Friday 17 February 2017 - Norwich

Today has been glorious - to the point where the coat was discarded as I was overheating, although I did have a few layers on!  

 

I've been digging up tree roots today - where all the suckers have been thrown up around the garden, I took my large fork to the roots to try and get them up.  I didn't manage them all as there were lots of them.  But I did manage to get quite a good little pile of dug up tree roots to go into the brown bin.  Some of them were four feet long! 

 

 

After this back breaking work, I turned my attention to the pots which were gathered in the shady area by the shed.  I took out all the old dead growth to reveal the green shoots of the new growth, and then moved the pots out into the sunshine.  I also weeded all the pots at the same time.

 

 

 

 

Very pleased to see all the bulbs I'd previously planted are popping up all over the garden and will hopefully give a fabulous pop of colour to the garden.  Also pleased to see the hellebores in pots are beginning to flower and there is also new growth in the pots.  

 

The garden isn't looking too bad - it's very very muddy but that's to be expected.  The soil appears to be clay, so as I dug out the old roots, I worked some of the garden to break up the clay clumps.  I plan to start sprinkling grass seed shortly and hopefully the garden will start to look more green than brown!

 

Time spent working in the garden today:  1 hour 45 minutes

 

Jobs completed:  tree roots dug up as far as I could and piled up by other garden waste ready to go into brown bin;  pots all weeded and cleared of old dead growth;  pots moved into the sunshine.

 

Jobs for future visits:   level area by gate for compost bin and wheelie bins;  move soil from this area into the trench;  dig out more weeds;  cut grass with shears before mowing can commence in spring;  grass seeds to be sown (March) for planting out in small clumps;  dig up excess foxgloves from my own garden to plant;  research water butt coming off shed;  concentrate on area behind bike shed and patio;  split osteospermum into separate pots;  acquire more plant pots;  plant bluebells under tree; research solar lighting and tealights in tree;  research stepping stones; sprinkle seed mix.