What Jobs Are We Doing In The Garden Today 2019

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  1. pattie

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    Hello lovely people!
    I wasn't sure where to post my query, so I am putting it here in this thread if that's ok?
    I have a hosta in a pot which has grown well the last several years (despite an endless battle with slugs and snails) and am thinking of planting it out in the garden. The spot where I think it will thrive is in semi shade, the soil is fairly good but possibly a bit dry, with several large herbacious plants nearby.
    Do you think it's a good idea, and if so is now a good time to do this?
    Thanks muchly!

    To stick to the theme of this thread, I shall wrap up warm and gather up leaves for the compost... an neverending task, I fear.
     
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      Clear out finished tomatoes and peppers from green house, rake up nicely wet leaves and put in dumpy bag to rot. Then plant out broad bean plants that have been hardening off for the past week.
       
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        Mary Hopkins did an excellent version of the song when she brought it out in 1968. :blue thumb: I was happily married by then but hadn't met Mrs Shiney when The Limelighters were the first people to record the modern version of it in 1962 - and I still have my copy of it.

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        Or you could live in Shineyland. :blue thumb: :heehee:
         
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          @pattie There should be no problem transplanting it this time of year. If it has been in the pot for years then it is probably pot bound and just right for splitting as well. you would then end up with a few of them. :blue thumb:
           
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            I raked about 10 cubic feet of leaves from the bed on our grass verge in readiness for the awkward digging of dock from amongst the 40ft stretch of Irises. As the Irises grow on the surface and the dock is deep, I expect to have to carefully lift a lot of the Irises. The Irises have been there for almost 40 years and were transplanted from their old garden where they had been for 30 years. :old:
             
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              Got quite a lot done yesterday. Cleared all remaining spent summer bedding.,cut back all the Dahlias and will cover each one with a bucket of mulch today. I have Googled myself cross eyed :rolleyespink: and have decided to chance leaving them in the ground this year.Also did the daily leaf collection too. Had time ( during the really heavy downpours) sorting the greenhouse as well.:)
               
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                One of my favourite songs. I have the Postcard Album which I think it is on. :scratch:

                High Wycombe ... used to work there. :smile:
                 
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                  Oooh thank you shiney for your reply. Most helpful.
                  I like the idea of splitting it to make new plants. It never ocurred to me to do that.
                   
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                    @pattie if they have been in the pot for a long time then the rootball may be solid with roots. There's no harm in taking a knife to it or, if it was a very big pot, you can split it with a spade. :)
                     
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                      I've just picked up another 20lb of windfalls and done an hour of digging out dock. Not bad as I dug out 52 in that hour. :blue thumb: A lot of them were only very young and had obviously seeded only this year. The longest root was 22" :rolleyespink: About 30 of them were young and only took about ten minutes of that time. The rest were hard work. :phew:

                      Only a few hundred to go. :doh:
                       
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                        I chop hostas with a spade they are tough plants , like shiney said @pattie they will be fine but if your a bit worried about it being on the dry side ( hosta do prefer moist / wet condition ) dig in some compost / manure / leaf mold / other organic matter even old compost can help retain moister ,
                         
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                          The sun out with a frost but I've got a list of jobs to do longer than my arm so I'll get motivated and get out there. First job dig out the very large white currant my back aching thinking about it , its being re homed round the back of the shed with the raspberries.
                           
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                            I suppose that's something different to do round the back of the shed! :whistle: :heehee:
                             
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                              Scraped up a load of moss from behind the dogs kennels. Then swept up even more pine flowers? from the pine tree. The tree shades the kennels but it also shades behind the kennels so the moss grows well there.

                              Put the shelter up around the Butia - polycarb sheets to go on when the weather cools further. Its amazing how wide the trunk of the butia has got over the years, considering this is a slow growing palm.

                              Back out after a bite to eat to tidy up the tropical area which looks anything but tropical right now.
                               
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