Gardening: Hints and Help!

we had an email saying our garden waste bin collection start date has been put back a month.

We signed up, and paid (a not unreasonable amount) for garden waste collection last year. It has meant we get a monthly collection through the Winter months, and keep our fortnightly Summer collections. It’s made a big difference to be honest, although I actually need more collections in Winter months when doing the big tidy. Hope all refuse collections continue, they are another set of key workers.👍

You could make cores from newspaper if that’s a better source. Find something cylindrical, desired diameter, wind paper round, slide off mould and use same as loo roll cores! Thick enough to form, thin enough to rot down👍

Hoping to clean up pond a bit today, but the frogspawn is an issue. My new fountain to go in hopefully. More plant splitting, replanting. Might do patio as well with jet wash. Old clothes, today could be a damp one😁

Of course frogspawn is an issue. It's how we get baby frogs ...

Steve

Sigh     !

(  With apologies to Wotsername   )

What are the dimensions of your raised bed?

Pretty much finished clearing the area. I have the feeling though that a much loved Sambucus might have to go to make room ☹️ Yesterday I tried to add to my order of timber from B&Q a quantity of compost. They are inundated with orders at the moment, which is probably why they still haven’t called back to confirm and take payment. In truth I don’t have much faith that they’ll be in touch, so I’ve ordered some compost from a garden centre who are still offering deliveries. 12x50L bags for £48, which isn’t bad compared to some of the vastly inflated prices I’ve seen (Amazon - £20 for 10L ). My ‘root trainers’ should be turning up tomorrow, so I’ll be able to sow my broad beans. Today I sowed me sprouts innit 

When I was nobbut a youth, I remember sowing my wild oats at night; and praying for crop failure in the morning ...

Steve

Off! 😀

Another good day here, very warm, in sheltered spot hit 23c! Next door neighbour sat out sunbathing, in a bikini top! 

Not for me.......project pond had to be slightly altered. We had planned to carefully lift the frogspawn, but.....it’s now tiny tadpoles🐸 So, we just put the solar fountain in instead. Works a treat, my birthday present.

More edging of a pathway, some more tubers potted, get an early start, couple of small pot bound trees repotted, a pitcher plant sorted out (just seen weather forecast, that will have to go back into greenhouse 🙄).

I had a great result from our local nursery. Pay over phone, they drop off, so got some compost, and they are doing veg, fruit, eggs and milk! Made sure neighbours aware.

Finally, I was given a Membership to Butterfly Society for my birthday, and they are running a Garden Survey. We are already getting butterflies visiting, so I signed up today. Anyone else interested, details are here: https://www.gardenbutterflysurvey.org/?utm_source=Dotmailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=11411139_Update%20to%20members%20and%20supporters%20-%2018%2F03%2F20&utm_content=GBS&dm_i=DGT,6SKW3,1G5E07,R6QJG,1