That is awesome! Complete and total respect for a garder that shares their harvest with their community to help make a difference.
What did you do in your garden today?
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I will have to dig mine by hand. Garden is fenced.
You're already digging potatoes? I thought the plants had to die off or the tatters would be green.
I had to get the mower out and mow my 2 acre lawn.
You're already digging potatoes? I thought the plants had to die off or the tatters would be green.
I had to get the mower out and mow my 2 acre lawn.
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The plants have died back here and no they aren't green. Temps are hitting 90 deg. F regularly. I always dig my potatoes by Memorial Day.
My wife said there were over 20 cars in the parking lot at the local food bank ...waiting for their organic new potatoes.
Another drop today for the food bank of about 100 pounds.
I put about three pounds of new potatoes in each bag...enough bags to feed 30 families or so. We threw in the last of the carrots we harvested today also.
Pulled weeds,watered and Sprayed.
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Did a bit today, when I came home from golf, as I'll be too busy tomorrow with shopping and the car going in to have the air-con re-gassed in the afternoon. It's working, cold enough, but I can't have "uncomfortably cold" any more. I guess after 18 years it deserves a re-gas, but there'd Honda reliability for you,
Did you know you're s'posed to run your air-con for half an hour each week during the winter? "Preventative maintenance." It'll say so in your car's handbook.
Did a bit of tidying up at the bottom of the garden. Then gave the roses a tonic spray. Mowed the back lawn and vacced up lots of dead wisteria blossom.
They are nearing the end of their flowering season.
The white one has done us proud. It's not cascaded as well this year the extreme cold in February killed off the end of a lot of long branches.
Our two tree azaleas are fully out now. I'll wire them again in the autumn to make them more ball-shaped. I don't want them spreading out more.
A lot of roses are coming out now on the two patios, but as you can see the azaleas on the left are on their way out.
Did you know you're s'posed to run your air-con for half an hour each week during the winter? "Preventative maintenance." It'll say so in your car's handbook.
Did a bit of tidying up at the bottom of the garden. Then gave the roses a tonic spray. Mowed the back lawn and vacced up lots of dead wisteria blossom.
They are nearing the end of their flowering season.
The white one has done us proud. It's not cascaded as well this year the extreme cold in February killed off the end of a lot of long branches.
Our two tree azaleas are fully out now. I'll wire them again in the autumn to make them more ball-shaped. I don't want them spreading out more.
A lot of roses are coming out now on the two patios, but as you can see the azaleas on the left are on their way out.
Watered like I told my Sister it hasn't rained here for a year so I stay pretty busy.
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Those pics are wow!
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I've got the jobs done early today as this afternoon, I'll be flitting between football, golf, rugby, cricket and road cycling on TV this afternoon.
More clematis tying up, wisteria pruning and the constant chore of vaccing up wisteria blooms and feeding the lawn.
I'm pleased with two plants that could have suffered in that very cold February
Our sambucas.
Lots of these delicate blooms.
This acer palmatum Tayor is now in full leaf, I may balance out the foliage in the autumn.
When you consider you start the year with wisterias with bare branches, followed by just blooms, as they fade they are followed by a lot of foliage.
I'll prune off these blooms in a week or two, it'll save having to vacuum them up.
The roses are coming out now. These in the "alley of shame." The side of our drive which gets little sun, it's where the ones my wife doesn't like, end up.
There's a few out of the 12 on the "rose patio."
The heathers have done well, they don't look unattractive now the blooms have gone, so they can stay where they are.
More clematis tying up, wisteria pruning and the constant chore of vaccing up wisteria blooms and feeding the lawn.
I'm pleased with two plants that could have suffered in that very cold February
Our sambucas.
Lots of these delicate blooms.
This acer palmatum Tayor is now in full leaf, I may balance out the foliage in the autumn.
When you consider you start the year with wisterias with bare branches, followed by just blooms, as they fade they are followed by a lot of foliage.
I'll prune off these blooms in a week or two, it'll save having to vacuum them up.
The roses are coming out now. These in the "alley of shame." The side of our drive which gets little sun, it's where the ones my wife doesn't like, end up.
There's a few out of the 12 on the "rose patio."
The heathers have done well, they don't look unattractive now the blooms have gone, so they can stay where they are.
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No rain forecast for a week so I gave everything a good watering this evening particularly the big acer in the front garden
Wishing everyone a peaceful and relaxing Memorial Day weekend.
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There's golf, football,cycling and an awful lot of tennis on TV today, so the garden will get no attention at all, apart from some watering late on.
I'm presently watching the tennis
As is the case at Roland Garros, as they are mostly on the screen, the ball kids are dressed by Lacost. They are always stylish and have obviously had some money spent on them. Unlike those at Wimbledon where they sometimes resemble what kids might have worn in a 1930s children's home.
