Gardening/Allotmenting

[Red17]

My usual first allotment photo of the year, the rhubarb poking through the frost. Always a sign that the new growing season is on the way

 

[Hicky]

Up in Rochdale we've had a weird time of it the past few months. Shrubs budding due to unseasonal warmth followed by sustained periods of cold. The plants don't know if they're coming or going. I need to trim down the Roses soon and get weeding and mulching.

 

[biggs682]

Just had 20 minutes of weeding on the front garden only about another 20 hours to do

 

[Emanresu]

Just had 20 minutes of weeding on the front garden only about another 20 hours to do

Just to keep your interest up. The 42 most common weeds. See if you can get them all.

https://www.thespruce.com/pictures-of-weeds-4069715

 

[Drago]

First cut of the grass today. I didn't give it a skinhead, kept the deck of the mower fairly high.

Assembled my mini vertical greenhouse and screwed it to the wall ready to receive my seeds (oo-er Matron!)

Obtained 500 litres of compost on cheap, so filled my new planters with a 50:50 mix of compost and topsoil, and added some more to the raised bed. I have 150 litres left which I'll keep as I want a couple of planters for wild flowers.

Looking forward to a good crop of veg this year.

 

[biggs682]

A gentle trimming of the roses this afternoon has been done.
Blueberry bushes are next to be done .

 

[Emanresu]

This week has been cleaning the glass greenhouse which was a very green greenhouse but is now clear - as it should be. Last year's compost has been spread on the flowerbeds and new compost added to the troughs to wait for the carrot and onion seeds to sprout.

 

[PeteXXX]

I intend weeding the flower beds & veg plot today. I'll probably pull out most of the winer viola & pansies as they're well past their best now..
Some bluetits are nesting in a birdbox near the veg plot so I want them to gradually get used to me being fairly close to it so they don't get spooked when, hopefully, their eggs hatch.

 

[biggs682]

The blueberry bushes have been pruned this morning so let's hope we get another bumper crop

 

[Gunk]

Our decking is coming to the end of its life, however I thought £1400 to replace it was a bit steep.

So Mrs Gunk and I took advantage of the weather this weekend and managed to shorten it and use the off cuts to replace the rotten sections, it was a huge job but total costs were about £35 for a crowbar plus screws and nails.

we used the car Jack method to remove the met posts which worked a treat, next job is to dig a border at the end and plant it out to soften the decking.

 

[gbb]

First skim of the lawn today, just used a strimmer literally to take off the tops and level it a bit.
Our ga4den suffers terribly from waterlogging in the winter and moss is usually a big problem. I deliberately left it moderately long final cut last year, it's really thick and green now...and I've not seen much moss, apart from the boggiest section of lawn.