WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY 2018

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  1. Snorky85

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    aww bet that was lovely having 6 fox cubs. I'm incredibly jealous. They are such beautiful creatures. Your lawn looks fab too.

    Had a good go in the garden today after spending the last few weeks mainly doing pond stuff and my other family history hobby.

    Got the builders starting on new office/greenhouse a week on Monday. So moved rhododendron so builders can have better access through fence. Dug in a big pile of manure (to stop mutt from eating it -blurgh) Then chopped back some of the alchemilla mollis as it was taking over. Finished planting in shineyland purchases that are now in their final place. Cleared out cold frame and planted up loads of cuttings etc into pots. Moved a few plants around. Made purhases of a couple of semperivums and got ones which were huge and needed splitting! So made a selection of them using my great grandads terracotta pots that my grandma recently gave me :)

    In the middle of all that i had a "mild" migraine. Came in at 9pm!
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      martin-f Plant Hardiness Zone 8b

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      Its good for the wildlife like that luci, unfortunately i don't have the room for a wild part i only have a small garden.
       
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        Even a small area left to go wild will help :)
         
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          Don't worry @martin-f I can designate part of my wild area for you :blue thumb: :heehee:
           
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            I'm not sure what I shall be doing today as we've just got back from a week away. I'll see if I can fit in mowing the main lawns.
             
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              martin-f Plant Hardiness Zone 8b

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              Thanks shiney ive noticed you have a fair few wild areas in your garden, i like my little garden easy to maintain and wont look a mess when i get :old: very easy maintenance :), a house i am renovating at the moment has a very large over grown garden the last owners was too :old: to maintain it :frown:,

              Ive been clearing it the last few weeks dam hard work, i am popping down today to do more work i will grab a few pics, its a house i will be selling on so not going to town on it
               
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                I am a neat and tidy gardener luci i couldn't cope with the mess to be honest, the area at the top of the garden i have just cleared was doing my head in :heehee:, i am doing a wild flower area over the compost with mainly nasturtium the bees and butterfly's loved it last year :)
                 
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                  I'm already too :old: to maintain it :phew: so I think that the wild parts may start expanding. :dunno: :snorky:
                   
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                    BBD220C5-C481-4F2E-B06D-BF92EE903535.jpeg D84B2826-4868-41A7-A3BB-369118A9B19F.jpeg 73DF0697-0A4F-444E-B272-86E8C0191A5C.jpeg 6DC684F6-1714-4262-953F-D629B140FA02.jpeg 184C3E73-4C2B-47F8-A2DD-05A4356C18FF.jpeg Sorry this is what we have been doing today not in the garden but over at the allotment:biggrin:

                    Can’t remember who it was that was talking about Pine Berries other than me but here are the first ones that we picked today.Had to take over from Mr Kandy as the ones he picked weren’t quiet ripe:snorky: Some of them have come out a bit on the small side but I think that is mainly due to the dry weather we have got at the moment as even our spuds are starting to wilt as is my butterfly trees so am having to water those and I think we shall have to water the taters with a hosepipe:sad:

                    Forgot to add the Broad Beans they we picked as well yesterday that Mr Kandy has now podded :biggrin:
                     
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                      Kandy, that fruit looks decidely off to me; to be on the safe side, send it all to me for tasting, er, of course I mean testing.:snorky:
                       
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                        It will come to us all unfortunately shiney :frown:, i am 51 this year and still think i am quite fit for my age,

                        Working in the building trade nearly all my life ive seen it times many buy a big house and garden old age comes and you end up with a wilderness you cant do anything with it makes more lazy later in life because you don't know where to start and you know your not capable and the house get run down with it, we bought this house to sell but we like it here so stopping here until where carried out in a box

                        Another garden of mine, ive been working on this house since Christmas mainly indoors when i bought it there was no fence to the left and you couldn't see the greenhouse for ivy tress and brambles, ive got most of it clear but wont be doing much more as i will be putting it up for sale in the very near future.
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                        Its still not the size of your house but i own another six :lunapic 130165696578242 5:
                         
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                          Mowed lawn tided the edges watered planted a few petunia.
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                            I can't even remember back that far! :doh:

                            We only have a three bedroom bungalow but the garden is big. :blue thumb:
                             
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                              Stick a house/bungalow on it save a nice little garden space for you and Mrs S sell the new property and enjoy your later years with more holidays and less garden work :).
                               
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                                They don't allow any developement at all. :dunno:
                                 
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