wife and kids are away this weekend....

jrby

...what should i do in the garden in preparatino for winter?

jezko

A Free Weekend.
Very Complicated Job,
Requires help, contact mates for support, May require lot's Liquid amber to quench thirst.

P.s Don't leave evidence around.

pwurple

What's in your garden?

Sweep up leaves
If your hedges or shrubs need a trim, give them a run over.
Final grass cut if needed
Weeding is good to do now.
Plant bulbs
Turn compost
Brush sand into paving slab gaps
Rake gravel over.
Clean paths.

jrby

I think i prefer jezko's idea.....

seriously need to do something with lawn....too many "muddy puddle" (think pappa pig, young kids and paddling pool) have left lawn needing some love and attention. any thoughts on what i good do this weekend with it and whether the timing is right, given weather conditions etc....lawn gets quite wet and soggy during winter....

pwurple

Soggy lawn? Depends how bad it is. You could hire one of those machines that punches holes in it and brush with lawn sand, but I've only done that spring/summer. Plenty of better lawn experts than me on here though. I hate lawn... way too high maintenance for me!

prospect

Yup,

My plans are:

Strim where required
Trim back hedges
Cut lawns
Trim back heather and lavendar
And as much weeding as I can get done


oh, if I have time wash the cars.

Sonnenblumen

- apply an Autumn Winter lawn feed
- continue to dead head herbaceous perennials to prolong flowering display
- trim and reduce lavender by approx. 30%
- still time to plant late spring flowering bulbs for next year
- good time to trim hedging and evergreen shrubs ahead of winter

keltoms05

any pictures of the garden op?

prospect

prospect wrote: »

Yup,

My plans are:

Strim where required - Done
Trim back hedges - Done
Cut lawns - Done
Trim back heather and lavendar - Done
And as much weeding as I can get done - Almost Done


oh, if I have time wash the cars. - Done

Check list.

Next weekend, cut back Dogwoods
Some timber painting.


How'd you get on jrby?

jrby

topped and trimed hedges (15 black sacks filled)

cut grass and bought aerator!

varnished front doors (by 2) and oiled windows

bought rib eye and put on bbq....enjyed with some fried field mushrooms, some rocket and parmesam salad and a nice bottle of malbec and watched three eposides of "the pacific" which has been on my book shelf for the last three years!

and played golf on Sunday before the family came home!

beertons

What kind of aerator do you have?

jrby

just a manual one, picked up from Johnstown garden centre

http://www.johnstowngardencentre.ie/Shop_Search_Results.aspx?bizsearch=aerator

got the hollow tine one....

need to pck up some sand now!

beertons

Ah nice one. That's beside me, might pick up one of them myself.