Sunday, 23 February 2014

Garden 2014 no 1

Sunday, 23 February 2014

Garden 2014 no 1

The spring flowers are blooming and what better way to spend the first semi decent Sunday afternoon of the year than out in the garden? Not that I did an awful lot. I had already decided to cut back on the garden this year and spend more time painting, but it still needs a little TLC.


Today I cut back the flowering shrubs ready for summer. The buddleia was so tall last year I found dead heading difficult, after today there is more of it in the garden waste bin than there is left on the tree. Hope I wasn’t TOO enthusiastic.


Apart from some vigorous pruning, the only other task I tackled was a general tidy up. The garden was swept clean of leaves and general debris the wind had blown in plus some bits of broken wooden boarders that I found scattered around.


I noticed the rhubarb was sprouting so I covered them with pots, if the weather holds I’ll get the first of this years crop with in a month or so.


Oh………..and I couldn’t help noticing all the buds on the cherry tree.


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10 comments:

  1. Susan24 February 2014 at 09:37

    Took me a minute to remember who this was. funny.
    I am spending a lot of time getting my yard together. don't know what I am going to do about plantings this year. Your place is always so sweet. even if you do just a bit it will be nice

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    1. Forgetmenot52524 February 2014 at 11:19

      lol..............yep its me. Sorry I've been offline for so long I'm not surprised you forgot who I was. The plan is to return the veggi patch to grass and have a less time consuming garden this year.

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  2. MitchyLR24 February 2014 at 09:50

    Hi Loretta!!! Good to see you posting again after such a long time :-)) Don't know about up there, but down here the main thing is clearing up all the debris from the never-ending winter storms (there's another one in progress as I type this!!).

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    1. Forgetmenot52524 February 2014 at 11:29

      Thanks Mitch, its good to be back. I've just been taking time out to concentrate on my painting and organizing stuff for later in the year. Hopefully I'll post a bit more often now. We have had storms here but I think you have suffered much more than we have. There has been no real storm damage around here and no floods, so it could have been a whole lot worse. Hope you escaped the worst of the storms and weren't caught up in any of the floods.

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  3. brendainmad24 February 2014 at 12:34

    Soon you'll have a rhubarb crumble! I wish I could find it here.

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    1. Forgetmenot52524 February 2014 at 15:07

      Rhubarb is something I seem to do quite well with, in fact I still have a couple of pots in the freezer from last year. If we lived closer, I'd send you some :-)

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  4. Michael F Harris26 February 2014 at 09:26

    looks like it's coming along good

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    1. Forgetmenot5251 March 2014 at 13:50

      Thanks Michael, nice to see you here. I'm not going to spend as much time and energy in the garden this year as I have done in previous years...............time to catch up on other stuff I think. But its still nice to have a pleasant outdoor space to sit in once in a while :-)

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    2. Michael F Harris1 March 2014 at 15:03

      I'm hoping I can get some time on the garden this year. I have some plans.

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    3. Michael F Harris1 March 2014 at 15:03

      I'm hoping I can get some time on the garden this year. I have some plans.

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