Plans for the long weekend

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I get Friday and Monday off this weekend and apparently tomorrow and saturday are going to be dry so I have great gardening ambitions! I thought I would jot it down on the blog so that in a few weeks time I can look back and remind myself what I was aiming for!

Project Hedgehog is still underway. The grass up the back of the garden is very long and the dandelions are loving it! It’s making the place look a bit untidy so I’m going to trim it a bit this weekend and remove the dandelions. I’ll dig up the weeds at the back of the garage ready for some plants. I don’t know exactly what I’m going to put there but I have a list of plants that don’t mind shade (taken from this blog and the RHS website) so I’ll see what’s available in the garden centres.

Slug Warz: I’m losing this battle! The Salvias are all gone and the slug(s) are now attacking my Marguerite daisy plant which now looks like a skeleton :( This is after I’ve put down crushed egg shells, used coffee granules and oats. I read a blog the other day about Slug Off and someone else has also mentioned “Nemaslug”. I’m not sure if any of the local garden centres stock these so I’ll have a wee look around. If I can’t get a natural/non-chemical slug repellent then I’ll have to have a think about how I’m going to grow plants in the flower bed because they’re not getting a chance at the moment!

Poor chewed Salvia plants

Herbs: I started a wee herb garden around my patio which is doing really well! I know the herbs I have are not difficult to grow but as a new gardener I’m very pleased they’ve managed to survive my inexperience!

Chives and parsley

Mint

Privacy: The left side of my garden is closed off and even if people look out their bedroom windows it would be difficult for them to see anything in my back garden. However, the right side is open to all eyes and elements! My fence is ok but it’s low and the neighbours’ fences/trees were victims to Hurricane Bawbag back in December 2011 (no none of the neighbours have replaced them!). There are children 2 doors down who stand in their garden and stare right across at hubby and I as we (I) go about our (my) gardening tasks or even if we’re just sitting on our patio having a coffee and a chat. Now, I’ve been living in the city for 8 years before moving to the village so I’m used to living my life with the eyes of the world on me but usually this is not blatant stone cold staring! It’s very discomforting. So without offending my very nice elderly neighbour directly adjoining us, I’m having to think of some way to keep the staring eyes off my patio/herb garden at least. I’ve been researching trellises and screens to add to the fence that’s already there so now I need to go and have a proper look at them to see what would fit. As a child I would get into trouble if I was caught staring at anyone…

Front garden: I’m still a bit stuck with the front garden as it’s all stone and no lawn. I do have pots but they’re all different so the garden is all a bit haphazard! I’d like to create some borders or even a flower bed in the middle but that’s a job for another day! This weekend, I need to replace the spring annuals in the wheelbarrow with summer ones.

Wheelbarrow (housewarming gift from dad) in the front garden

So that’s the task list for tomorrow and Saturday. I hope I manage to stick to it – by putting it in a blog I’m more likely to stay focused! Hope you all have a successful gardening weekend too!

• 22 May, 2014
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