I know how you feel despite the beautiful sunshine today I can't do any gardening because the garden is so waterlogged. I've got bare root hedging heeled in to my raised veg bed that I am itching to get planted. At least the days are starting to get longer!
Not bored here - I was given a brilliant gardening book for Christmas - Dan Pearson's Home Ground: Sanctuary in the City - great for those of us whose gardens aren't huge ........ and the new catalogues from Chiltern Seeds plopped onto the doormat this morning ................ boredom? No chance
“I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh
Clueless, what does the OH do then? Or are you a house husband?
Yes my OH is the bread and butter of the household and I'm just the house husband But I feel quite up lifted now as I've been out in the garden not just digging I've weeded some of my bulb pots, dropped grass seed in the compost way back in October.
ham is quilted with cloves and honey now so just the veg to do
I've done some digging and nail up a fence that was taken down in November so I'm feeling quite pleased with my self.
More digging before dinner/tea I think.
Clueless
PS found another job to do in the spring/summer my shed needs moving and painting as I have a big area of damp, I looked behind it and it's full of leaves that are rotting away ( about two foot deep) and I can't get behind the shed as it's up against the garage wall but hay it's been there for twelve years so I can't really complain
James I know just how you feel but i call it frustration not boredom. I've got plenty to do on these wet and windy days but it's not what I want to do. I want to out to play.
Clarington I was lucky as I only did without for 5 days,At this moment there are still people without water or power and they lost power two weeks this Saturday.
been out and had a look in my sweet peas whoo whoo nearly all the pots have broken through the compost RESULT I just have to keep my inpatient eye on them. Pain brush has been out as well to day painting that fence I have put up today (that's three coats in total) but two more is required on the face side (mine) and then to top and tail it with wood so it looks straight
well I'm going now to close greenhouse and cold frame let's hope I can do some more digging tomorrow, if not it's bloom I'm going to.
oh dear, Clueless! I was feeling quite happy until I read your tale of woe!
I've been frustrated by the weather too but, try being a bit adaptable. Here in South Wales we have a very "moist" climate and a clay soil or to put it more succinctly, it's usually to wet to dig or too dry and hard to get the spade in. Like you, I have a list of jobs waiting to be done - shrubs to move, perennials to lift, divide and replant, veg plot to dig and prepare. etc. - but none of them is THAT urgent. I did get out between the heavy showers today and completed pruning my restricted fruit trees and did a bit of tidying up, all from the path, too wet to tread on the soil.
I felt very pleased, one important job completed and ticked off the list. Oh and by the way, I found my first hellebores coming into flower, snowdrop leaves 2 inches high and bumble bees on the winter honeysuckle.
Gardening isn't all about hard work, learn to enjoy your special space too.
I was bored too and then I had the brilliant idea of turning the compost heap. There was more than I thought... I was still out there in the dark. Next time I will lie down in darkened room until I feel better!
Shredding tomorrow if it's not wet. Wet shredding is bad.
Then I can sort out the roadside 'hedge', weave straggly bits into our version of hedge
laying done a few years ago. Cut some off, then more shredding.
Then some pruning and more shredding.
And I'll probably get frustrated when I can't be out there but there's 2 half pairs of trousers to finish making. 5 pairs of curtains to shorten and put thermal lining on.
Then I need to do some letter writing for a couple of organisations which will mean a long session putting email addresses in my address book.
All will be well and spring will come James.
Diane, I know about wet Wales. I was walking near my son's house (valleys) and saw duckweed on the pavement
I like others are feeling your pain and I know only too well how frustrating winter can be for us keen gardeners.
As my garden is situated in North Somerset on land that is basically Marsh Grazing Land and would have once been part of the 'Somerset Levels' winter gardening is almost impossible as we are always completely sodden and at times flooded in certain parts of the garden!! Now that is frustrating!!!...
Any way there are two things that I use the winter for, one is planning what I want to develop in the garden for next year and of course what new plants I might want to include.
Secondly I have been keeping a blog of the gardens progress since we started four years ago and as the garden is for wildlife I also keep running logs of all species of wildlife that visits us!
This planning and blogging and the listing of species and photographs is a great way to really keep focusing on the garden at this time of year and pays dividends the following year when all these plans come to fruition!
On my most recent blog post I have actually included my sketch for the plans of my next project and I hope this will spark up interest and ideas from others gadeners that follow it.
So there you are mate, rainy days are for planning and dark nights are for blogging and chatting about gardening and gardening ideas with other like minded people.
If interested in starting a blog or seeing what I've been planning during my recent 'bored' times click on the link below and see for yourself!!...
Just remember if you start blogging tell us all about it so that we can all have a read!!..
