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24/10/2017

I'm trying to garden a little as often as possible, regardless of the weather. Today four ten-minute tasks -
an ongoing job, a start and finish job, a rescue job and one I wanted to do.

Cutting back and removing moss is ongoing and soggy work (and endless!).

Also ongoing for a while anyway - I am planting 100 Thalia daffodils in pots of various sizes to interplant come spring with some already in the ground (so as not to damage the ones already in).

Selecting some of the nicer logs to stack on the front porch = just because I wanted to.

The start and finish job was to cut off the foliage from the clumps of crocosmia Lucifer. (That's the timer attached to the wheelbarrow at the top! Ten minutes only!)

The rescue task was to pick lots of nasturtiums which were hidden under the foliage.

And bring them in to dot around the house and enjoy in the darkening evenings.

Just a little, but satisfying.

12 Comments

cathy

24/10/2017 04:33:09 pm

broken down like that, these hardly seem like chores, but I'm tired just reading about them. envy you come spring w all those daffodils. they're my favorite.

Freda

25/10/2017 10:08:32 pm

You are right that they don't seem like chores Cathy!

Mary

24/10/2017 08:21:32 pm

At least doing the work at 10 minute intervals means you can at least stand up without your back complaining. You did a lot of work in the intervals. Now you can look forward to seeing those daffodils in spring. Meanwhile, the nasturtiums are definitely a nice spark of colour as you head into late fall.

Freda

25/10/2017 10:09:45 pm

It was because of pain in my shoulders that I started this - it really works for me.

Gail

25/10/2017 03:49:14 am

Nasturtiums-I’ve forgotten what a cheery flower they are. After reading your post, I put “buy nasturtium seeds” on my 2018calendar. With all those 10minute tasks, you don’t need a gym membership.

Freda

25/10/2017 10:10:50 pm

Nasturtiums are so easy too. I hope never to see the inside of a gym!

Lotta link

25/10/2017 10:18:20 am

Your last picture is beautifully Autumnal Freda. I love that you take the timer with you! Do you ever feel under pressure by it?
There's something slightly halloween-like and menacing about the empty gloves with the secateurs... especially as Lucifer was involved!!

Freda

25/10/2017 10:12:18 pm

No, the timer is my friend! I see what you mean about the purple gloves picture :-)

Damsonlily

25/10/2017 02:24:03 pm

I love 10 minute tasks in the garden. Today was Indian Summer weather in the NW Midlands, so I cleaned and brought in 3 lovely bright orange winter squashes, which were volunteer plants in my compost heap and a very welcome surprise.
Then I cleared a small space in the greenhouse to plant overwintering garlic tomorrow.
And I began to try out No Dig Gardening, in the hope of putting some life back into my extremely free draining sandy soil.
Anybody else tried this method?

Freda

25/10/2017 10:14:11 pm

What nice tasks - and do-able in 10 minutes bursts. Good luck with the No Dig experiment.

Viv link

25/10/2017 02:52:43 pm

You could write a book Freda - the ten minute gardener - I think it would be a best seller! We are having endless rain here especially on my day off and I can see lots of jobs need doing in the garden.

Freda

25/10/2017 10:15:32 pm

The rain has been awful for months but we have TWO dry days forecast so I'll be doing more than ten minutes I hope!

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