I'm not too fussy about weeding but I try to keep on top of anything that will obscure or swamp more favoured plants. As the old American saying goes "One year's seeding makes seven years' weeding" so any self-respecting lazy gardener will deal with weeds as quickly as possible. Obviously, you can minimize work by calling most weeds "wild flowers" and leaving them alone.
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| Trimming Ferns so I can see the snowdrops. |
I tend to leave last year's fern leaves as long as they still look reasonable. However, the snowdrops are showing colour, so it's time for a short back and sides.
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| Pulling up cleavers seedlings. |
While I was uncovering the snowdrop flowers, I noticed cleavers (goosegrass) seedlings coming up. These overtake, and start sticking to other plants, very quickly indeed so it saves a lot of time untangling them if I whip the seedlings out before they get a chance to do that. A quick glance at the photo shows that I have left the magnolia leaves where they have fallen in this woodland area.
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| Bird table back in its rightful place. |
A month or two back the bird table came crashing down in high winds. It has been waiting for me to fix it ever since. It clearly wasn't going to happen so I've bodged it up with some wire and will deal with it properly later. Much later. At least this way, it's in place for next weekend's
birdwatch.
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