Today is the gardener’s birthday: another spring with nothing to do but wait. A bit like gardening, well almost. At the moment, the gardener is thinking hard about putting together his short shopping list to go to the nursery or garden centre. It’s a matter of filling in the gaps…
A couple of pics taken today to celebrate the 1st day of the meteorological Spring.
This afternoon, just after the sunflower seeds feeder had been refilled, a greenfinch paid a visit to the feeder in the ‘Evereste’ apple tree. He was quickly chased away by the goldfinches, which will empty the feeder in no time at all.
With the mild weather of the last few days, the gardener is finally starting to get busy. Here is a small list (non-exhaustive) of the small jobs that have been done. First mowing of the season Started to cut the dead Choisya ternata to pieces. Pruned from 50cm to 1m…
Today no less than 7 goldfinches at the same time fighting for a seat at the feeder with sunflower seeds.
In Papi Joe’s garden, each plant copes with the snow according to its specific characteristics. The snow does not scare off the ‘snow heather’ or the Japanese azalea ‘Amoena’. Snow plus frost flatten the hellebores on the ground (but they will rise again) and scorch the pretty pink flowers of…
A rare event this morning, woke up with the garden under the snow. Not seen such a sight here in 10 years.
The goldfinches have clearly understood that papi Jo regularly refills the feeder with sunflower seeds. As soon as my back is turned, they rush like gluttons.
The narcissus Tazetta ‘Paperwhite Ziva’, continued… Further to my recent article of January 10th ” Why do my Paperwhites stink? “, here are the results of a small survey conducted on the 2 gardeners’ forums that I attend. Paperwhite Narcissus: sweet or foul smell? Arrosoirs & Sécateurs Gardeners’ World lovely…
The postman brought me a brochure in a compostable wrapping. Cool! I have just added this wrapping to my compost to study its evolution towards total breakdown. Since I had a new specimen roll of “Lotus” toilet roll on hand, I inserted the brochure wrapping inside the roll and put…