What did you do in your garden today?
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Last removal of the year. Wasn't too bad. Can get the greenhouse out/prepare that bed for vegetables today.
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I gave the pergola balustrade its final coat of paint today. So for now that's done and dusted. I might give the shed another coat later in the week. The rest of the few hours I spent out there was on just a general tidy up and the tying up of few clematis.
We've not had raon for a while, so I turned on my lawn sprinklers. It sounds grand but there's only two. I put them in nine years ago. They were quite cheap, the heads were £7 each on eBay, plus some speed-fit pipe and fittings, a valve recycled from an old central heating system and a bit of sand and cement I had in the garage to re-make the path. Did the lot in half a day for about fifty quid.
But that was then. The water pressure has steadily dropped over the years. I put it down to all the new builds in the area served by United Uitilities, without them uprating the pumps. A few years ago I had to remove the return springs in the sprinkler heads as the pressure was becoming so low. Not a big problem, as I can push them down with my foot once I've turned them off, as they are rarely used. But today the pressure was even lower. I could start a "project," buy a small tank connect it to the mains and put a ball valve in it and use an old submersible pump I have to drive the sprinklers. But I'll start by having a go at United Utilities on Monday.
My wife said she'd heard on the news that there's going to be little rain for the next two weeks, so there will be quite a bit of watering required.
I'm going to buy a couple of clematis on Monday. The little bed next to the garage wall looks as bit bare at the moment, there are three clematis in it which will cover much of the wall as they did last year but I can squeeze in another. I'll also get a Mayleen and plant it just to the right of the trunk of that wisteria in the corner, which runs along the top of the fence between the corner of the garage and the corner of the house and along the top of the pergola over the French windows. That bit of bare fence between the garage and the door in it will be ideal for it as it will be in full sun.
We've not had raon for a while, so I turned on my lawn sprinklers. It sounds grand but there's only two. I put them in nine years ago. They were quite cheap, the heads were £7 each on eBay, plus some speed-fit pipe and fittings, a valve recycled from an old central heating system and a bit of sand and cement I had in the garage to re-make the path. Did the lot in half a day for about fifty quid.
But that was then. The water pressure has steadily dropped over the years. I put it down to all the new builds in the area served by United Uitilities, without them uprating the pumps. A few years ago I had to remove the return springs in the sprinkler heads as the pressure was becoming so low. Not a big problem, as I can push them down with my foot once I've turned them off, as they are rarely used. But today the pressure was even lower. I could start a "project," buy a small tank connect it to the mains and put a ball valve in it and use an old submersible pump I have to drive the sprinklers. But I'll start by having a go at United Utilities on Monday.
My wife said she'd heard on the news that there's going to be little rain for the next two weeks, so there will be quite a bit of watering required.
I'm going to buy a couple of clematis on Monday. The little bed next to the garage wall looks as bit bare at the moment, there are three clematis in it which will cover much of the wall as they did last year but I can squeeze in another. I'll also get a Mayleen and plant it just to the right of the trunk of that wisteria in the corner, which runs along the top of the fence between the corner of the garage and the corner of the house and along the top of the pergola over the French windows. That bit of bare fence between the garage and the door in it will be ideal for it as it will be in full sun.
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Got out the weed whacker, hacked away at edges and crabgrass seed heads which were forming.
Remeasured an area for some major upheaval --if things go right. If so, I might also need a third IBC tote.
I'm putting off cleaning up all the bird seed I spilled a short while ago. Made me say bad things!
Watered seed trays which have been suffering from lack of rain as well as low temps in the 40s (7-9C) . Now they're talking Tues & Wed night lows in mid 30s (1-2C).
I hope to do some more seed planting in beds shortly before resuming the trimmer carnage. Then watering all the containers. There is a 30% chance of rain tonight but they're only calling for a couple of thousandths of an inch. The only way we'll get more is if I leave something in the garden that can't get wet.
The last thing I'll do is harvest another window box of microgreens to go into the house for wraps and such this week. I made 2.5 gallons of soup this morning!
Remeasured an area for some major upheaval --if things go right. If so, I might also need a third IBC tote.
I'm putting off cleaning up all the bird seed I spilled a short while ago. Made me say bad things!
Watered seed trays which have been suffering from lack of rain as well as low temps in the 40s (7-9C) . Now they're talking Tues & Wed night lows in mid 30s (1-2C).
I hope to do some more seed planting in beds shortly before resuming the trimmer carnage. Then watering all the containers. There is a 30% chance of rain tonight but they're only calling for a couple of thousandths of an inch. The only way we'll get more is if I leave something in the garden that can't get wet.
The last thing I'll do is harvest another window box of microgreens to go into the house for wraps and such this week. I made 2.5 gallons of soup this morning!
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Got some seeds and transplants out today.
Cor that`s an impressive plot @DirtMechanic 
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Yera rose fer sayin it!Cor that`s an impressive plot @DirtMechanic
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Put a lot of marigolds into bigger trays and put them outside on top of the greenhouse, later I'll put them in there for tonight. Potted on 12 tomato plants they're still in the conservatory.
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Did I notice undue lingering over the succulents?We went out to the garden centre at the weekend
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