What have you done today in the Garden?

@Sjoerd, I have used containers that size and shape a lot, but not the fabric grow bags. I bought them due to the low cost, much less than most other options. The wood and hardware for the planter box were all free, I just had to take it all apart and cut to size. So the price was right.

@Melody Mc. that's a very nice rose!

 

Daniel— I think that I misunderstand what you mean by a grow bag. Please tell me what they are.
When I used to grow my toms in bags, I simply used commercial bags of fertilised soil. This is what I thought you meant.

 

@Sjoerd, I bought these bags on Amazon labeled "Grow Bags". They are just large fabric containers that substitute for plastic or wooden containers. I think they must use the term differently than on your side of the Atlantic.



Today I drilled holes in logs and pounded in mushroom spawn dowels, Shiitake and Chicken of the Woods. Then I sealed up the holes with paraffin. Now they have to be kept moist for nine months to a year.



I planted this mail order climbing rose, "Tropical Lightning". When I first looked at it, I thought it looked pretty healthy. Then in the photo I noticed the dark brown bark layer is peeled almost all the way around. I wonder if it's girdled and might die.

My friend had a 15 year old patch of sage plants. They started as part of a wildflower garden but were neglected. He pulled them out and gave them to me. I pruned back about 10 of them and planted them. Maybe they will grow.

I also dug up and moved a rhubarb plant. I gave it an offering of some steer manure to show it my good intentions.

 

@Daniel W your rose looks fine, it's just the older part of the plant.

 

Oh Daniël, I see what you mean. Over here these exist, but they are a bit larger. When one orders sand for laying paths or creating a fundament, they are delivered in the large sacks. I have never seen smallish ones like you can get hold of.
Well, they look like just the thing for your purposes. The only neg I can contemplate is that so much soil must go into them.
Please do show updates of your project.

 

Thank you @Logan. This was the first rose I've bought in many years. It's patented, so I can't take a cutting. I hope it grows!

No garden work outside today. Raining, and I did way too much this week. A break is needed.

 

I did a bit today.

Got into the mayleen clematis in the big tub, I trained to grow over the front door. I like it to "cascade" it would rather continue growing upwards. A bit of pruning and tying up will hopefully give us this again in mid summer.




Did a bit of training on the wisterias on the garage pergola, if I want this again this year.

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Gave the roses another spray of sulpher rose.

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I only did them a couple of weeks ago but I think the rain washed most of it off.
Sprayed all round the roots in each pot too. So far no sign of black spot.

The lawns looking a mess, worst it has ever been, but so has the weather. I gave it a cut, it had a feed a couple of weeks ago so I resisted giving it another.
I'll put a bit more grass seed down on the bare patches.

Might go to Parkers tomorrow for another azalea to go behind this tub. The one I bought last year to replace one that died, isn't doing that well, but I'll find a space for it.

 

@Doghouse Riley your garden looks like a botanical park!

 

Nothing in the garden but pricked out 90 calendula seedlings into toilet roll tubes.

 

Your welcome
Here's a video about planting a bare root rose.

 

Oh dear! I planted with the graft union above the ground like is done for fruit trees. I guess tomorrow or the next nonrainy day I should consider digging it up and replanting deeper!

Or not. Maybe it doesn't matter much? I looked at lots of websites. There seem to be as many thoughts about it as there are gardeners.

 

Today I dug up a redcurrant and moved it to a much better spot. I'll prune it better when it's not raining.

I planted two rows of potatoes, eight starts per row. Half Yukon Gold and half Red Norland.

I planted two Guernsey lily (Nerine) bulbs. My great aunt grew Surprise Lilies(Lycoris) but I've never been able to get them to grow here. Nerine does fine. I have a pink one and today added a red one.

 

As long as it's just above the soil it won't matter.

 

I went to Parker's garden centre this morning, its about ten minutes away by car. I bought a couple of azaleas for the centre bed in the lawn. I also bought another green ceramic Apta pot.



I like these pots, we've a lot, as they have a ten year guarantee. I'd decided to "promote" a rose currently in a plastic pot in the "alley of shame" (along the fence to the side of our drive), which is reserved, apart from a couple of Mayleen clematis, for roses "out of favour" with my wife. This one is Macmillan Nurse, which we've had for years and always liked, but suffered badly from black spot last year. Hopefully, regular treatments of Rose Sulphur for them all, will reduce this.
I like the roses on the patios to be in these ceramic pots on pot movers.

Prices in garden centres have escalated this year.
I can remember two or three years ago I was paying £24 for these pots, even "two for forty," but now they're £36.99. So with that, the azaleas, a couple of bags of ericaceous compost and four big green saucers, there was a only couple of pound's change out of eighty quid.
I'll get on with getting stuff done this afternoon.

Edit.



Got everything done.
Macmillan Nurse in its new pot.






New azaleas in position




The azalea that they replaced which wasn't doing well, I repotted with some fresh compost and added it to other plants on the patio steps.






As it's been dry for a few days, I took the opportunity to scarify the back lawn, got a hell of a lot of moss out of it, then spread a bit grass sead and watered it in.


As it's been dry fir a few days, I took the opportunity to scarify the lawn. Got a lot of moss out of it, then spread a bit of grass seed about where there's thin patches and watered it in.

 

@Doghouse Riley - your garden is breathtaking. It must be a lovely peaceful place to spend time.