What did you do in your garden today?

[JamieB]

I’m flat out lazy on my day off! I walked around, checked my plants, waiting till sunset to water them all well. I’ll add water to my pond as well, I noted I’ve got a new baby fish in there! I only saw one, adding fresh water will boost the oxygen levels so it may get a bit murky for a few days. But I intend to use pond water for my plants, so need to bring the level up. Noted my new water lilly has leaf buds starting, that makes me happy. My white iris and pale lavender ones are blooming, the burgundy one has a flower bud. They look black at this point.

 

[JamieB]

I’ve got water going in now, and a timer so I don’t forget it. Took pics, my water iris will bloom!

 

[DirtMechanic]

Everything is up in the garden. I replaced a ball valve on a sprinkler line, put out micro nutrients. Cut grass and reset the garden timber in our turnaround.

 

[Sean Regan]

Our azalea "hedge" in the front garden is in full bloom. There's one large rhodo behind it yet to come out, then that will be it apart from bluebells. It'll all be back to "green," for the rest of the year. This garden is North facing so gets little sun.

The lawn under the overhanging azaleas takes weeks to recover each year,

The first of the wisterias is starting to flower and our two "tree azaleas," in pots won't be far behind.

 

[Logan]

Sean: Those azaleas look great, we used to have a lot in the back garden, but through the years they died, so planted fruit trees and bushes.

 

[Sean Regan]

I'm pretty much up to date now with the garden. I'm going to wait for the next dry spell before jet-washing the patio and a bit more painting of the pergolas.
So today I spent four hours sorting out the garage. Took everything out cleaned it right through then put it all back.
As my work bench is in there, any woodwork causes a right mess.

 

[DirtMechanic]

I'm pretty much up to date now with the garden. I'm going to wait for the next dry spell before jet-washing the patio and a bit more painting of the pergolas.
So today I spent four hours sorting out the garage. Took everything out cleaned it right through then put it all back.
As my work bench is in there, any woodwork causes a right mess.

My girl jumped out and pressure washed the driveway and around the house. She loves to clean. I have learned to service the equipment. Its a system of its own sort.

 

[Logan]

Did some watering and sowed some spring onions, beetroot in the garden. Sowed the runner beans, the 2 packets said sow by 2016, hope that some come up.

Firestorm and Firelight, both self fertile so get a good set.

 

[Colin]

Hi,

Below is a very rare picture of our rear garden and patio area; both are dry?

Kind regards, Colin.

 

[JamieB]

I was feeling a complete slacker, but many of the plants seem to be ok with it. I’ve decided I need a rainbow of iris’s, and that’s a goal to work twords. Iris and lilly, for a full warm weather color. My new rose has two little buds, the one I hacked back big time is blooming very well, with lots of new growth, the wild rose isn’t flowering yet. I may put a plant of that in the circle too. Not sure. It might do well around the big tree. I want that circle full of mint, flowers, bugs and bees and birds! I have a rough draft idea of what I want, it changes as I go, seeing what works and what doesn’t. I know I want the circle to have most of the flowers, aside from the pond plants. Much more trees, preferably fruit and nut trees, some flowering ones.

 

[DirtMechanic]

I was feeling a complete slacker, but many of the plants seem to be ok with it. I’ve decided I need a rainbow of iris’s, and that’s a goal to work twords. Iris and lilly, for a full warm weather color. My new rose has two little buds, the one I hacked back big time is blooming very well, with lots of new growth, the wild rose isn’t flowering yet. I may put a plant of that in the circle too. Not sure. It might do well around the big tree. I want that circle full of mint, flowers, bugs and bees and birds! I have a rough draft idea of what I want, it changes as I go, seeing what works and what doesn’t. I know I want the circle to have most of the flowers, aside from the pond plants. Much more trees, preferably fruit and nut trees, some flowering ones.

Jamie hit the display as full image button for me please

 

[Silentrunning]

I had a real good day except for smashing the deck on my Husqvarna riding mower. AGAIN! I will replace the spindles for the third time in less than a year. It is a great mower except it just doesn’t handle tree roots too good.

 

[DirtMechanic]

Breaking spindles? or bearings?

 

[Silentrunning]

Spindles. Husqvarna has 4 bolt spindles where most others have three. Logic would say that 4 is better than three but that is wrong. Three points are always in a plane. If the deck twists they still remain in a plane. With 4 bolts when the deck twists the cast aluminum housing will have one tang out of alignment. Cast Aluminum doesn’t have a lot of flexibility.

 

[JamieB]

Jamie hit the display as full image button for me please

I’ll post them bigger.i don’t recall just which pics I posted, these are the yellow iris.