A job I felt I must get out and do today was to cut down the dogwoods in the garden. These plants give such vibrant winter colour and if they are cut down around now bright fresh new growth will be assured for next year. I also popped a few of the prunings into an out of the way place in the garden to let them take root and make new plants. As I was walking around the garden I noticed how dry the pots were so I spent a very happy half an hour watering pots and dead heading the early spring flowers. I am pleased at the way the water spikes are working in the green house and I haven’t had to do much other than fill them up occasionally. While wandering around the garden I also found a big hole coming under our fence and realised that the badger has found a new way into the garden. This could be a problem in the future when the vegetable garden gets going because he has started to dig some of the borders. Although thankfully there is not too much damage, he has actually helped a bit by unearthing the ground elder roots and making it easier for me to weed them out. I know this weed is prevalent in this garden and I am going to have to keep on top of it if I don’t want it to take over any more than it has already. I think that I heard you could eat it, so any recipes would be gratefully received.
A bunch of Dogwood stems
Tags: Garden Supplies, Gardening, Watering
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