What have you done today in the Garden?

Thanks Sjoerd, no i don't think that i will use them all, there's so many if i can i'll take a pic tomorrow. I don't think that i'll be able to get on the garden, it's been raining so much these last few days.

 

Zigs…your fence looks just like my shade cloth netting for the greenhouse… nice job.what a great looking fence. Looks like a pro did it. You definitely got SKILLS…
Zigs how do you get the netting so tight…?

Daniel…mushrooms comes with activity book.. ?
Looks like your gonna be busy …lots of seeds to start and mushrooms… it’s only Jan and way to early here to start seeds.besides with all these storms and winds the greenhouse might blow away.
I guess your not under ice and snow like we are.

 

I didn't get on the soil, i was on the footpath, it's too wet at the moment, so don't be ashamed Tetters.

 

Ta Pac All I did was pull it tight and staple it Nailed battens over it afterwards

 

Ha ha - Sjoerd, so it's not just me then

 

Well… pooped , exhausted.. and starved … got the stove pipe that had a Mickey Mouse nest cleaned out. The heat from a wood burning stove working and feels so good. So next time the power goes out.. we’ll have heat.

Cleaned all the limbs and needles off the roof again , opened up the downspouts clogged. You would think there would be a easier way. Been doing this for years… was in the 40’s today.. 37 ‘temp with wind chill. Hauled in a load of firewood.

I used the blower to move the ice out of the way to build a path on the torch down flat roof. It’s a wacky roof design. Also blew the needles and branches off the cement tiles. Will tackle the gutters later.UGH!

 

You are absolutely not the only one, Tetters. If it doesn’t stop raining, the soil conditions will not be changing soon either.
Yes there are some bits of weedlings here and there, but thanks to the end of season clean- up I did…not much. They can be dealt with at any time later. I shall just bide my time and not ruin my beds by standing or kneeling on them just yet.

 

Nothing today it's raining again, so i washed my hair.
Yesterday i potted on 5 fuchsia cuttings that I'm growing into standards and 10 trailing geraniums. You can see one of each, they're on the kitchen window ledge.

 

Interesting business, Loggie.
You really are a talented plantsperson, aren’t you.

 

The trouble with mine is that they are all new beds I dug out on the field in front of the house which used to be a camping site (a very busy one) before the pandemic happened. after the first lock down year, during which we made hay for the rescued animals we knew about, I decided that I would dig out and fill three huge beds. This meant taking away the turf which was very well established over a big area. I knew at the time that there would be a constant need to keep removing grass that had inadvertently been left behind or indeed had managed to seed.
Then in January this year I had the heart attack, and all through last year have been in and out of hospital for ''procedures'' . During this time of feeling a bit rough, I managed to get rather behind with the gardens, and so there is still the problem of the regrowing grass to deal with.....just for starters.
Poor old Zigs works continuously and there are only a limited number of hours in a day to try to get it all done.
My illness, incidentally, is due to the effect of the covid ''vaccine'' - but more on that maybe later.

 

Cor, trying to deal with the return of the grass can be absolutely daunting. We have a couple of grass paths. They are handy and when edged and mowed, can look quite smart; however, it is the mowing and the strimming that spreads the grass seeds into the beds where they are not allowed. The grass for us, is a trade- off with plus and minus points.

 

Thank you Sjoerd but i don't know about that.I've got a idea to grow a climbing fuchsia. I read it somewhere but they're not really a climber, have to train them up a stick, just like a standard but keep them growing up until it gets to the height that you want, then pinch the top out so that it sprouts from the sides.

 

I shall be watching your progress with this project with great interest. I used to be a Fuchia nut.

 

That is so lovely and heartwearming to see. Beautiful Spring

 

Here are the verbena bonariences seedlings that are coming up, I think that they are, they're still very small, just got a chance before it started raining again.