Six On Saturday: Careful what you throw away

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It was a drizzly start to the day here. The skies grey but once again the temperatures were mild. The garden is slowly winding down which seems entirely fitting for November. I was doubtful I would be able to find anything for six today but this is a record of the garden over the year and this is what I found this week.

One

I have pushed the button on the new greenhouse and shed. Both bases will need some repairs and work to level them. The clearance of the site means we get to have a skip. This is always pleasing to me as there are endless bits and pieces that I keep just in case and once in a while it is good to take stock. There is also an accumulation of things put away in the shed that haven’t seen the light of day for years. Clearing out is the job for this weekend.

Two

Although the weather has been mild I decided to wrap the evergreen agapanthus. I still have to turf out the pellies from their summer pots in preparation for some tulip planting.

Three

In the borders, the deciduous agapanthus leaves are turning colour and I need to cut these back before the go slimy. Another job on the ‘to do’ list.

Four

These are the berries of iris foetidissima. The plant is prolific here, distributed about the garden by the birds. I let them grow in difficult corners but dig them out from the main borders. It seems that I missed this one.

Five

Last week I mentioned that the hebes were flowering again, and they still are.

Six

There’s always one more rose having a go at flowering again. This week it is ‘Jaqueline du Pré. Lovely.

The plan for today was to mow up the fallen leaves, but the drizzle has soaked everything. That job moves to tomorrow. I’ve made a start on clearing the north facing border of the weed cinquefoil. I guess every garden has its difficult corner and this is definitely mine. I know it is a thankless task but unless I try to contain it the cinquefoil will run riot. I need the border to dry out a little more though.

Here’s hoping that your gardening jobs are more inviting. I have to say thank you to SOS host Jim for keeping this meme going. It makes me look at the garden every Saturday and this week I noticed that the pots of daffodil bulbs I had planted up had been disturbed by the wildlife – foxes, squirrels? They are now under the protection of an old freezer drawer. Things do come in useful. I need to careful I don’t throw too much out!

13 thoughts on “Six On Saturday: Careful what you throw away”

  2. It’s good to be forced to look sometimes and to have a shed clearout. I love it as I am the sort of person that does chuck everything away. It is rare that i think after the event ‘where is the ….?’. At the moment I am saving cardboard for a new bed on the allotment so it is quite difficult to get into the shed but I need to put it down soon so that I can be sure nothing takes up residence over winter!

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  4. I desperately need a new shed. Will your suppliers remove your old one and repair the bases? Or is this something you can do on your own. I’m not up to such work unfortunately. Those berries are very colourful. And three cheers for all the roses brightening up our lives still.

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  8. Agapanthus are tough! I do not think of them as being vulnerable to frost. I have seen their foliage get damaged by frost, but they replace it before I get around to grooming it out. So much Agapanthus grows at work that I could not cover even a significant ratio of it. I have never seen deciduous Agapanthus though. Years ago, there was only one kind of Agapanthus here that was mostly blue but sometimes white. ‘Peter Pan’ was the first and only cultivar for quite a while. There are too many cultivars to keep straight nowadays. I suspect that some are related to deciduous species, but I have no idea.

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