Topic: Whats the hardest job in the garden

[gardentg44]

In my opinion its got to be this.


9 50ft rows maincrop (saxon)

put in 1st april (fools day)

its it worth the backache? there only £3.90 a bag ??? ???

[lewic]

I sympathise!

This bit (about 3m x 1m) took me a day and a half.. 

[spudsmummy]

for me so far its been trying to dig over a very overgrown plot on my own.
but i know it will be worth it in the end

[northener]

It looks well worth it though gt. I only put them in because its a good way of preparing the soil. Weeding when you put them in, getting some manure in and weeding again when you lift them. Year after its easy.

[M.S.gardener]

got to be laying the 5 new pathways on the plot,with having legs like a new born bambi it makes life easier in the longrun 8)

[rosebud]

 Digging & clearing the weeds , so my hubby tells me. Very hard work.
We now have our  Potatoes, Onions, & Garlic, all in the cleared space, so its watch & wait now.

[Deb P]

Trying to be restrained when working out what seeds to grow where...or perhaps that's just me! ;D

[thifasmom]

now that nost of the hardwork is out of the way i have to second Deb P :)

[Duke Ellington]

Removing cat poop from the lawn !

 :-X

Duke

[caroline7758]

Digging out couch grass.  Again and again...>:(

[louise stella]

Digging out couch grass.  Again and again...>:(

Yuck yuck yuck yucl yuck!!!

Evil stuff!

3 years on and I am slowly winning!!!!!  ( I should have whispered that).

Louise

[PJW_Letchworth]

Hardest thing in the garden?  Not planting or sowing too early in case of a late frost.  I find this particularly difficult.

[Lottie103]

The digging is hard work but the worst bit for us at the mo is the length of time it takes to pick out all of the perennial weed roots, only to find out a few short weeks later just how much of the blasted stuff is still in there  :'(. I just am grateful we have lots of that rather than couchgrass tho - not looking forward to getting to that bit of the plot.

I wish my finished bit looked as professional as yours tho Gardentg. You'd think I'd been on the beer when sowing in `straight' lines  ::)

[Busy Bee]

I have to agree the hardest part is the clearing and digging a new plot on your own. Having just got 6 rows of potatoes in and planning where to put everything else makes up for it though. Really looking forward to growing my own for the first time.  :) :)

[*pixie*]

Starting from scratch....on clay....on a slope....in a shaded area...with bad weather  ???

[sawfish]

four things... weeding, weeding, weeding and weeding.

[pippy]

For me, it's sitting down and taking time to appreciate it all!   I always seem to be rushing off to do the next job that needs doing ... just weed this bed, trim that one, sow seeds etc.  With only about 2 hours 3 times a week I am always on a mission ;D.

[Ninnyscrops.]

In the garden - pulling out ash and oak seedlings  >:( (I'd make a great dentist!)
Up at the plot - trying to get great clods of clay down to a fine tilth  >:(

Linda

[Pescador]

Getting the tractor in and out without leaving wheel marks

[lewic]

I would second all you lot who say the hardest thing is doing it on your own. Yesterday I walked round the site and on one plot there was a family of about 10 people and they were each digging their own little patch. I admit to a moment of jealousy there!

But having spent most of this morning picking out broken glass from a tiny raised bed that I'd made for my niece to play in, I think the nastiest jobs involve getting rid of man-made rubbish. There is something cathartic about pulling out a load of bindweed or slashing down brambles, but my heart sinks when the fork clinks against something man-made, as 9 times out of 10 there is loads more of it down there, and its sharp and in tiny little pieces. Give me weeds over broken glass any day!