The Potting Shed

[Tâf]

Planted about 100 Tete-a-tete and Minnow mini daffs in the planter out front. I had to then give it a cover of gravel to keep the cats off.

Trimmed the Jasmine around the front porch, and the Crocosmia out back. Lopped the sunflowers as the heads are too wet to feed the birds. I managed to save some seed from Himalayan Giant though... they will be planted next year.

Harvested the last of the Paper Lantern chillis in the greenhouse.

Moved the wall-mounted catnip plants into the greenhouse for the winter.

Snipped the strawberry runners from their Mummy plants.

[Tâf]

The street tree leaves on the front bed have blown away....

...exposing loads of daffodil's sticking their noses up already! Some as much as 3".   

[dogsmum]

I have lots of Spring bulbs coming up too. Sadly I also have a lot just laying on top of the soil in my planters from whatever has been digging in them

[Tâf]

Crocuses are up. So are a load of daffodils and bluebells, and a few tulips. The Goji bushes have popped leaf buds too!

And I just squished 7 baby slugs and a coupe of snails! 

Time to harvest the last of the Kiwis too. I reckon 50+.

The lawn is still too sodden to walk on so that I can clear the fallen leaves and cut back the raspberry canes. The Kiwi and grapevines need a trim too.

[Lisa]

my tulips aren't up yet

[Tâf]

my tulips aren't up yet

They shouldn't be... this daft weather is causing too many plants to think it's Spring already.

Slug pellets have zapped DOZENS of tiny black slugs all over the garden. YAY!

[Tâf]

Chillis don't like the cold, so when the season finished I just ignored the Naga Jolokia chilli plants in the chilliarium, not expecting any results this past season.

But yesterday I looked in there and saw what I though were yellow leaves on the dried stems. But they were 8 decent-sized chillis that have a fiery bite to them. YAY!

[Tâf]

The first Crocus has flowered despite the rain.

[Lisa]

I have tulip buds coming through. I'm amazed they survived.

[Tâf]

Bulbs will sprout on damp paper... they're self-contained living pods that just need water at the right time.

Then fed after flowering and allowed to build up stores for next year.

[fred]

first daffs open.

yet another batch of snowdrops gone to Aussie.

home grown spuds just finished off

[Tâf]

And off we go....


Anenomes, some daffs and the crocuses in bloom... as is the Rosemary... 2 months early.

Rhurbarb is up, and 'cos the raspberries have sprouted I've pruned them down to the ground.

Next is the big job: pruning the Kiwi and grape vines.

The lawn looks terible, it'll need a lot of TLC this coming Spring.

Lots of signs that cats have been using the raised beds as a toilet.

[Nana of 9]

Our garden hasn't woken up yet.

Crocuses not in flower, let alone daffs, which are about 3" tall round here and no sign of the buds

Only flowers so far this year are cyclamen (last stages now) and snowdrops. And Mahonia Japonica and a few yellow winter jasmine blooms.

Come on Spring....wake up!!

[Tâf]

Transplanted 3 Hellebores that self-seeded from next door. Put weedkiller on the Violets and Herb Robert before they go ballistic all over the garden. Trimmed the Lavender.

[fred]

crocuses open, daffs in full bloom, tulips showing big leaves.

lawns growing like crazy and need a cut already, daisies in full flower.

sum timg wong