So much to do !!

 

So much to do and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed  right now . I have to get all the plants back into the new greenhouse , but can't do that until the benches are put in the right places and the trellis and the shade netting put up on the north facing window . I am trying to gather everything I need to get this done ..I need to buy brass hooks and a sharp pointy thing (bradawl ? ) A big hook and an S - hook to hang the lantern on . I need to buy more hooks for the windbreak netting over the door . Shelf things...brackets ?..to hold my lovely long piece of drift wood . One of the side windows is in a different place to where it was before , right where the driftwood used to be , but it's o.k. I just need to reconsider , review the situation .... change things around , work it out again .

              I am so in love with my new greenhouse and feeling so grateful !

 

                                       🌿💚🌿  New greenhouse 🌿💚🌿

The tomato seedlings need potting up into next size pots . The tomato plant bag/pots need to be filled with compost and put onto their trays in the greenhouse , for the compost to warm up .

Need to buy compost .

🌿🌵💚🌵🌿And then all my Epies and all the cacti will be brought back in . And they all need refreshing in various ways , fresh compost , re-labelling ,  pruning , tying in , talking to etc 🌵🌿🌵🌿💚

Anyway .........

I still need to clear away the woodchip pile....and I am slowly but surely getting there with that . 

I spent the morning weeding out Ivy and stinging nettles from our little bit by the side gate . The Ivy was growing in a heap over that gate post . I pulled it all carefully away . I say carefully because underneath was the most beautiful moss .

 I then shovelled woodchips from the pile for about half an hour and wheeled it down from the veg garden to spread in between the primroses and lovely ferns .

                  The ferns are still sleeping , I tidied away their dead leaves .

Look at the beautiful orange moss on the fence . We have had so much rain and the lichens and mosses are looking so vibrant for it .

                                Beautiful moss on the wall and teeny tiny ferns .

It is a beautiful time right now as one season slips into the next .

Little flashes of summer....

Yet still today the cold wind is blowing from the East .... but dry enough to cut the grass . I wrapped up warm and kicked the lawn-mower into action . 

I managed to cut the labyrinth pathways and it is beginning to look in better shape .

New shoots and buds are coming on my roses . I need to cut away the Winter hips .

The Gunnera manicata is stirring from it's Winter slumber .

Hands stinging from bramble scratches and nettle stings ..........

                             aaaaaah ..............time for a nice cuppatea !

                                                                🌿💚🌿

One long hot day !

 

The Sun rising this morning over the Labyrinth and the African  Keyhole  Bed .

The Butternut Squash plants looked good first thing , but not so good as the temperature rose to 73 degrees F .  

I watered the tomatoes and cucumber  forest in the greenhouse ....and the ones in the shed . Cut a big bunch of lettuce and Cavolo Nero kale for later .

           Watched a pair of Buzzards for a while .

Had a little walk about while it was still cool . I'm pleased with this area of the garden ,even though it is not quite how I planned it .

The Giant Echiums found their own way there from just one plant a couple of years ago . My weeding out all the Ivy along the fence caused them to germinate . They are going to be wonderful when they flower..bee paradise ! 

 The only thing about this is that I had planted two Dahlias in there and it would be too difficult to climb in there again to dig them out . So they will have to stay there until next year probably . Unless the Echiums take off to flower and then there might be a chance as there will then be space around the bottom of their stems/trunks .

I need to give that Impatiens tinctoria a bucket of water . Even though we had a fair bit of rain , it is looking thirsty . 

It will be better when the Agave that I transplanted gets a bit bigger, so it can be seen above the pink rose . I'd like to move it somewhere else , but I,ve been told " No ".

So then I spotted this ....

                               Very pretty .......

                                      ....but evil !

                                                       Taller than me !

For this operation I had to go back to the shed , get sheers , loppers , fork, gloves and wheelbarrow .

..and I forgot the wheelbarrow !

Anyway it can lie there and slowly wither away in the hot sun and now there is space for the lovely Cyperus papyrus alternifolius . 

Look at this !   A lovely red Acer for £3.00 in Tescos !  It came in a very tiny pot mind and I have transplanted it in to this terracotta tub . I will plant this out next Autumn .  

            Ooh ! I really do love Acers !

What else do I have to tell you ?  Oh ! Yes !  That plane went over again ..the one with the missiles !

Last time it had four missiles/bombs carried on it's four underwing hardpoints . This time it just had the two....possibly sidewinder missiles .

Anyway turns out it is a Dassult Falcon 20/200 used for maritime surveillance and multi-role attack/EW Aircraft ...can you tell I did some research on it ?  lol !

It is Armed Forces Day this coming Saturday . We are so thankful and proud of all of them ! 

Then it became too hot for me and I spent most of the rest of this long hot day sitting in front of a nice cooling fan doing my embroidery .

I have pulled out my Bayeux Tapestry stuff again . 

That's all for now , got to go water the Runnerbeans and this Butternut Squashes . Byeeeee !