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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don't have a garden, just a back yard...
but its full of pots with bulbs and climbers plus a bench and a bird feeding station...I was potting up plants yesterday and having a general tidy up |
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By *rtemisia OP Woman
over a year ago
Norwich |
"I don't have a garden, just a back yard...
but its full of pots with bulbs and climbers plus a bench and a bird feeding station...I was potting up plants yesterday and having a general tidy up"
That sounds ideal. |
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We still have potential for freezing, so I'd only be tidying up or pruning hardy plants atm. Prune roses, buddleias and shrubs like that.
Do stuff that makes you feel good too.
Plan for the year ahead. Which seeds do you need to get and sow? I prepare soil when it's warm, clear s etc.
My seedlings are indoors/greenhouse.
Pot up some plants that need it, such as some of last year's rooted cuttings.
Slugs and snails are beginning to eat, so look at healthy ways to protect plants.
Lawns can be mown if frost is not imminent. Plan your upcoming care - aeration, moss treatment, removal of s and reseeding - at appropriate times. |
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I keep lots of wild plants and an area for wildlife. Some birds are starting to nest. Wild primroses are out, wild arums growing and bushes thickening up.
A lot of the time now is ideally spent preparing and planning.
Overdoing anything causes aches and pains, so go easy.
Some hardy annual seeds can start to be sown, such as calendula, poppies etc |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I've just been out to peg the washing out and thought I need to start, but I have no idea what to do first. We need new fencing, and loads of bind to get rid of. Then we can think about starting to landscape as we have pretty much a blank canvas to work with, but the garden is huge so needs to be done in baby steps I think. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I want to, sed to love doing my garden, but i caught my next door neighbours in my garden last weekend snapping my buddleia to bits (there's hardly anything left of it) and it's put me off bothering.
Don't even know why they did that, it's nowhere near their property.
If someone wants to do my garden with me i'll let them, needs a bit of work but not much. |
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Did the first cut of the year yesterday and really chuffed as the freeholder has cut back the other 2 neighbours gardens/jungles a few days ago so my mind is clear when I look at my garden (4 gardens in 1) Ohmmmmmmmmmmmmmm  |
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I've looked out the window a lot, thought what a shit tip & walked away. I hate gardening & it's what I really dislike about my house. It's a corner plot so quite a big front garden which is a waste!!? |
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"I've just been out to peg the washing out and thought I need to start, but I have no idea what to do first. We need new fencing, and loads of bind to get rid of. Then we can think about starting to landscape as we have pretty much a blank canvas to work with, but the garden is huge so needs to be done in baby steps I think. "
Bind or convolvulus usually gets in places like up the side of a fence and in amongst things where you often have to dig everything up around it to get the roots out but even then you usually miss some if you don,t check properly, when growing vegetables years ago we found plants like bind and more so couch with its the root from couch grass a constant source of hard work to clear due to our neibour leaveing his grass untouched till my grandad set it a light one year with a flame thrower.. did,nt make much difference thou that couch was unstoppable  but like you mention baby steps is a good Idea. |
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By *llebWoman
over a year ago
Poulton Le Fylde |
Sony hours hand cutting down some shroud with really hard stems but the roots are a nightmare .
Then took all rubbish to the dump, joined the queue of minions all with the same idea , so I've reworded myself with a magnum
Then given my lawn its first cut
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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done mine, moved a tree (4 yr old sapling) with the help of my son.
decided to move around ornaments/lights and throw away the broken ones.
did it in my bare feet so have been stung by nettles while doing it, ow.
next time i will mow my lawn first... |
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