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I stared from my greenhouse. I took everything out and cleaned with pressure washer. After that I have sprayed everything with armillatox. After that I have started to put all the pots and stuff nicely inside. Also I have started to put into pieces old wood which I have cut last year from a huge plum tree. Also I am cleaning the pavement now also by pressure washer and weedkiller. Besides today I have cleaned all wooden borders and painted it will teak oil to renew the colour and treat it against bad weather. Also I have made a pefect lawn egdes which make my garden look tidy already. 

Now evenings getting longer will start the onerous task of tidying up in readiness for what surely must be a good summer this year!!! First on the list will be the dreaded shed which has as usual been relegated into a dumping ground over winter period.

Hanging baskets need to be re-planted, lawn needs a good scarifying and possibly even it's first mow. Need to give the borders a good feed and turning over. Paving needs a good clean........this is all starting to sound like quite a lot of work.

Think will leave the fence panels till the nice weather!

Not very exciting but we need to start with sorting out the storm damaged fence.  We lost a couple of sections in the high winds at new year, and a few more were borderline so they got taken down too.  Our garden is currently open plan to next door, and there is a big heap of old damaged fence posts on the patio.  There is also a big heap of new fence posts and suchlike but we haven't got round to doing anything with them yet, it's going to be quite a big job involving a post holer & a lot of hard work.

Once that's done we can start thinking about the actual plants and suchlike. 

I am going to start slow, I will probably finish that way too tho.  First thing is to pick up all that stuff thats been blown around for the last couple of months, old pots & bits of twigs etc. Then get rid of the last few leaves that have accumulated in the corners. Dead head that tall rose that dared to hang on until almost Christmas. Penultimately  scarify whe lawn gently, very gently.  Then rake over the flower & hoe the flower beds where all the spring stuff is vying for space. All possible stuff into the compost bin & spred last years compost over where the veggies are gonna be. When I get the remaining ones planted that is.  All the earlies are in (I think)  still thats a job for another day, oh yes there will be another day. Probably another 150 or so days.

I have a small veg plot which I have started to dig a bit at a time. Have one part ready which I was thinking of putting onions in or maybe potatoes. I also have a chicken (sadly only one now) who is a great help though I wonder if it is best for the worms to be in the garden rather than gobbled up! I have been taking compost out of my bins and mixing in with the soil. Looking forward to warmer days

Have started by doing the front garden. We had some lovely weather last week and I had finished work early so me and my son went out to teh front garden - got the brown bin out and started weeding and cutting all the dead off plants etc and turning the soil. Looks soooo much better already and no just need to go shopping for some new plants to fill in the gaps. 

The back garden is anogther matter! One of the fence panels came down in the winter and am still waiting for the landlord to fix it. Till he's done that there's no space for me to put up the greenhouse. I have one of those plastic one's which does okay ( would rather have a proper one) and need to tie it to the fence to keep it safe. Have cleaned the plastic so just need to put it up and get something to fill it!

Need to empty the old plant pots and veg pots and put some new compost in so will do that next week. Borrowed neighbours lawnmower last week and did the lawn. Just need to paint the fence ( after landlord fixed ) and then will have some sort of order. 

well not being a huge gardener im never sure where to start ! the garden is huge and plain so will start haphazardly with trimming back side hedges then a bit of weeding followed by a good grass cut ! which i feel is like hoovering ,doesnt matter how messy the garden is a good grass cut can make all the difference, once thats done il jet wash the patio and try to work out how i can extend the patio area this year without to much expense! then going to the front garden again large and plain i might create a small flower bed in middle of grass ! and fill it with bulbs ! i wish i could make the vision in my head real into my garden !

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I've been mowing for the last three weeks, but it's time to prune back the roses, trim the hydranges bushes, tie back the lavender.  

The pond needs sorting out once the forgs have finished spawning, the lilies are looking a tad bedraggled.  

I guess the apple and pear trees will have to be sorted fairly soon, along with the raspberry canes. All the wooden planters which looked so nice last year have to be painted, along with another coat for the banches, table and chairs. 

Saved the worst for last - a new fence has to be put up in the next week or two after losing ours to the gales earlier in the year

 

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well spend a few hours weeding, then some new plants , and mow the grass and that should be it

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I have already started, making the most of the good weather we have had.  Shed needed a good clear out so I could actually find the seed trays I needed. Cleaned the greenhouse inside and out then planted up some seeds and put them in the greenhouse, hopefully to grow quickly. I cleared the remains of the autumn leaves from the pond (still in there even though I had netting over) just in time for the frogs to lay their spawn on the plants in there. next job is to straighten the garden edging which seems to have started to lean, then dig over the veg patch again ready for planting up .I think the patio needs a good clean next ready for me to put out table and chairs and enjoy the sunshine (well we can all be optimistic can't we?).