What are we doing in the garden 2025

I am super excited to be picking up some plants today that I found on Facebook Marketplace. The lady has 5 pots of Sungold/Yellow Primroses. And is selling them for only $2 (1 euro, 1 pound 15p) each so I am going to pick them up late this morning.

And we are supposed to get the last of today's rain by 9 or so which will make the ground lovely and wet for planting them in.

What a great way to celebrate Canada Day! Woohoo

edit: even though I'm not crazy about some of facebook, I have found marketplace to be a great place to get good perennials at a price I can afford. So far I've gotten rhubarb, black eyed susans and hardy hibiscus through this channel. And all at great prices!

 

Been out working on an assembly project that had stalled, coming together now though. Picked the red and black currants, now they're cooling down in the fridge. Watered as required.

 

Hope Canada Day was superb @CanadianLori, and you got your brilliant bargains in
The rain wasn't heavy @Robert Bowen, but we also get a lot of cloudier weather, so it means the ground doesn't dry out too badly. I couldn't live in the south - I can't really cope with the heat we get here! Our o'night low last night was 11 degrees, and we still get down to single figure temps at night, 9 the other night. Raining just now, and quite a bit to come by the weekend. We're used to that here though.
I hope to get a few little footery jobs done today when it clears up, and I'll get my walk soon so that I can make the most of the drier weather for the garden. Got some plants put in yesterday, so, like Canadian Lori, maybe the other ones that are waiting could go in. Other than that, some deadheading, and potting on a few bits and pieces.
What's your project @NigelJ ? I always enjoy a project or three...

 

@fairygirl We are blessed ( ?) usually with Welsh rainfall so the searing heat and protracted drought is not normal for us . Thankfully we have some respite and the temperature has dropped so today i will be humping compost around to create space for new material and cut all grass which has not been touched for weeks ,in anticipation of some long-awaited rain at the weekend. I keep my fingers crossed.

 

Not been doing much in the garden, other than trying to keep up with the watering, as my daughter is staying with me for a few days and we've been out and about, sightseeing and shopping.
Hit 34.3c here on Monday @fairygirl , far too hot for you and me! Despite that, none of my plants appear to be wilting, apart from some annuals in 2 or 3 pots. I've had to keep the newly planted dwarf sweet peas well watered though.

 

Its only in the last couple of weeks that i asked a question on this thread about the lack of butterflies. I need not have asked , my lavender has clouds of them right now , mainly white but with the odd peacock and tortoiseshell and some i dont recognise plus plenty of bees to keep them company

 

Went to pick some more blackcurrants......for the first time in decades the birds have taken them all! We have loads of pigeons and magpies around as well as the blackbirds. Who is the culprit? Probably all 3.

 

@fairygirl all will be revealed when it's done or at least got a definite structure..

 

Repotted some dahlias and a couple of amorphophallus, then tidied up all the pots in the greenhouse and generally tidied up all the trays and such like in an effort to locate what smelt like dead and decaying bird or rat. Upshot was a compost bag of broken pots and trays, a neater corner and no smell in that corner. No bodies were found so see if it returns overnight.

 

@On the Levels . Well it wasnt me ….. and this year the birds have ignored my blackcurrants but have gone for some developing crab apples instead which look like small blackcurrants at this stage. They havent gone for the blueberries either , very odd .

 

@On the Levels it could be pigeons or black birds, this year the pigeons are going for my pink, white and red currants, they've left the blackcurrants alone. They don't go for my blueberries, the black birds usually do but not this year.

 

Another afternoon of pruning bamboo today, this time the largest clump and the one with the most potential to do a runner . I gave up feeding my bamboos a couple of years ago and they now produce fewer canes or runners but still need an annual reduction in the number of canes to remain tidy and under control. I grow them as a tall screen to blot out my neighbour’s garage and home office. I removed about half of the canes from this clump, to achieve just the right amount of cover and allow more light into the border below. I also cleared up all the fallen leaves and trash which bamboos generate but left some as it acts as a mulch, but not enough to blow onto the lawn . I then mowed both lawns, trimmed the edges and did some watering.

 

I sat outside and re-potted some house plants. It's surprising how long it takes, especially when toing and froing to the microwave to 'cook' the soil before use and then waiting for it to cool.

 

34 degrees would still be about 10 degrees higher than I'm comfortable with @lizzie27 !
I look forward to seeing your finished, or partly finished result @NigelJ. Hope you can trace the dead body....
Yes, I expect it's a struggle @Robert Bowen, when you normally have a reasonable supply of rain. Hope you got your compost done.
Yesterday was supposed to be pretty dry/sunny by late morning, but the weather had different ideas. It dried up a bit by lunchtime so I put the washing out. Sigh....
It eventually cleared up by about half 3, and the washing wasn't too bad due to some sun and wind, but gardening efforts were somewhat curtailed. I managed to do a few bits and pieces - mainly deadheading, and I split/potted up some native primulas, and did a small concrete project which was fiddly and took ages.
Today is no great shakes, with a fair bit of rain forecast most of the day, so I doubt I'll be out much after my walk. Cake making to do anyway, as it's daughter's birthday tomorrow.

 

@fairygirl - Thank you i had a good day yesterday and did the things i wanted plus some dead heading and general tidying . Its disconcerting to see big cracks developing in bare soil in unwatered borders , even the southeast corner of the back garden which is cool and shady and i have hostas and a fern there , are looking dry , a far cry from last year where it flooded several times , only an inch or two but its the lowest lying piece of ground on the sloping bank where we live. My water butts are very low and i am trying to eke that water out for things that dont like tapwater but with another heat wave forecast next week my butts will be dry by mid month