Author Topic: What did you do in the garden today? (Read 872952 times)

skintnbitter · « **Reply #1500 on:** November 16, 2008, 11:05:45 »

Spent two hours clearing more weeds and then dug over another section

trinity · « **Reply #1501 on:** November 16, 2008, 13:02:37 »

put in the last of the garlic and did some more digging ;D

manicscousers · « **Reply #1502 on:** November 16, 2008, 14:01:04 »

found a pot of self saved sweet pea seeds so I've sowed them, may as well take a chance ;D

Flighty · « **Reply #1503 on:** November 16, 2008, 14:35:28 »

It's raining here so I just refilled the bird feeders after taking a not very good photo of a ring-necked Parakeet, watched some fly round and saw them in some nearby trees as you see here

http://flightplot.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/a-bit-like-the-weather/

caroline7758 · « **Reply #1504 on:** November 16, 2008, 15:48:45 »

It's been a really beautiful, sunny autumn day so I took the opportunity while OH is away to have an allotment day. Having collected a load of leaves I took them down to the plot. Harvested parsnips (very forked), leeks, Jerusalem artichokes, a few carrots, first few sprouts, and some bits of broccoli, which I can't believe is still producing florets depite the flies and birds.
Cut back some more stuff, dug over a couple of patches (lots of creeping buttercup >:( ) and generally enjoyed being outside.
Unearthed another dustbin lid to make a frog pond with.

hopalong · « **Reply #1505 on:** November 16, 2008, 18:54:41 »

Too busy doing RHS course homework to get out in the garden today. Ironic that!

newbies · « **Reply #1506 on:** November 16, 2008, 20:27:00 »

Swept up loads of leaves to do leaf mould with, and did some weeding.

SMP1704 · « **Reply #1507 on:** November 16, 2008, 22:35:47 »

Woke up my digging muscles :D and had a general tidy up

hopalong · « **Reply #1508 on:** November 17, 2008, 17:27:31 »

Georgie, if you read this get down to Capel Manor as soon as you can. I went there today for my weekly dose of RHS coursework and we took a woodland walk at the far end. Although lots of trees have dropped their leaves, the autumn colours are still fantastic - especially the Cotinus coggyria "Royal Purple" (Smoke Tree), dark red turning orange, and the Parrotia Persica (Persian Ironwood), brilliant yellow. Callicarpa bodinieri (Beauty Berry) has purple berries in in abundance. The bark on some of the trees is also lovely - e.g. an avenue of Prunus serrula (Paper bark cherry) and a Euculyptus coccifera (Tasmanian snow gum) in one of the show gardens. I'll try and remember to take the camera next time I go there.

Susiebelle · « **Reply #1509 on:** November 17, 2008, 18:00:05 »

It felt so grey and dreary indoors so I decided despite the drizzle to get myself off to the Lotti, not a bad hours work really managed to get some winter onions planted (already shooting as planted some weeks ago in trays) have to say the ground did feel heavy but will cover tomorrow with fleece and keep fingers crossed. Got a bit wet but worth it oh forgot to mention had a good chinwag with neighbour - lifted the spirits no end

trinity · « **Reply #1510 on:** November 18, 2008, 13:32:05 »

Did some more diging ;D

angle shades · « **Reply #1511 on:** November 19, 2008, 08:51:15 »

took all my sunflowers down now the greenfinches and goldfinches have stripped them of the seeds,

weeded and dug over the bed for my broad beans / shades x

asbean · « **Reply #1512 on:** November 19, 2008, 11:21:26 »

Yesterday I took the afternoon off and spent three hours clearing the plot and forking over the beds. I got home and spent two hours soaking in a hot bath with the newspaper!

Taking the bags of weeds to the dump today there were two skips full to overflowing with leaves! I asked one chap who was to-ing and fro-ing with me if his bags had leaves, and he said yes, he had tons of them. I told him about storing them and making leaf mould compost for next year and he hadn't a clue, never heard of it. Said he'd do that next time.

shirlton · « **Reply #1513 on:** November 19, 2008, 16:00:58 »

More winter diggin and made our 3rd visit to the tip. Used to burn the raspberry and blackberry rubbish but the smoke gets on me chest. poor old buggar that I am. We found that lying the branches on a plastic sheet and rolling them up is the best way of transporting them. So difficult trying to get them into bags. Probably won't be going up for a few days now cos it's gonna be cold. Got plenty to do in the garden at home.

thifasmom · « **Reply #1514 on:** November 19, 2008, 16:08:53 »

added more bricks to the footpath.

portsmouth30 · « **Reply #1515 on:** November 19, 2008, 16:21:34 »

Winter waashed and glue banded all of my trees. Three raised beds to build tomorrow!

manicscousers · « **Reply #1516 on:** November 19, 2008, 17:22:45 »

weeded the onion bed, sowed some feltham first peas in a gutter, inside :)
picked pak choi, mizuna and red mustard for stir fry tea ;D

portsmouth30 · « **Reply #1517 on:** November 20, 2008, 14:21:25 »

Finaly got round to getting rid of the awful pallet fence i inherited with my plot, had planted a hedge of blackthorn, hawthorn, cornelian cherry, hazel, amalanchier, rugrosa rose and wild plum; only chose these as it keeps the council off my back, they all produce something edible!

thifasmom · « **Reply #1518 on:** November 20, 2008, 14:52:55 »

layed more pricks to my footpaths

manicscousers · « **Reply #1519 on:** November 20, 2008, 16:49:10 »

Quote from: thifasmom on November 20, 2008, 14:52:55

layed more pricks to my footpaths

d'ya want to re-phrase that, if not, there are a couple on our site you can have ;D

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