WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY 2019

Nipped out to get some more supplies then been repotting anything that seems to have a bit of life in it

 

Spent about three hours in the garden, just generally tidying up, collecting leaves and doing a bit of weeding. Wanted to do some hoeing, but can't, too many bulbs that might get damaged.
Cut the grass, got half a box-full off it. Gave everything a feed. I work on the basis, that if it's showing signs of life, give it one. Can't say that it looked any different from yesterday when I'd finished.

 

Just taken another 4 Gunnera manicata offsets off the big mamma plant. I forgot to properly cover the plant this year. Usually i lay a roll of loft insulation over it but really couldnt be bothered with bagging it up in the spring again,itchy as hell,so just put some fleece over it.

So this year i snapped a few offsets off and planted them up into individual pots. They had healthy white roots but yheir crowns looked a bit iffy?

Lets see what happens.......

 

Very busy and shattering day today ; at first light we felled , sectioned and chipped four very large and very old but badly cankered fruit trees .
They were surviving in a quiet village garden until we arrived @ 07-15am ; the large Timberwolf chipper earned its daily hire rate today ; capable of processing 5-tons of wood per hour , I suppose they justify their 16.5K pricetag !!
The endless cacophany of the chipper plus two Stihl chainsaws must have been heaven for the neighbours !!!
Oh well , the necessity of earning a living !

 

Finished filling the compost bin. Sowed a load more seeds, many types of petunia and lobelia plus diascia - heliotropium, bit annoyed with some brand new petunia seeds cost £3 for 15seeds all but 3 were crushed to smithereens cost me a fiver to replace including P+p. Pricked out the pelargoniums and potted on.

Think I'll try and mow the lawn tomorrow, its been a really nice day today mostly a tshirt day , tomorrow supposed to good as well but probably have a frost in the morning.

 

Beautiful sunny, warm and calm day again yesterday . Had 3 hours in garden. Strimmed grass in one of the bun runs, strimmed grass in side garden. I didn't bother to rake up the cuttings as thinking if I leave it to lie it will rot down and feed the grass - I hope. Tried out new grass clippers bought from Wilkos on some overhanging grass next to the path.

Uprooted plants from a pot, dug up two Heleniums from out front and replanted in cherry tree bed - now I'm not sure I like them there . The cherry tree bed is a bit on the dry side so I'm debating whether to add some grasses in with the flowers. I have some grasses out front I could move, but they are not large enough to divide so I would need to buy more. I'm trying to keep spending down on the garden this year.

Swept most of the path ( it runs all the way around the house ) and had a wander about doing a little tidying. Counted 24 molehills in front garden - Moles are very busy .Whilst tidying up I noticed that the Astrantias and Astilbes seem to have vanished. Is this normal? I've not grown them before, used to plants just dying back not disappearing.

I saw huge Bee feeding on the heather. Unfortunately the heather, along with a few other plants, seems to have been affected by last year's hot weather. It bloomed as normal in spring and then had a second bloom in November. It's almost gone over now. The primroses were the same.

 

@luciusmaximus youve been busy! Astilbes will die back and regrow. Not sure about astrantias as not grown them before.

Ah thanks Shiney that’s so kind.

Didnt do an gardening yesterday as was travelling back home from mums.

Lovely sunny day today and if I start to feel well enough I want to get into the greenhouse and start sowing more seeds and pricking out some others that have germinated rapidly!

 

Wow !!! what have you got that needs pricking out @Snorky85 !!

 

Its Nice here like a spring day so i tided the yard, unfortunately can only do a bit at a time my bones are creaking lol

 

I'm getting worried now ,especially as I'm sowing for two gardens this year!! I haven't really started sowing much yet, only 4 trays.

I see that @Perki has started his Petunias too!

 

Prune rambling rose, then put in spare angle iron to act as additional fence support now neighbours fenceposts have completely collapsed, pulling over the chain link.

 

Lucius, your heleniums will struggle, certainly not look their best, in that dry area.
Yes astrantias and astilbes will have died down but, same as heleniums and more so, they need moisture in the soil.

Upsy, it is still early for seed sowing generally...plenty of time yet and seed sown a tad later will always catch up. Having said that I have sown some and they have germinated

Busy with other stuff today but I did apply mulch/ compost in temporary poly tunnel.

 

@Upsydaisy It's some Coleus and Euphorbia Oblongata I've had growing in trays for quite some time. I think my Rudbeckia need pricking out too. But I have got a new LED lamp I've got on for 3 hrs a day so that has helped move things on rapidly.

Have only managed to pick up some of the pebbles/stones from around the old pond today...it will be filled in soon. Checked on greenhouse but not done anything. I am just so tired. Dog had a bad tummy all night so I was up every 45mins with her from midnight to 5am....I'm too tired to do anything. zzz