That does sound a big job @Obelix-Vendée, although it you only want to clear a smallish patch of it for your new herb bed/sitting area, might not be too onerous.

            I've pegged back down the Terram and relaid a smaller amount of gravel in the potting area this morning, not quite happy with it yet but have achieved my goal of not being able to look over the fence straight into our neighbours across the road's living room window. I do regret now only having had a 4' fence erected on top of an existing dwarf wall a few years ago but didn't want to block out the neighbours entirely - I like chatting over the fence!

            Just got to tidy up the area and put everything back. I discovered I had collected two green bins full of old pots and plastic growing modules, one of which I might put out on the drive to get rid of them.
             
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              Put the plants out of the greenhouse again to continue hardening off. Then went round the back of greenhouse and emptied some pots of what were bulbs that didn't do anything much this year. Liberated quite a few and the space now filled with this year's bulbs to die down quietly out of sight. We will try to feed them more so they stand more chance of doing something next year. I now have a large double handled tub pot full of soil. I might use that to plant something in the place of the Ceanothus we removed last year. It's just in front of the shed, so we are going to plant on a raised mound, we think the Ceanothus drowned the winter of 23-24 because the base of the shed had water lying around it several times that winter.
               
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              Tearing the leaves off pulmonaria, pulling out forget me nots, pruned philadephus aureus to expose blossom - loads this year! A bit of yo ho hoeing
              Watered the wild (neglected) end of the garden.
              That's it. Tools put away.
               
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              • Robert Bowen

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                Early start this morning and havent been in the wood store for a few days until last night and found a female blackbird on the nest. So with the early start i found she had briefly left which gave time for a quick photo and remove some stuff from the store before she retturned which she did shortly after. Anyway a glorious day pottering about. Amongst other things i did some forsythia and flowering currant cuttings using rooting powder i bought in 1983 and it still works well . I also potted on some of last years currant cuttings which have flourished in a shady spot by the compost heap. Time now for a well deserved bbq and a glass of something…… IMG_2624.jpeg IMG_2625.jpeg

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                  Baby blackbirds leave their nest within a fortnight of hatching, so your wood store should not be out of bounds for too long, @Robert Bowen. :blue thumb:

                  I have taken out some self-seeded native hellebores that were suffering from a massive infestation of white fly, distorting all the growth. Then I did a bit of ivy taming and noticed there are primroses, violets, dandelions, etc, all over the place. I feel very mean weeding them out, but unless I do, it will just become impossible.
                   
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                    We’ve got white fly too @ViewAhead but it’s on some of my roses. Our huge Philadelphus is also full of aphids, I don’t remember it being a target before

                    I spent yesterday emptying the pots of failed tulips and potting up some herbs which are a birthday present from my sister. Am planning another day gardening, probably carrying on clearing a large bed next to the pond. Am planning to fill it with annuals for this summer and then move in some permanent planting in the Autumn, when I’ve decided what I want to do with it. I need to crack on as I’ve lots of annuals hardening off with nowhere to go

                    I moved the bulk of the Cosmos out if the GH to start hardening off yesterday. True to form,I forgot to move them back in. Hardening off is quite often a short brutal process chez Butterfly. At least it was fairly warm last night at around 13 degrees :whistle:
                     
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                      Forgot to say, I will also be praying to the rain Gods - all denominations included

                      We haven’t had any rain in May, only 23ml in April after just 5ml in March. Our usual monthly average is around 50!
                       
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                        First, second tomato sowing, are through, also sweetcorn. I helped my son put some extra support around an obelisk, well, I held things and handed things to him, he did the hammering part. I managed to empty one wheelbarrow of weeds onto the compost heap before I had to admit defeat to stiff joints and back. I did give the compost heap a hefty dusting of activator and brought the weed matting from the greenhouse down onto the patio to wash in Jeyes Fluid solution before relaying. I am hoping a thorough washdown of everything will help to control the blossom end rot this year, although I know a lot depends on the weather.
                        My daughter very proudly showed me her greenhouse of seedling veg. I gave my deserved praise and compliments to her, I never anticipated her making a gardener but she is excelling, finds it a great relaxation from her high pressure work. Teaching her a love of gardening has, I feel, given her an enduring gift that will serve her well for a long time. I rest on my laurels with a smile on my face.
                         
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                        • Sian in Belgium

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                          Just pruned the possibly canker-ous dead stems off our oldest apple tree. It is under 20 years old, at a guess. I don’t know if it’s all canker, or if some of it is drought stress. But anyway, all dead sections removed back to healthy growth, and I will have a little fire in the fire-pit this evening!
                           
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                            @Goldenlily26 I believe blossom end rot is caused by calcium deficiency and/or inconsistent watering.

                            It's bright and sunny but breezy here. I've been down to open the polytunnel and check all the seedlings plus turning on the seephose round my tomatoes while I marked out a new rose and clematis bed nearer the house and now it's the dahlia bed's turn for a seep.

                            Lunch break now then tying labels on bearded irises so when I come to split them I know which is which for colour coding divisions in their new bed.

                            Happy gardening all.
                             
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