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What have you done in the garden today?

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ThreeRingCircus · 21/03/2023 17:38

I thought it would be a nice idea to share what we've been up to in our gardens.

Today I planted potatoes in buckets (with drainage holes drilled into them.) Six buckets in total, three second earlies and three main crops. I have fond memories of digging up potatoes with my dad when I was a child.... I still get excited rummaging around in the buckets when my potatoes are ready!

I also made up a herb planter from an old plant pot that had been hiding behind the shed. Mint, parsley and thyme planted in that so I'll see how that does.

I fed my pot plants with blood, fish and bone and gave them a water.

What have you been up to?

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larkstar · 14/04/2023 17:32

@Muststopeating well think of Monty Don and Longmeadow - I think it took him 20 years to get on top of his 2 acres!

Personally, I'd love that challenge.

Today, apart from listening the quiet patter of rain I've only managed to watch the blackbirds root about in the bark making a mess as usual. I have some guttering that needs sorting out...it only ever plays on my mind when it's raining when I doubt feel like doing anything about it.

BestIsWest · 14/04/2023 17:42

Weeded the rest of the border I started weeding before flu struck last week and repotted a few things. It’s so cold though.

Muststopeating · 14/04/2023 18:01

@larkstar you are quite right, we are very lucky... And I alternate between feeling it and feeling completely overwhelmed. I am edging towards the latter after the reveal that it took Monty 20 years!! Though I suspect his ambition is far greater than mine.

I had never done a shred of gardening before Feb '22. Kept wishing for a lottery win to pay someone to sort it out. One day I set out with a garden fork to start on one of the front borders and I've been on a (slightly obsessive) mission ever since. I think I have spent every waking hour that I have available (which admittedly isn't that many with a job and a 1 year old) either in the garden or reading about gardening. The Mumsnet gardening forum is now one of my favourite places.

My DH thinks the transformation is hilarious and my DM is absolutely delighted that one of my favourite places to go is now the garden centre.

RampantIvy · 14/04/2023 18:08

Nothing. 6 degrees and rain here Sad

Mistymoonsinastarrysky · 14/04/2023 18:09

@Muststopeating my first proper garden was a acre of walled jungle, I never did wholly tame it; it was full of ground elder, Japanese knotweed and nettles- the only blessing was that nettles indicated fertile soil (according to my FIL)
I ended up with huge lawns and a pond.
I potted up plug plants today (agastache and lantana) and four grafted tomato plugs that look very spindly and pathetic.
It’s far too wet to get on the borders or the lawn, everything is squelching 🙄

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 14/04/2023 20:27

I'd love a walled garden.

Today: planted wild garlic round the big apple tree; weeded the bed round the plum tree (overrun with grass but contains quite a lot of bulbs with rather grass-like leaves, so it's a fiddly job); chopped up a bucket of seaweed and turned it into the compost; tried to persuade the clematis that it wants to climb the trellis rather than growing straight up (which will then lead to it falling over in the wrong direction).

Imicola · 15/04/2023 13:36

Yesterday I cleaned and filled an old sheep trough with water for the birds.
This morning i edged the front lawn and weeded the front borders, then moved a couple of plants into hopefully better homes. I also realised the my front "lawn" is about 10cm deep with moss. I thought I'd try removing some of it and just ended up with a huge muddy hole, which i quickly stuffed the moss back into before walking away! It's a moss lawn, and that's ok.. right?!

RampantIvy · 15/04/2023 13:56

Where in the UK is it gardening weather? It is quite a lot warmer today at 12 degrees though.

Muststopeating · 15/04/2023 13:59

RampantIvy · 15/04/2023 13:56

Where in the UK is it gardening weather? It is quite a lot warmer today at 12 degrees though.

I'm in Aberdeenshire and have been out in the garden since Feb because I'm bloody determined this is the year I'll start to get on top of it.

Granted I've had my thermals on for a lot of that and been very muddy/wet when finished. Gorgeous weather today though!

RampantIvy · 15/04/2023 14:03

I think you have had better weather then we have on the wole, having seen the national weather forecast. We are on the edge of the Pennines and get a lot more rain than you do.

RampantIvy · 15/04/2023 14:04

on the whole
I can spell Grin

Loq · 15/04/2023 14:06

I planted a buxus ball this morning and took my lemon tree outside. Thinking about getting back outside whilst the sun is shining to do some weeding!

Muststopeating · 15/04/2023 14:25

RampantIvy · 15/04/2023 14:03

I think you have had better weather then we have on the wole, having seen the national weather forecast. We are on the edge of the Pennines and get a lot more rain than you do.