I'm presently watching the tennis
As is the case at Roland Garros, as they are mostly on the screen, the ball kids are dressed by Lacost. They are always stylish and have obviously had some money spent on them. Unlike those at Wimbledon where they sometimes resemble what kids might have worn in a 1930s children's home.
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I added some root stimulator to our raspberry plants yesterday morning, but then it started raining and hasn't stopped since. It's supposed to rain all night and tomorrow as well. So, we decided to finish the chicken coop in the rain. We finished it last night and tomorrow we will be getting our chickens! We are very excited!! Here are some photos of the coop.
I love the squatch lol
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Just a bit of watering.
Very nice. Especially the draping wisteria.
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Nothing today, for the most part I've had my feet up watching the tennis on TV.
The downside of wisterias is that there's always blooms to vac up for a few weeks. I'll attend to these tomorrow...or Thursday.
There's a lot more to come down.
Decided that the two peace lilies in the hanging baskets in the hall were past their best so I've replaced them with a couple of Dipladenias.
Here's an example off, t'internet.
The idea is for them to grow up the support chains.
The problem is there is very little light, just what gets through the frosted glass of the side window.
I hope they thrive or I'm thirty quid out. But it's worth the chance.
The downside of wisterias is that there's always blooms to vac up for a few weeks. I'll attend to these tomorrow...or Thursday.
There's a lot more to come down.
Decided that the two peace lilies in the hanging baskets in the hall were past their best so I've replaced them with a couple of Dipladenias.
Here's an example off, t'internet.
The idea is for them to grow up the support chains.
The problem is there is very little light, just what gets through the frosted glass of the side window.
I hope they thrive or I'm thirty quid out. But it's worth the chance.
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Corn is tasseling now, and it is time to protect it from the corn ear worm. I use mineral oil and BT in a 20 to 1 ratio applied with medicine dropper right to the tassels. It offers a very effective control of the ear worms which otherwise can significantly damage the harvest.
Discovered I've been eating far too much fast food since covid ended. My energy level is not what it was a year or two ago. Aside from that I moved a bunch of compost, tilled it in and ordered 5 new rain/compost barrels. Cut the lawn and cut up some brush. Early supper then I will water the plants and call it a day.
My 93-year old dad lives with us and he believes in that nonsense. So, for his birthday last March, my wife and I built this "squatch." We put it outside the window of our coffee bar where we knew he would see it first thing in the morning. Well, he had such tunnel vision for his morning coffee that he missed it completely. He finally saw it a little later on in the morning staring in the window at him. LOL We also made a sign that squatch was holding that said, "Happy 93rd Birthday."
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I seem to go for days when nothing needs doing until days like today when I noticed that there's a lot to be done.
This was our wisteria between the shed and the summerhouse, a week ago, the blooms were fading and dropping their petals.
So I got into it today, pruning the spines of the dead blooms.
A lot of petals!
A case of sweeping and vaccing them up. Then hoeing in and giving the bed a good water so the wind doesn't blow them out of the bed.
All done!
Dug some more grass out of the rockery.
Dead-headed the roses.
and two rhodos, (the ones with no blooms). There will be another next week.
Two late flowerers. The tortoise shell one is really far too big for this garden, (see previous photo) I removed a few lower branches some years ago as they were spreading too far over the lawn. It has a wire round it to prevent further growth in that direction. Really, it wants a drastic prune, but I'm not sure it would survive.
Our two £7.99 purple rhodos from Aldi two years ago.
The lawn is now doing well, I've set my mower a bit higher as we're moving into the warmer weather, but it will get a cut tomorrow.
This sambucas is a bit lopsided, but it doesn't notice from the top of the garden.
Cleared both patios of wisteria blooms with my vac. But they will need doing again in a couple of days time.
This was our wisteria between the shed and the summerhouse, a week ago, the blooms were fading and dropping their petals.
So I got into it today, pruning the spines of the dead blooms.
A lot of petals!
A case of sweeping and vaccing them up. Then hoeing in and giving the bed a good water so the wind doesn't blow them out of the bed.
All done!
Dug some more grass out of the rockery.
Dead-headed the roses.
and two rhodos, (the ones with no blooms). There will be another next week.
Two late flowerers. The tortoise shell one is really far too big for this garden, (see previous photo) I removed a few lower branches some years ago as they were spreading too far over the lawn. It has a wire round it to prevent further growth in that direction. Really, it wants a drastic prune, but I'm not sure it would survive.
Our two £7.99 purple rhodos from Aldi two years ago.
The lawn is now doing well, I've set my mower a bit higher as we're moving into the warmer weather, but it will get a cut tomorrow.
This sambucas is a bit lopsided, but it doesn't notice from the top of the garden.
Cleared both patios of wisteria blooms with my vac. But they will need doing again in a couple of days time.