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24/10/2017

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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.

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

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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).

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

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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!)

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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.

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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.

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Freda
25/10/2017 10:08:32 pm

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Freda
25/10/2017 10:10:50 pm

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

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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!!

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Freda
25/10/2017 10:12:18 pm

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

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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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