Ah that may be true... I generally assume weather up here is as dire as can be expected but of course that's not always (or even often?) true.

Indeed the rain has rarely been an issue just the damn frost/ice/snow.

BestIsWest · 15/04/2023 14:29

I’ve put up an insect hotel and dead headed the daffs. It’s a bit nicer here today. Might get the mower out tomorrow as the lawn desperately needs a cut.

Popetthetreehugger · 15/04/2023 14:33

Iv had 3 ton grab bags of gravel delivered, raked it in to place … need one more 🤦‍♀️ and Iv planted or that should be transplanted some low level edge plants that Iv been shown how to split but have no idea of name ! . We have family arriving in time for footie , so better go in and make myself respectable !

carameldecaflatte · 15/04/2023 15:10

Lashed some bamboo together and wrestled with some &@$£% netting to protect my tiny Swiss chard seedlings from my cats who think a raised bed might just be a fine and dandy outside litter box.
Weeded around the onions.
Pulled loads of wild geraniums from everywhere.
Made a wish to the seedling fairies to bring forth much life.
Sat with a cuppa in the sunshine, watched a robin, 2 dunnocks and a blackbird around the feeders and marvelled at the buds everywhere.

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 15/04/2023 15:46

I’m making the same wish to the seedling fairies - most things have germinated but are stuck at the seed leaf stage. I’ve continued the tidying up and removal of winter fatalities.

Is anyone here knowledgeable about frogspawn and toadspawn? I found what I think is toadspawn under the potting bench. I’m assuming the best thing is to leave it be, but should I move it?

Imicola · 15/04/2023 15:54

RampantIvy · 15/04/2023 13:56

Where in the UK is it gardening weather? It is quite a lot warmer today at 12 degrees though.

West of Scotland, beautiful weather, i had to stop digging as i got too hot!

cobblers123 · 15/04/2023 16:04

Emptied some tubs of daffs and grape hyacinth that have finished, emptied some small plastic pots with seeds and dahlia bulbs that appear to have no intention of doing anything so out they went. Weeded one of the borders.

Pruned the pink hydrangea, filled up two watering cans from the water butt and put them ready to water the front garden pots and tubs later on.

That's it for today, tomorrow is supposed to be better than today, more sun so will carry on weeding, planting out and tidying, might even mow the lawn.

MidlifeWhatNow · 15/04/2023 16:10

Topped up the mulch on my roses, weeded the driveway (terrible job), gave the compost bin a poke, then sat and stared for a while at the single, purple, snakeshead fritillary that has appeared in the middle of the lawn!

RampantIvy · 15/04/2023 17:03

cobblers123 · 15/04/2023 16:04

Emptied some tubs of daffs and grape hyacinth that have finished, emptied some small plastic pots with seeds and dahlia bulbs that appear to have no intention of doing anything so out they went. Weeded one of the borders.

Pruned the pink hydrangea, filled up two watering cans from the water butt and put them ready to water the front garden pots and tubs later on.

That's it for today, tomorrow is supposed to be better than today, more sun so will carry on weeding, planting out and tidying, might even mow the lawn.

Mine are still in full flower. Nothing needs watering as we have had so much rain recently. The difference in the various climates around the UK really does show when it comes to gardening.

We have had very little sun lately.

RampantIvy · 15/04/2023 17:04

On the plus side all the rain has revived my lawn which took such a bettering last summer.

RampantIvy · 15/04/2023 17:04

Battering

WobblyLondoner · 15/04/2023 17:19

I spent the morning topping up compost in a raised bed - amazing how much it sinks. Probably another 3 bags in there now (it's quite big!). Planted a few bits and bobs in it - thyme, allysum. It's a front garden so you can't plant anything too nice - it gets nicked :(

DaphneduM · 15/04/2023 17:19

Today I cut back the dead branches of various fuchsias - some are sprouting from the base and some have new leaves on a much taller framework. Staked and tied up a branch of a new- ish tree peony which has been hammered by the wind and rain this week - two buds on it, yay!!! Moved an evening primrose lemon sunset which was planted too near a very small geranium psilostemon. Gave some plants a top dressing of mulch and blood fish and bone. A la Monty sowed some poppy seeds more in optimism than anything else - we shall see. Enjoyed seeing my little ginger girl cat rubbing herself on the valerian officianilis which is shooting - sends her all silly!!! We actually sat on our terrace for a bit - lovely in the sunshine.