What's happening in your garden today?

olly-buckle said: I got the first lot in sacks, you have to hold them open to fill them, awkward,

When I have to put things in sacks I take a cardboard box, open both ends and make a tunnel out of it, put that in the sack then I use a few clips to clip the bag to the top of the cardboard box. Voila' it stands open.
 
I got the second hedgehog doorway done today. But as often happens, it wasn't without incident. After drilling a dozen or more holes in the concrete base panel, my forty-year-old electric drill gave up the ghost, (I've ordered a replacement). So I had to finish the job with a hammer and chisel. I found some scrap wood and plywood in the garage and made the correct size aperture and painted it. I used a bit of sand and cement mortar, to make a smoother entrance. The wood could do with another coat of paint, but that can wait until the week-end.

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I put out one of the feeders this afternoon, in case the hedgehog in the house under the azaleas to the side of the patio decides it's time to wake up. I've set one of the trail/cams to cover it.
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I looked at a few on YouTube, but I wasn't that impressed, a lot of sticky tape in evidence, some were made using the box up the right way up, which would make it difficult to clean


So I've put my own on my YouTube Channel.


 
Anniekay said:
olly-buckle said: I got the first lot in sacks, you have to hold them open to fill them, awkward,

When I have to put things in sacks I take a cardboard box, open both ends and make a tunnel out of it, put that in the sack then I use a few clips to clip the bag to the top of the cardboard box. Voila' it stands open.
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I'll bear that in mind for the future, with the present job buckets are actually made to hold stuff and move it and work great.

Not a lot in the garden today, we visited a new Sri Lanka restaurant in Hastings, The missus had a masala dosa and I had a thali, very nice, but it took up a big chunk of the day, chopped some wood when we got back.
 
Anniekay said:
So, what do you plan to use all that new space for? Veggies or more flowers ?
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That job has been overdue for a long time. It looks drastic, but was really needed. Hard pruning like this can seem almost cruel, but the Cotinus trees had grown horizontally over the past few years, layering themselves as they grew, and I haven't been able to keep up with any of the hedging due to illness etc.
This will give it a new start, and provide an opportunity to find the offending bramble roots and wild clematis, which overpowers the shrubs. Good job done boys (y)(y)
I grew all of the hedges here from cuttings.
We'll just mow it back to good grass as it is part of the camping area, and that higher part of the ground is fairly poor soil - only a small amount of soil over total chalk. I shall investigate the runners tomorrow, to see if I can find any useful cutting bits to sever, to use elsewhere.
 
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It's +4c, but feels colder. No jobs scheduled for today, but there's tree lopping in next door's garden, with another neighbour tomorrow.
No hedgehog activity on the patio overnight and no little footprints in the cement render below the new hedgehog door.
 
All I did was pick the last two cauliflowers and all the rest of the broccolli.

I took a trip to town to pickup my prescriptions and just couldn't stop myself. I got a dozen Crocosmia Lucifer bulbs and a pack of six Rudbeckia Goldstrums. Now I have to figure out where to plant them !! 😂
 
Anniekay said:
All I did was pick the last two cauliflowers and all the rest of the broccolli.

I took a trip to town to pickup my prescriptions and just couldn't stop myself. I got a dozen Crocosmia Lucifer bulbs and a pack of six Rudbeckia Goldstrums. Now I have to figure out where to plant them !! 😂
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That's good, my Lucifer seedlings aren't looking very happy 😬 I suspect Sciarid flies :cautious:
 
Not a lot today as it's raining. More forecast for tomorrow and for early next week.


My replacement corded electric drill I ordered on eBay on Thursday, arrived today. Most people use battery drills these days. I do have one, but to drill multiple holes through thick concrete, something more substantial I think is needed. It seems well-made and is quite heavy, the body is all metal. It has a detachable side handle with which you can use the supplied depth gauge. It comes with a 2 year guarantee. Curiously, it was supplied with a spare pair of motor brushes.

At £42.95 I don't think I could go far wrong. They've sold, 1336 of 'em.

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Today I up-potted the last two vegetable plants that I have inside, still under grow lights: one Babyboomer tomato plant and one Courgette. Then I put 2 bags of Black Kow compost (it has a lot of cow manure in it) into my Hugel kultur raised bed for the last 6 potato seeds I have. Planted those potatoes and watered them in. Then I put all my stuff away, because I feel a bit poopy today and called it enough !! ☺️
 
Sean Regan said:
Not a lot today as it's raining. More forecast for tomorrow and for early next week.


My replacement corded electric drill I ordered on eBay onThursday arrived today. Most people use battery drills these days. I do have one, but to drill multiple holes through thick concrete, something more substantial I think is needed. It seems well-made and is quite heavy, the body is all metal. It has a detachable side handle with which you can use the supplied depth gauge. It comes with a 2 year guarantee. Curiously, it was supplied with a spare pair of motor brushes.

At £42.95 I don't think I could go far wrong. They've sold, 1336 of 'em.

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Cool 😎
 
Anniekay said:
Mine came as bulbs. Will scarid flies damage them? I haven't grown Crocosmia before so I am totally ignorant as to what might plague them.
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Your Crocosmia bulbs are tough, and they'll be fine planted out. Not much to worry about with those, you'll love them when they come out later in the year.... and they will hopefully spread a bit for you too!
Your temperatures and sunlight are clearly far nicer than ours at this time of year. I can't believe how much you have harvested this early, and your seedlings have galloped along. Brilliant!! Don't overdo it though, you need time to sit and plan (with your feet up, in a comfy chair)
 

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