GreenFly - A 'flylady style' gardening thread with weekly tasks to tame your garden

greenbee

Accidentally ordered a whole lot of bulbs when buying a clematis. Clematis is now in the ground (must water it) as are 85 muscari. Daffodil bulbs aren't due for a month. But I also have some alliums to find homes for. 

I did get one whole row of scything done last weekend, but nothing since, so that needs dealing with... but first I need to plant at least some of the onions, shallots, and garlic. 

Cherryfudge

I forgot to update that we spent about an hour and a half on the garden during the week. This was all about reducing the height of the famous greengage that bore such an incredible amount of fruit. There were still a few on the branches!

My rule of thumb is that if I can cut a twig using secateurs, it goes in the green wheelie bin. If it needs loppers, it goes to be dried for kindling. If it needs a chain saw, it's been left at the side of the lawn awaiting that day then gets added to the wood-for-2027 collection.

We had the first frost the other morning, so tonight I brought in the hanging basket that has tomatoes in! I'll have a proper look and harvest what I can tomorrow.

The big news is that I've finally (after around two and a half years) had a reply to my email about wanting an allotment. I've no idea how long the queue ahead is, but it seems they finally have permission to release a new group of allotments across town so there is movement. I'm getting all excited and making plans for apple trees, rhubarb, onions, garlic and raspberries. Even if I'm 80 when it finally comes to fruition...