What's happening in your garden today?

Anniekay said:
If it's compostable you can add it to your piles or if it's not, Goodwill stores take just about anything you want to donate.
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I don't know. 10 gallon Potato Bags, couple Block Makers and some starting Trays. I have others I like better.

Got some Cardboard but I will use it for my Worms and to put between my rows in my Garden.

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big rockpile said:
I don't know. 10 gallon Potato Bags, couple Block Makers and some starting Trays. I have others I like better.

Got some Cardboard but I will use it for my Worms and to put between my rows in my Garden.

big rockpile
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I do the same with my cardboard; I put it between my raised beds because I can't mow in there with the 42" riding mower since I spaced the raised beds just 35" apart. just wide enough to fit my wheelbarrow.
 
Today I picked broccoli, a radish, some lettuce and removed some bottom leaves from my brussel sprouts. Those are coming along but not big enough to pick yet. Then I weeded those beds.

That's it. Now I have my lunch salad that I'm adding store tomatoes, onions and cucumbers to then a blue cheese dressing on top. 😊
 
It's nearly 10.30am. The temperature is 0c. it's very frosty out but with clear blue skies. We've had a lot of rain in the last few days and more promised for the week-end.

My golf course is closed as it's too wet, not that I was intending to play before the middle of next week.

There's nothing I need to do in the garden and the shed and garage are tidy. I've some shopping to do, but that's about it. I'm presently watching tennis from Australia on TV.

It's now 3.00pm.

The temperature is up to +3c. now and it's still sunny. So although I wasn't going to do anything, I pruned the last two wisterias on the back of the house.
Yes, I needed the ladder, My wife reluctantly said I could because I told her, if I didn't do it, it wouldn't get done. It didn't take that long.

More rain, low temperatures and possibly snow is forecast for the week-end.

I also gave the two main patios a dose of "Wet n' forget."

My reasoning being that it, plus the low temperatures expected tonight, should kill off anything on them.
I also gave all the roses a dose of Sulphur rose. There's a lot of tiny shoots on them and I want to get ahead of any black spot. A vain hope as we always get some roses affected.
 
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It's dry but, I've nothing to do. So I could have played golf.

Err. No I couldn't. Because it's a bit wet. They sent me this video with an apology.





They're going to check again on Monday. The course does drain quickly, but won't if the River Mersey is high. The sluice gates through which our course drains into it, will be closed by the pressure of the high river water, they won't re-open until the water level in the river goes below the height of the sluices.
 
Sean Regan said:
It's dry but, I've nothing to do. So I could have played golf.

Err. No I couldn't. Because it's a bit wet. They sent me this video with an apology.





They're going to check again on Monday. The course does drain quickly, but won't if the River Mersey is high. The sluice gates through which our course drains into it, will be closed by the pressure of the high river water, they won't re-open until the water level in the river goes below the height of the sluices.
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Surely you have a pair of waders for a situation of this sort, and a water polo kit?
 
I do have some waterproof golf boots that I wear in the winter,

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I also have "Winter wheels" I can put on my electric trolley.

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Both give you extra grip when the fairways are wet. We do play, when there's big pools of water on some fairways. You just have to work around them with your shot selections. The greens are usually playable unless it is actually raining heavily, as by design they are higher than the fairway.
We've lots of lateral streams, which once the sluices are open drain the fairways quickly.
 
Sean Regan said:
I do have some waterproof golf boots that I wear in the winter,

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I also have "Winter wheels" I can put on my electric trolley.

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Both give you extra grip when the fairways are wet. We do play, when there's big pools of water on some fairways. You just have to work around them with your shot selections. The greens are usually playable unless it is actually raining heavily, as by design they are higher than the fairway.
We've lots of lateral streams, which once the sluices are open drain the fairways quickly.
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Well they are all well and good, but surely you need boots that reach your bum - and where is the polo equipment. If I were you, I would consider a little snow shovel as well to go on that trolley. I could, if I wanted get one for the front of my tractor mower 😁 - so put that in your pipe and smoke it ;)
 
Anniekay said:
I went around with my wheelbarrow picking up sticks. After the sticks are all gone I have leaves starting to fall and those I'll use my blower, then put them in plastic bags for leaf mold.
The sticks go into the bottom of my three raised beds that I moved which are now in the sun and will have sticks filling up the bottom so that when I put the compost and garden soil in, it won't take too much to fill them.
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Bet you notice the difference, I have tried wood of various sorts from sticks to logs. I think it is mainly the constancy of the moisture it promotes, but it all seems to help. Avoid sticks from pruning that are too fresh, you can find they start sprouting, I put them in the compost for six months, then lift them out with a fork and use as a layer between the wood and compost.
 

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