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I know how you feel despite the beautiful sunshine today I can't do any gardening because the garden is so waterlogged. I've got bare root hedging heeled in to my raised veg bed that I am itching to get planted. At least the days are starting to get longer!
Not bored here - I was given a brilliant gardening book for Christmas - Dan Pearson's Home Ground: Sanctuary in the City - great for those of us whose gardens aren't huge ........ and the new catalogues from Chiltern Seeds plopped onto the doormat this morning ................ boredom? No chance
Yes my OH is the bread and butter of the household and I'm just the house husband But I feel quite up lifted now as I've been out in the garden not just digging I've weeded some of my bulb pots, dropped grass seed in the compost way back in October.
ham is quilted with cloves and honey now so just the veg to do
I've done some digging and nail up a fence that was taken down in November so I'm feeling quite pleased with my self.
More digging before dinner/tea I think.
Clueless
PS found another job to do in the spring/summer my shed needs moving and painting as I have a big area of damp, I looked behind it and it's full of leaves that are rotting away ( about two foot deep) and I can't get behind the shed as it's up against the garage wall but hay it's been there for twelve years so I can't really complain
James I know just how you feel but i call it frustration not boredom. I've got plenty to do on these wet and windy days but it's not what I want to do. I want to out to play.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Clarington I was lucky as I only did without for 5 days,At this moment there are still people without water or power and they lost power two weeks this Saturday.
Bill
been out and had a look in my sweet peas whoo whoo nearly all the pots have broken through the compost RESULT I just have to keep my inpatient eye on them. Pain brush has been out as well to day painting that fence I have put up today (that's three coats in total) but two more is required on the face side (mine) and then to top and tail it with wood so it looks straight
well I'm going now to close greenhouse and cold frame let's hope I can do some more digging tomorrow, if not it's bloom I'm going to.
Clueless
oh dear, Clueless! I was feeling quite happy until I read your tale of woe!
I've been frustrated by the weather too but, try being a bit adaptable. Here in South Wales we have a very "moist" climate and a clay soil or to put it more succinctly, it's usually to wet to dig or too dry and hard to get the spade in. Like you, I have a list of jobs waiting to be done - shrubs to move, perennials to lift, divide and replant, veg plot to dig and prepare. etc. - but none of them is THAT urgent. I did get out between the heavy showers today and completed pruning my restricted fruit trees and did a bit of tidying up, all from the path, too wet to tread on the soil.
I felt very pleased, one important job completed and ticked off the list. Oh and by the way, I found my first hellebores coming into flower, snowdrop leaves 2 inches high and bumble bees on the winter honeysuckle.
Gardening isn't all about hard work, learn to enjoy your special space too.
I was bored too and then I had the brilliant idea of turning the compost heap. There was more than I thought... I was still out there in the dark. Next time I will lie down in darkened room until I feel better!
I was stick picking all morning, lovely.
Shredding tomorrow if it's not wet. Wet shredding is bad.
Then I can sort out the roadside 'hedge', weave straggly bits into our version of hedge
laying done a few years ago. Cut some off, then more shredding.
Then some pruning and more shredding.
And I'll probably get frustrated when I can't be out there but there's 2 half pairs of trousers to finish making. 5 pairs of curtains to shorten and put thermal lining on.
Then I need to do some letter writing for a couple of organisations which will mean a long session putting email addresses in my address book.
All will be well and spring will come James.
Diane, I know about wet Wales. I was walking near my son's house (valleys) and saw duckweed on the pavement
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hi Clueless,
I like others are feeling your pain and I know only too well how frustrating winter can be for us keen gardeners.
As my garden is situated in North Somerset on land that is basically Marsh Grazing Land and would have once been part of the 'Somerset Levels' winter gardening is almost impossible as we are always completely sodden and at times flooded in certain parts of the garden!! Now that is frustrating!!!...
Any way there are two things that I use the winter for, one is planning what I want to develop in the garden for next year and of course what new plants I might want to include.
Secondly I have been keeping a blog of the gardens progress since we started four years ago and as the garden is for wildlife I also keep running logs of all species of wildlife that visits us!
This planning and blogging and the listing of species and photographs is a great way to really keep focusing on the garden at this time of year and pays dividends the following year when all these plans come to fruition!
On my most recent blog post I have actually included my sketch for the plans of my next project and I hope this will spark up interest and ideas from others gadeners that follow it.
So there you are mate, rainy days are for planning and dark nights are for blogging and chatting about gardening and gardening ideas with other like minded people.
If interested in starting a blog or seeing what I've been planning during my recent 'bored' times click on the link below and see for yourself!!...
Just remember if you start blogging tell us all about it so that we can all have a read!!..
Best
Higgy
http://higgysgardenproject.blogspot.co.uk/