Author Topic: What did you do in the garden today? (Read 1001152 times)

Hosta · « **Reply #1600 on:** December 30, 2008, 19:35:32 »

Nothing - its completely frozen !

newbies · « **Reply #1601 on:** December 30, 2008, 19:59:36 »

I did a nice border round my plum tree, it now looks like it's growing out of a well, the border is made from old bricks.
I then started a new bed with, yes, old bricks. ;)

Deb P · « **Reply #1602 on:** December 31, 2008, 13:51:01 »

Not really....I spent a whole day the other year on my knees digging out couch from around the raspberries I inhertited on my plot.......a good mulch after that has kept them pretty free of weeds since.

staris · « **Reply #1603 on:** December 31, 2008, 13:57:32 »

my allotment is fairly new so a lot of work still to do, just done 3 hours of digging not a bad day for it once you warm up :)

gardentg44 · « **Reply #1604 on:** December 31, 2008, 15:57:24 »

whent up garden this morning.
fed hens & next doors ferret,hes away for newyear.
got the bowsaw out cut a load of wood and lit the stove.
sat there sweating and listening to dearne fm for 6hrs
till it was time to feed the hens again.another
wasted day . ;D ;D ;D

caroline7758 · « **Reply #1605 on:** December 31, 2008, 16:40:53 »

Just unloaded some hops- too cold for anyhting else!

hopalong · « **Reply #1606 on:** December 31, 2008, 17:02:50 »

Picked some frozen spinach, frozen kale and frozen sprouts.

Zoglet · « **Reply #1607 on:** December 31, 2008, 17:06:33 »

Picked frozen kale and Brussel sprouts, did some tidying up and took great pleasure in breaking the inch thick ice that had formed on the water butts! :)

grannyjanny · « **Reply #1608 on:** December 31, 2008, 20:31:10 »

Nothing as it is frozen. Instead we watched The Victorian Kitchen Garden on DVD & Carol Kleins Grow Yor Own. It was lovely.
Janet.

timnsal · « **Reply #1609 on:** January 01, 2009, 19:14:00 »

Been tidying up the leylandii hedge. Have got about half of it tidied down to waist height now, so a quarter of the way there ;D

Sally

saddad · « **Reply #1610 on:** January 01, 2009, 20:06:45 »

Nothing until I got back from a walk at Carsington when OH decided she wanted sprouts for tea... so off I went into the twilight to pick frozen sprouts. The netting was frozen into the soil and the bricks holding it down... but we managed and very nice they were too! :)

newbies · « **Reply #1611 on:** January 01, 2009, 20:11:18 »

I started moving bricks to make a new bed. They were frozen together, so I had to kick most of them to set them free. Good job I had my trusty boots on. ;D
Not much else really, it was frozen solid.

Emagggie · « **Reply #1612 on:** January 02, 2009, 15:47:39 »

The BW re-felted the shed roof and as the passer upper I wandered off to pull out the Definately Deadious bedding from last year. Made many mental notes to alter this and that and look up recommended pruning practise for certain shrubs which I strarted then got side tracked as usual ::)

Hyacinth · « **Reply #1613 on:** January 03, 2009, 13:13:55 »

done my gardening for today and it's only lunchtime.brrrr. Filled up the bird feeders, broke the ice on the water containers, pulled some leeks, cut down what's the last of the chard til the Spring, cut some parsley, picked some rosemary and sage, came indoors - coffee with brandy time. 8)

manicscousers · « **Reply #1614 on:** January 03, 2009, 14:09:04 »

A.G.M today so afterwards, put up a trestle in the poly and moved all the sweet peas from the heated greenhouse onto it, plus all the herb and pink, carnation and verbena bonsariaris cuttings in there, they're all for the plant sale but don't need heat :)
carried on covering the beds with cardboard, picked some leeks, first half day there for a fortnight and it was brill ;D

caroline7758 · « **Reply #1615 on:** January 03, 2009, 14:15:12 »

Spent a couple of hours working on a patch which was covered in black plastic with brambles grwoing through it! Got most of the plastic out but still need to dig up the bramble roots. Hard work, but it looks better and it kept me warm!

grawrc · « **Reply #1616 on:** January 03, 2009, 16:54:11 »

I weeded one bed, dug up some leeks and cut back the asparagus and globe artichokes. Now I'm home and I've got out the root trainers and the seed box. ;D

saddad · « **Reply #1617 on:** January 04, 2009, 20:00:04 »

Went out and picked and trimmed a couple of frozen cabbage, then dug half a dozen leeks, both for tea in a few minutes.. Deb P was out doing some basic clearance of brambles etc ready for burning... :)

and very nice they were too! :)

manicscousers · « **Reply #1618 on:** January 04, 2009, 20:04:41 »

I went, I felt lousy, I came home ;D

newbies · « **Reply #1619 on:** January 04, 2009, 20:52:14 »

We filled one bed that we had made, and built a new one from roof timbers. This has carpet in it now to kill the weeds. etc.
I tidied the shed, as I could not find the brush to paint it!

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