What have you done today in the Garden?

Just another walk around, still nothing that needs doing.

But this warmer weather has brought plants along.

This little acer is showing a little bit of green now, before it goes more yellow.





The wisteria buds are progressing nicely.




The acer palmatums are changing from their ugly naked state.






Come on bees! Get polinating our Stella cherry!



The roses on both patios are doing well, nine on this one and six nearer the French windows



Even this little acer palmatum Taylor is beginning to show some interest in life.

I had to alter the small bird feeder I made, I had to lower the grill as the wood pigeons learned to get their heads under it. We don't like them.

Now the largest birds that can use it are a couple of collared doves.



The "avenue of shame," (the drive to the side of our house) featuring the six roses my wife doesn't like. (well not completely true, it's just that the fifteen in pots on the two patios she likes better), are also doing well and the two mayleen clematis on the fence are about to come into bloom.



Hmm..

That's it for today.

I'll go and watch some more Jesse Stone episodes.

 

I know what you mean but my guess is that they are dying in their tunnels not out in the open where scavengers can find them. I am not finding even a stench of them.

 

Doghouse, that's a lot of watering and care, but sure looks nice!

Sjoerd, it's wonderful that you care about all the wildlife. Too bad Monsanto doesn't.
I did nothing in the garden today. Maybe Monday.

 

Today I showed more flower seeds: Nicotina, Chilean Vine plants, Salvia...yesterday: Lobelia & Tagates plus Runner & French Beans.

Refilled the bird feeders at allotment & watered emerging / transplanted seedlings & sown seed.

 

Today I viewed the merging lettuce and spied a couple of Radish seedlings.

 

Sieving compost and making potting soil and spreading wood chips and compost on the flower garden/herb garden.

 

Keep up the good life, Odif!

 

Just a check for aphids, a spray of the giant lilies for lily beetle prevention, (that never seems to work that well, you can pick them off when they appear, but by then the slight damage has usually been done) and gave the lawn a light feed



We had a light shower this morning for just a few minutes, but it's forecast to be dry and warm for the next several days. I turned the leaky hose system on that waters the borders yesterday for a few hours and the lawn sprinklers on for a few minutes.



Need to check the patio pots reguarly as the heat from the sun gets bounced off the York stone paving and the flags and can "cook" the roots.



It's amazing how quickly everything is growing.



As an example this acer palmatum yesterday.







and again today.









There's still a few small dead patches of moss on the lawn, but I just let the new grass grow through it and it gets hoovered up with the Flymo as the season progresses.

 

Did several containers of carrot seeds over the weekend and did some more lettuce

 

Turned over,weeded & raked soil then transplanted Strawberry plants into a new bed on my allotment: some are already flowering! I know this is south UK but even so.

Planted out more Sunflower seedlings: Giant Single & Black Magic, a multi-flowering type. Elsewhere I've planted Irish eyes, dwarf multi flowers yellow & I have Teddy Bear pompom types & a Bronze coloured type still coming on in pots.

 

@Uniquely Elemental sometimes strawberries flower forever, but what are Irish eyes

 

Today I made an effort to catch up with my fellow gardeners.
I set out 4 short rows of red onions and watered the very young
lettuce and spinach.
Checking my garden journal, I realized that this time last year,
onions were already up. Is Spring late this year?

 

Finally got the garden planted over here.

 

I think I will expand it this year.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/30/cor...s-as-farms-idle-countries-hoard-supplies.html

 

Hauled and spread yesterday’s last load of dirt in case it rains. Building a window garden shelf today.