🌟SUMMER IS HERE🌟 Wonderful Weekend Fixing Garden Problems🌟

Today is my first garden video for Summer 2024 so that’s exciting, and I always think of Summertime as being quieter in the garden. That’s not to say, of course, that there’s less to do - more that all the Spring garden projects and much of the transplanting (my constant moving plants around) is hopefully done, and now its time to focus on maintenance and just keeping everything happy, particularly if the weather gets hot.

So today I’m moving my last (I hope) plant from one spot to another - my beloved PICEA PUNGENS Hoopsii and this was a tougher job than I had expected.

I’m also pruning my roses after their first flush of blooms are over. Unfortunately I have to completely cut back my oldest rose as it’s suffering with Rose Black Spot, which is very sad but I don’t want it to spread to my other roses - an Olivia Austin, James L Austin, Schneewittchen and a Santana.

I’ve staked everything that needs staking too. And I’m trimming back my Euonymus hedge over in Shady Corner.

I’ve treated all the plants with CHLOROSIS with Sulphate of Iron - the one I’ve bought is from Amazon:

Westland 20600027 Sulphate of... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001P3SMJ...

I’ve also noticed my Juniper Rocky Mountain Blue Arrow is not looking its best right now, so I’ve trimmed all the brown and dried up bits from that and it’s looking a lot better for it.

Finally, I discovered that my pond was full of mosquito larvae and so I googled for a solution and found a mosquito pond barrier from The Mosquito Company on Amazon:

The Mosquito Company, Mosquito... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BNM1QG3...

It promises not to be harmful to any other wildlife, and works by creating a very fine silicon barrier to the water which prevents the larvae from breathing and kills them. And I am very pleased to say it’s been a success.

So … a very productive couple of days in the garden! Happy Summer to you all ☀️

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Have fun in your gardens!

Janette, The Enthusiastic Gardener

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Today’s music is available from the YouTube Studio Music Audio Library:

“Et Voila” by Chris Haugen.