Whirlwind of Activity

 

                    Pruned my favourite Russet Apple tree . 

There is still just one more branch to be taken off , but I am waiting for my new folding saw to come . Should be here tomorrow . Also need to clear some of the grass from around the bottom and give it a woodchip mulch .

I think we'll have a bonfire tomorrow . Although I might cut some of this up for kindling .

 I have been planting lots of my home grown saplings here - my Jane Goodall mini forest . This corner of the garden needs quite a lot of attention . There is a  large area into which bindweed has crept in and become quite a nuisance .

 I am completely covering that area in the hope of getting rid of it . No idea how long it will take , but for this year I am growing potatoes in tubs on top of it .

And I am making a pathway through the trees and potato tubs , so that I can get in to cut the hedge at the back .

While I had the loppers out , I coppiced out a few branches of my Hazel bushes that were brushing the car every time my husband drove the car past .

 Our tree surgeon coppiced these bushes last year . These Hazel rods will be the perfect size for bean poles next year .This year I will be using bamboo canes again .

These bushes give delicious Hazelnuts .

                  Then I climbed in and dealt with this !

Took out the last leeks from this bed . There are some much larger ones still to be pulled from the "Key-hole bed " which also needs to be cleared now . These will be sliced and bagged up and put into leek and potato soup and the rest into the freezer .

I wasn't going to grow from Onion sets this year and I am growing a large variety "Globo" from seed in the shed , but then I came across these very reasonably priced ones in Sainsbury's and couldn't resist  .

80 mixed Onion sets for £2.00 

So this really spurred me on to get this bed cleared, weeded , planted up and covered with grids to keep the birdies from pulling them out . If we get a frost warning, then I will have a sheet of fleece to throw over them all . 

Took some time out to stretch out my back and admire these lovely Snowdrops .

Put everything away .

Drink water .

Feel glad to have done a few things out in the garden today . 

Oh boy ! I'm aching !

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