2022 - What I did today

Potted on a second batch of toms into bigger pots. I've already got one of each in large pots for my own use, so this batch was into medium pots possibly for my own spares or to go outside. I'll offer unpotted ones to a pal.  Like Veggie I've used a combination of old use compost, sieved soil and well rotted horse manure.  We'll see how they compare with the new peat free stuff from lidl.  I haven't yet found a peat free I like.

I like the stuff from Home Bargains by Growmoor. Doesn't seem to have any green waste in, no bits of plastic or stones, looks like a mixture of coir, composted bark and manure. Tomatoes, like potatoes, don't seem that bothered about what they grow in...my early toms are romping away in a mix of coffee grounds, old compost, rather fresh horse manure and very unfinished homemade compost.

Planted out some climbing haricot (cosse violette), sweet peas, the first trombo, coriander, parsley and beetroot. Hopefully they'll survive better than the first batch of lettuces!
Did an hour of shredding.
Cut out new bamboo shoots spreading beyond the hedge line - 130 of them!

Planted one side of the new patio with a row of Taxus.(23) My husband helped today, we used all our own compost, and I also sprinkled in some BFB. The ground was very Stoney with lots of clay. I really hope this takes as I've been nurturing these in pots for about 16 months - a couple had gone a bit brown as they've dried up too much in the pots . I've my fingers crossed.

Rain is a possibility so spent this evening pumping water around to maximise any rain we do get. You see, we won't get a drop now we've done that

Rain is a possibility so spent this evening pumping water around to maximise any rain we do get. You see, we won't get a drop now we've done that

I really hope we get some!!

Rain is a possibility so spent this evening pumping water around to maximise any rain we do get. You see, we won't get a drop now we've done that

I really hope we get some!!

Me too. Your anemones look wonderful, Scarlet,  and the snapdragons look full of potential. You have a fine space there.

No gardening for me today, but I've had a nice stroll around my Grandma's beautiful (and large!) garden. She's been there 51 years and it's been her life's great passion. She used to open it for the National Garden Scheme until my grandfather got dementia, and used to get quite a lot of visitors. It's a little overgrown and weedy in places now, but she has so many lovely plants and different garden areas. It was so nice to walk around getting ideas and trying to spot things to take cuttings from!

Rain is a possibility so spent this evening pumping water around to maximise any rain we do get. You see, we won't get a drop now we've done that

I really hope we get some!!

Me too. Your anemones look wonderful, Scarlet,  and the snapdragons look full of potential. You have a fine space there.

Thank you - just dreading that June onslaught of weeds. I always feel on top in Spring and then bang! I get deflated as I've lost control  every year I think it will be better then I get some ide if a project!

No gardening for me today, but I've had a nice stroll around my Grandma's beautiful (and large!) garden. She's been there 51 years and it's been her life's great passion. She used to open it for the National Garden Scheme until my grandfather got dementia, and used to get quite a lot of visitors. It's a little overgrown and weedy in places now, but she has so many lovely plants and different garden areas. It was so nice to walk around getting ideas and trying to spot things to take cuttings from!

Advertise for a little help - if it's a lovely garden there are often people that enjoy gardening and love to volunteer.
I love the NGS... often go to open gardens.

No gardening for me today, but I've had a nice stroll around my Grandma's beautiful (and large!) garden. She's been there 51 years and it's been her life's great passion. She used to open it for the National Garden Scheme until my grandfather got dementia, and used to get quite a lot of visitors. It's a little overgrown and weedy in places now, but she has so many lovely plants and different garden areas. It was so nice to walk around getting ideas and trying to spot things to take cuttings from!

Advertise for a little help - if it's a lovely garden there are often people that enjoy gardening and love to volunteer.
I love the NGS... often go to open gardens.

My parents do a lot, but they can't match the hours she used to spend on it. Unfortunately she lives in a small village in rural NE Lincolnshire, so help is in short supply and most people have good sized gardens of their own. She tried to pay someone to come in but they wanted £600 per week! 

She still likes to direct proceedings though, and she enjoyed looking through the seed catalogues you all recommended. Even though she thinks her end is nigh, she ordered an awful lot of seeds and plants this year! There's no stopping a gardener