What have you done today in the Garden?

Well, I am going to post some pics now, but I did not do all this today, rather over the last couple of weeks, or so when we could get away for a visit.

To begin with, we finished tidying-up the flower plots, but now we must wait until the croci, daffs and snowdrop foliage has re-filled their bulbs. In spite of having removed a lot of weeds, the messy-ness of the flowerless clumps is not ideal…but ach, it’s green.


The grass paths needed their edges tidied-up. Gosh, with just the first edges cut, it already gives the air of being civilised.


We then turned our attention to the peas, growing-away in their protective enclosures. We needed to take the netting loose and erect a little rack for the Nirobi’s. Here they are, after a weeding and their new rack. The objects on top of the poles are to prevent the ancient net from making more holes:


We will get rid of that net after this year. It is almost twenty years old and falls apart in one’s hands. Perhaps you can see the set-up a bit better with this nest foto.


The rack is a bit more visible, I believe. Then to show the ghastly netting job:


it all looks a bit makeshift, doesn’t it.

So mates, it was time for spudding. I got out my trusty hand-plough and made some trenches. We left them a few day so the soil would warm-up a bit before we actually planted the seed potatos. In this next picture you can see our new sort, French Fingerlings in their trench:


Moving along to the bean patch now. You know the drill— roll back the mulch layer, weed, rake, loosed the soil and re-rake. After that we laid down planks and erected the wigwams. It always makes me feel so good to see those structures standing tall and looking organised.




First the ground work and then the architectur:


The beetroot and Swiss chard needed a place as well. Behind them, the onion sets will go in around the middle of May, after the onion fly has been and gone.


Finally, the Parsnips. The seeds are going in:


I have caught you up now on most of the work we have been doing.

 

Didn't do much today, just videoed the wisterias. Usually I do this in May, but they are early this year and they will start to fade at the end of the week, before the rhodos and azaleas are out. It was raining, so it's a bit hurried. I might re-do it in a couple of days.

 

Nothing outside today because it's raining all day, but i did sow some more wallflowers in toilet roll tubes.

 

@Sjoerd I have missed you. So happy to see you posting.
As usual your veggie garden looks so beautiful it’s a job well done. You have been really busy. Can’t wait to see more.

Lovely to see how your gardening skills have turned into a teaching moment. Just looking at your garden pics shows every step possible for a successful veggie garden and more. In a few weeks your garden will be green with envy . Lots of veggies and buds galore.

 

DHR luv your video…

 

There's not much I can do right now besides bask in the semi-beauty. There's still a chance of frost in my area so I can't rake up the leaves, but I do have some flowers popping up in my yard! The daffodils have been up and open for 2 weeks even though in those last two weeks we have actually gotten some snow and accumulated and my Hyacinths have bloomed, however I should have stored my ornamental grass cuts somewhere besides the side of my house because the wind blew the grass on top of my Hyacinths and flattened them. They are fine, but I felt bad. I do plan on moving my Hyacinth to a different spot in my garden.

 

Pac—Thank you so much. You are so kind.