Having really caught up with gardening jobs while in isolation, I'm unexpectedly in a position to consider some projects that I'd nearly given up on ever getting to. There's two decks that need to be built in response to recent renovations, for instance. But what I'm really excited about is a summer house that I intend to make out of sticks from a nearby forest, bouncing out of a project a few years ago, when I built this long pergola (pictured). What projects have moved up your 'to-do' list as a result of Covid-19?
What's changed on your 'to-do' list?
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Those guilt-inducing items that always stayed at the bottom of the list have been crossed out. Yay!
How good does that feel, Helen? I put a bottle of bubbly into the fridge in the days leading up to the house being painting being entirely, and finally, finished
Home schooling the kids has left me with less time than ever, but I’m definitely trying to tackle some of those tasks that are difficult to ignore when they’re staring at me daily. Number one is potting up or planting in the ground all those poor plants I have purchased and accumulated in the past year (years?!). Almost finished there. Next, it’s getting tough with under-performing plants – giving the old cotinus a severe cut back to see if it will sprout in spring and be unclimbable/less appealing to possums. Also bringing balance back to areas where over-enthusiastic Cotyledon orbiculata has taken over and become too dominant. Planting dichondra into shady areas where lawn won’t grow and the meditative pleasure of hand weeding flat weeds and bindii as they start appearing in the lawn. At least that’s the plan…
Hadn’t thought of that – for some, Covid-19 isolation has decreased the available time, but increased the guilt about things not done. All the v best with the list!
Having now been seriously gardening on our sandy soil on the NSW south coast, I am improving the soil by bigger and better composting but also just growing what likes these conditions instead of trying to fit in plants that are clearly unhappy!!!
I liked Simon’s plant choice but where can you get these unusual little numbers? The NZ One sadly didn’t like our conditions!!! Anyone dealing with sandy soil????