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Karmacat

You've definitely arrived, unrecordings



Thanks both for the extra info there - I didn't end up doing many of those *precise* brambles, but I was pruning all around the savory - finishing the hedge clipping, realising I need to take a saw to the overgrown rhodie tree and do it properly, pulling out the grass, pulling out a self-planted succulent thats got a bit too enthusiastic, there was a wide area of work accomplished yesterday

Mnd

Update for today, dug thro the onion bed, get the shallots in this weekend, started clearing the green manure from the brassica bed Ground drying out beautifully!

CAFCGirl

Planning a good weekend of it up the plot for myself this weekend.
Have put some marigolds seeds in indoors to get those started off.

Lots of talk of another cold snap hitting us later, but can't seem to find anything other than hearsay. Any thoughts anyone?

unrecordings

BBC weather seems to suggest it's going to be very mild here for the next ten days. Been having a rest today after having a fantastic 'clear out' bonfire yesterday. Tomorrow is leaf raking and cutting back sedum fronds

Dizzy_Ditzy

I had a splendid couple of hours at the plot yesterday got my shallots planted, rhubarb has been manured and just generally enjoying the sun and peace and quiet :j

Potatoes are chitting away nicely and the first lot will be going in pots in the greenhouse next weekend :j

Jazee

I've just spent a couple of hours tidying the front garden but also repaired the cloche over the lettuces which have begun to germinate. Nothing on the broad beans plot yet.

Will do some more tomorrow.

Karmacat

Just spent an hour or so at the volunteer-run shop of the local horticultural society, buying potash and myrcorrizhal (sp?) fungi - the roots of my new fruit bushes are going to thank me

Primrose

Quite mild here but depressing grey skies which always lower my mood. Have been planting additional snowdrops which have just arrived in the green. Many of them have buds on them but not expecting much of them this year. Hopefully next spring they will be better established if the darned squirrels haven't dug them up. I do like the idea of getting more plants for free as they naturalise.

CAFCGirl

Had a lovely weekend of it up the plot.

I've weeded and cleared out 6 large beds, weeded out the flower bulb bed and threw in some summer bulbs that were found loitering in the shed. Also managed to cover and lay another section of pathway and 2 barrow loads of wood chip out down.
I'm feeling it now mind you and hurt in all sorts of places.

I did come home with two small red cabbage heads though so they'll be eaten this week. First harvest of the year YAY!

Day off tomorrow and back up Tuesday. Plan there is to clear the last two remaining beds, uncover my no dig bed and add the veggie \green layer I've got saved up plus the spent chicken bedding and cover that back over.
Feels good to have a plan of attack now and see the progress.

After that, it's into bramble mountain I go! Not much looking forward to that but once that's done its going to make a huge difference. Bonfire needed too.

Hope everyone had equally successful been weekends. The sun was a most glorious and welcome addition!

Karmacat

Good grief, thats amazing, CAFCGirl! Well done you! I was/ am feeling very pleased that I went to the end of the garden and dug up yet another half-dozen well-rooted brambles. Plus a lot of ground ivy/ general weeds. More and more, it's general weeding, which I'm so thankful for. The other thing I managed to do was square the main hole under my fence (the ground slopes) and put 3 bricks side by side there. Protects the fence, protects me from next door's dogs, win win.