What have you done today in the Garden?

You're welcome Daniel

I agree with the silver lining philosophy. I think I may have a better corn year this year, as well as peppers, squash and tomatoes.

My silver lining last night was the beautiful sun through the smoke. This was the view from our deck and living room window.





Today peas are strung, squash is transplanted, reflective tape will go in the transparent apple tree, a block will be put in the screen door to the greenhouse to keep out critters, poppies will be transplanted.

My friend gave me a cherry sucker 9 years ago, and it has BLOSSOMS for the first time. I'm not sure what kind it is, but it is a northern bush type. I'm pretty stoked. It will have an aphid check on the new growth today - the aphids love that bush.

 

I cleared all the dying bluebell foliage from this long border and under the azaleas in the front garden.




There's just a few primroses, lily of the valley and cyclamen left.

I find the best way to do it each year, is, wear strong garden gloves and get down on your hands and knees and scrape it all away. A trowel can help with any stubborn bits. Any moss can be removed this way too. I almost filled the green bin with what I got out.
While I was behind the rhodos and azaleas, I pruned the tops of the quinces, i don't like them growing too high.

 

Your garden is so beautiful DHR. All of your knowledge and hard work certainly pays off. Life has been extremely busy but I still go back and look at your post with the whole garden and wisteria, and the night light up photo. Makes my soul happy.

Your bluebell removal tweaked a question and quandry I always have. Do you have to let the foliage die completely before you remove it so that you get healthy plants next year? I try with my bulbs ( not bluebells) but it is a lengthy frustrating process for me that often has things looking quite ragged. My grandma told me to tie the spent leaves of the daffodils in bundled knots so that they were close to the ground and not interfereing with anything but even that is a Meh for me. Do you have a spent bulb growth approach to things? ( if that makes sense).

 

Thanks for the kind words.

To be honest I find the bluebells a bit of a pain. Over the years they've spread. I just don't like having to clear the leaves when they go slushy. If what I do reduces their presence a bit, I really don't mind.

The next job will be the disposal of the dying wisteria blooms over a couple of weeks or so. In previous years I've got up to the ones on the back of the house using a ladder and pruned them off with secateurs, but due to my age, my wife doesn't me doing that now, so I have to use my Barnel telescopic pruner, which will take an age, or just keep vaccing them up off the patio every couple of days.
I will have to use the ladder when it needs pruning at the end of the year. But I'll do it when she's not in the lounge!

I can prune off the dying blooms of the one between the shed and the summerhouse without a ladder.

 

Planted one more pot of bush beans in the row. I don't know how I missed that before. Also, three more pepper plants. Four more containers need filling with soil mix, then I'm done.

A few things are needed for the irrigation. I think Rufus is up for another trip to the home improvement store. I expect a hot dry summer.

Gave away some squash plants, custom started for my nice neighbor. Yesterday was too much hard work in the sun, slept most of the day.

 

Weeded Swiss chard bed. Hacked off the perimeter of the large bamboo-like plant in the back. Tough graft, that. Made a start on the middle plot in the flower garden.
Today the back is…..not co-operating.

 

Oh dear Sjoerd be careful with that back of yours.

 

Cheers Loggie, I’m just hanging out and feeling sorry for myself. Haha.

 

Your welcome, i think that we all feel sorry for ourselves when in pain and discomfort, take care.

 

More clematis tying up and unwanted wisteria strands pruned off.
The big job was cleaning and tidying the shed.

There's no room to do anything in here and to clean it I have to take everything out.
There's an assortment of bird and squirrel food in those boxes.

 

Very tidy. Chapeau.

 

Ah Sojerd, I'm so sorry your back is sore and giving you trouble. Sore backs must be known as "the gardeners' disease".
Please take it easy and feel better soon.

 

That's a bummer Sjoerd. Remember all of the advice you gave your Bride last summer my dear friend. Invest in rest.

 

Today was an early morning mowing of the driveway with the push lawn mower. Before the heat and the smoke settle in. I have yet to string the peas and plant the Golden Hubbard, that will be before lunch. then a bit of weeding the spinach.

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So sorry @Sjoerd about your back! Take a rest! I know how you feel!