What did you do in your garden today?

[big rockpile]

Watered and kept an eye on the Greenhouse. 61F

My soil I'm mixing is warm.

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[Sean Regan]

Dry and not too cold, cleared more leaves from both gardens. Stopped when I'd filled the green bin. Some on the patio I might clear tomorrow afternoon as the bin will be emptied tomorrow morning.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

Just came home from our 14 days away. All the leaves have fallen, now everything is ankle high. So I stood there saying some magic words hoping one would work an lift all the leaves sending them high in to the mountains. That's what I did today.

 

[big rockpile]

Watered, moved couple Ferns that didn't look Happy. Blowed Leaves. Put couple shovels full of wood ash for the Chickens to dust in and filled the Wood Box.

big rockpile

 

[Sean Regan]

Dry and sunny and about 3c, so I did a bit this afternoon.

Took about half an hour to strip this wisteria. This was how it looked four days ago. But the freezing temperatures over the successive nights pretty much killed a lot of the leaves off and they were beginning to fall of their own accord anyway.

I pruned a lot of the branches back. Took about half an hour.

Then another half hour to collect all the leaves!
Called it a day at half past three, as it was starting to get dark.

All the wisterias will get another prune between Christmas and New Year.

 

[Meadowlark]

Curious as to why you strip wisteria leaves rather than just let Nature take its course?

 

[Sean Regan]

"Nature is very untidy."
I'd be collecting fallen leaves for weeks. We've eight wisterias. The pergola on the back of the house has two and the one on the side of the garage three.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

Back from 14 days away, So many leaves to remove. That is only my garden focus for the next month or so as long it stays dry.

 

[big rockpile]

I watered. Put Mosquito Bit tea on my plant soil. Planted couple Beans to check my Soil mix out.

Raining today so no Leaf Shredding.

big rockpile

 

[Sean Regan]

-3c at 8.00am this morning, I noticed that when I got in my car to go and play golf with five other idiots. Far too cold for gardening. Warmed up to +4c after we came in to the clubhouse for lunch and I was in my car on the way home.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

-3c at 8.00am this morning, I noticed that when I got in my car to go and play golf with five other idiots. Far too cold for gardening. Warmed up to +4c after we came in to the clubhouse for lunch and I was in my car on the way home.

Does the ball bounce higher when the ground is frozen solid?

 

[lifegardener]

Starting Winter cuttings of Crepe Myrtle, Hibiscus and Sedum:

 

[Sean Regan]

Does the ball bounce higher when the ground is frozen solid?

Several problems.
You can hit a straight drive off the tee, which when it lands, can often bounce either right or left
The greens are hard, so you'll get a lot of bounce and not necessarily straight. You can land a ball on the front of a green and it'll bounce and run off the back or either side. If you pitch it just short of the green it can plug.


Putting has its own problems. If the green is frozen, putts can be far too long. Or if there's frost on the top it will slow the ball down.
Then later in the morning there can be some greens partly in shade, so that part will be white and frosty and the other part that's in the sun will be green and wet.
But it's good exercise.

 

[big rockpile]

Watered inside it is raining.

Bought a Majestic Palm. Looked sick but see what I can do with it.

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[Esther Knapicius]

Raining late yesterday, now too wet to continue leaf removal. The big pile I set a flame before the rain is still smoking even through the rain. White billows drifting about.