Indoor gardening.
I think our amaryllis is a triffid!
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On Wednesday 4 bags (850kg) of scalpings and 3 bags of bound gravel delivered (ÂŁ522).
Have been taking advantage of the sunshine over the last two days to get the scalpings down.(about 100mm).
Might even get the bound gravel down (50mm) before Christmas. Itâs 50% denser and contains clay particles to bind it naturally. It looks a bit sticky on top although I was told it was kept indoors before being bagged up. We have an old heavy lawn roller rather than a plate compactor.
Phil
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Yesterday we planted 6 lovely hellebores. We cleared this patch last year after Christmas (strictly tree surgeon labourers did) and have been gradually planting it up and returning the wood chippings from whence they came.
Phil
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Lovely - nice picture (with a better background?!
Simple country folk here. 
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Repotted some plants today. It feels particularly good if you can get yourself out in the garden at this time of year and do repotting or tidying up. Itâs like putting a couple of extra hours tennis training in ahead of your opponent, when Wimbledonâs coming up in 7 months time.
A couple of callicarpas in standard/half standard form, which is unusual. Snow Queen and Bodinieri var. giraldii Profusion. Quite a few berries fell off during transplanting, which was a shame.
If youâre getting the purple one, make sure itâs the Profusion cultivar.
They looked really nice today in real life, but one of those things that phone shots make look like insignificant twigs.
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No rain forecast for a good week, so perfect time of year to:
Clean the fence with hose and brush to get the soil off thatâs bounced up near the bottom. Let it dry then spray with biocide.
Spray the olive tree (and roses) with copper. Treats olive peacock and olive knot. The best copper spray is Nordox 75wg. Bit of a pain to get it in our wonderful backward UK, but itâs worth it.
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The garden was designed as a 4 seasons garden and boy it looks less desolate than any garden in town.
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Looks better than the only Oudolf garden Iâve seen (the Vitra foundation) !
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Ordered some plants for my herb garden/pollinator garden (itâs a patio with lots of pots)
Five agastache . My plan is to buy a flat with a balcony that will accommodate some roses, herbs and spring bulbs .
(Brochure photo)
Also bought a new Canon Macro lens for the flower and bee photography
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2.8c isnât going to stop me in the garden.
Cleaned the bird feeders. There was a build-up of old spilt feed at the bottom of the trays and there were maggots there. That did surprise me at this time of year, especially with the -7c nights recently. I shouldnât have let them get to this state. Filled with sunflower hearts and newly purchased âGarden Wildlife Premium Super Suet Fat Ballsâ. @Debs yes they do look and smell good, particularly very peanutty. Birds were on them within 15 mins.
Pollarded the Indian bean tree, using Makita hand mini chainsaw. Makes the job so fast.
Looking at the background, I wonder if I should open my garden for NGS?
Whilst I had the Makita in my hand, I wandered around slicing through anything in my way. Mo ran for it, but I think that was just to keep warm.
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Thats a nice all in one feeder?
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My son in laws family run a builders merchants, they only bother to stock Makita. Asked why he said the trade guys want reliable kit and no fuss when it goes wrong, apparently Makita are pretty good on replacing when things go wrong. Less hassle for everyone.
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It is. I wouldnât recommend it though. I bought two and they start rusting within a year and the plastic tubing cracks around where the metal perches fit. The tray catches a lot of the food bits, which is good, as the birds eat that too, but as pointed out above, it needs cleaning more often than I did.
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This afternoon doing the washing up and looking out through the kitchen window saw a butterfly fluttering past; (Red Admiral maybe?)
Quickly grabbed the camera and got outside but it had gone.
Itâs the middle of January⊠
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Couple of weeks ago: removed limb from pear tree.
I forgot to take the âbeforeâ shot, but can see where the limb has been cut (two feet above ground level). This limb had grown out at 45Âș and came to rest its spindly weight on the adjacent neighbourâs garage.
TBH it was a nuisance being so low in the way and even worse in the summer with foliage and fruit weight too, but donât need to limbo dance (pun intended) under the thing when visiting the compost bin now.
found a before shot taken last May:
Disa: âI see you Mr. Tux!â
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The gardening season starts today
Enough seed potatoes for a few pots. My plan is always to have some of my own potatoes on Christmas Day
Desiree , good roasters
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When do you intend to plant outside.
