What have you done today in the Garden?

Daniel— great work. I am jealous that you are able to be doing so much already.mcarry on, mate.

 

We have what I always knew as morning glories, but they call them something else here. And don't even get me started on creeping charlie.

Snow is still covering everything. I just started some strawberry seeds inside.

 

Willow We have similar issues with white or pink morning glory/field bindweed. It’s spreads all season and easy grower in our zone 8b. It has taken many years to eliminate them from the garden . I wish some of my plants were that efficient as ground covers. We also get pink rain lilies that grow in the pastures I don’t mind them, but the wild blackberries drive me a nuts. They have been known to cover small buildings . I do have creeping Jenny and the bright yellow blooms. They are not invasive here and they look nice in some areas in the garden. There are many more invasive plants.

Half the nation is under a weather alert a huge arctic blast. Stay warm and stay safe. Those quilts will come in handy. Of course I think your quilts are to nice to use but more for hanging on a wall to add a bit of flair to any room.

 

No gardening today. I stayed indoors. Lots of rain.

 

Today was the day, I and a neighbour two doors away were going to tackle the silver birch trees in the garden between ours. The owner is in hospital, long term.


We want to bring them down to the height they were when they were last pollarded, removing the branches that overhang our gardens. Each year we have to contend with the catkins and later the falling leaves. Such trees are unsuitable for small suburban gardens.

Here. I'd just collected a lot of the leaves. The conifer, behind the "offending" trees, is in the garden next door to the garden behind ours and doesn't block out any light.






He has a scaffold tower, I have a heavy duty Fiskars telescopic pruner. So we're well prepared.





These are just the ones, "my side" there's three but, one died a couple of years ago.
You can just see the other tree, even taller, on the other side of the garden.






But it's raining!
So we'll have to choose another day.

 

Willow- we finally did get some snow, three different waves if it but not amounting to much. Around 5-6 inches. It’s melting quickly as the temps are now rising . It will be in the 50s next week. I can’t wait for Spring!!

 

Kay— you and me both.
Well, I am not waiting…I am beginning.

 

Adam's gardenfest 2025

 

Clay Wow the garden show pics is really giving us everything. Great to see so many cleaver and interesting creative designs and plant combos. Luv the collection of tree plantings in last pic.

 

I did some more clearing and pruning in the rose garden. I feel optimistic that it might look much nicer this year.

 

Daniel, I wish....

Pac, some people, my son included, have this stuff called bishops weed. I, luckily, do not. But I do have my nemesis creeping charlie. And burdock. I can't get rid of it either. I've kind of given up with digging it. If I miss even a sliver of the root it comes back with a vengeance. And I don't even want to think about the burrs.... Until I moved here; I never heard of creeping charlie or bishops weed. I'd heard of burdock but never seen it.

 

So I guess that means no to mine? Today the temp was actually up to29F. So no chance of ours melting. I just checked the weather and maybe it will melt.

 

oh yes we have a lot of bishops weed too. See how to eliminate it . I spot spray .


Here’s another side of bishops weed. not my cupo’tea.


Burdock I have battled it for years. Is a royal pain in the caboose. The worst weed besides tansey ragwort. I spot spray burdock the only way to eliminate it. It has a deep tap root after trying boiling water and horticulture vinegar neither didn’t even phase it.
https://tualatinswcd.org/species/common-burdock/

Poke weed is also a poisonous weed for pasture animals and I have eliminated that one by also spot spraying.
Keeping the areas mowed is helpful with many weeds that blow in the pastures on winds currents in winters.

 

Pricked out some of the polyanthus and Erigeron seedlings, hubby went out to buy me some more compost and some cell trays. The trays are made out of recycled plastic milk cartons, it's been long time since I bought any i always re used the ones that i have but they're breaking up now.

 

Clay— Those are some nice piccies that you showed. I enjoy going to those sorts of shows. Was it possible to buy some things there like plants, seeds or bulbs? Thanks so much for going to the trouble of posting your pics.

Daniel— good work mate. I can’t wait to see the results later on.

Pac— oh, ground elder. How I despise that stuff. It is almost impossible to get rid of once it has a foothold. People can eat its leaves like spinach.

Loggie— yeah, there comes a time when those things just have to be replaced. I put it off as long as possible. Root trainers are another thing that tend to break after a few years. I just keep cleaning and re-taping them. Haha. What a frugal fool I am.