What I did today 2026

[MelanieSW]

Used yesterday's nice weather to finally apply a second round of the peach curl fungicide. Also cut back the jasmine in the front garden that is threatening to strangle the roses.

[Andraste]

You've reminded me I must prune our clematis - if it ever stops raining......

[Peanut]

Got my big yew hedge cut right back, and have made a start on the rest.

[Mark Rand]

Nice day, but I haven't done any 'proper' gardening, 'cos the ground and lawn are still like swamps.

Gave the beds in N^o2 greenhouse a third good soaking (did two yesterday), since they're raised 2' above ground level and hadn't had any water since October last year.
Washed the heated propagators in N^o1 greenhouse and moved the seedlings from the dining room table out to one of them and set it to 24°C.

[MelanieSW]

Started to construct a leaf mold/compost bin with sides made of shrub prunings and branches I had lying around

[Containergardener]

Pruning of honeysuckle, Rosa rugosa, ivy , grass
Trimmed grass /lawn edges
Attempted to remove brambles popping up everywhere
Found some primulas I'd plonked and forgot so are now a muddy mess but I've split them.

[Peanut]

Finished cutting back my stupidly overgrown laural shrub, I had to climb up into to it to reach the highest branchs, felt like being a kid again!
Moved all the prunings which I had laid over the rhubarb patch to find my rhubarb is begining to burst/sprout/shoot/unfurl, what do you call it?

[Containergardener]

Want to come do my laurel?

[Peanut]

I've still got another one to do!

[Containergardener]

Ok, well after that one

[Containergardener]

Outside early to beat the rain.

Potted on strawberry plants
Potted on 2 unknown cuttings
Potted on monarda cuttings
Mulched with some old soil

Gathered up some stuff for seed sowing in the garage

[Andraste]

All you busy people are making me very jealous I've not done anything yet but sow a few seeds this year .

I was surprised from some pics that OH took of our plot yesterday that even though we've had a tremendous amount of rain pretty much relentlessly for ages, the ground doesn't actually look quite as wet as it has in the past (albeit it was mostly covered with membrane for winter). Perhaps we're finally seeing improvement in our soil?

We've got a little sun poking out from behind a cloud forecast for Saturday so am hoping we can get in an hour or two of tidying up: some old annual flowers in particular look quite unsightly now Hopefully there will be a keyholder around to open our Shed Shop as I'd like to get some compost & chicken manure pellets. I doubt anything will get done with them this weekend but I've got strawbs to move too & a lump of rhubarb to divide & shift before it gets too late..........best not start making a list here lol.

[Containergardener]

Sowed seeds

[Peanut]

Tackled and defeated the second overgrown laurel. Goodness knows how long it will take me to snip up/shred/saw all these huge piles of prunings that are now it every part of the garden.
Mowed the lawns for the first time since last Autumn. It's nice to have some grass clippings to put on the compost again.

[Bren In Pots]

Cut down my last year’s blackberry canes and tied in this years canes.
Some general garden tidying including collecting lots of branches and twigs.