Topic: What did you do in the garden today?

[Duke Ellington]

My bean poles came down today~ always a sign of winter approaching!!

Duke :)

[manicscousers]

so did ours  :)
but, I've still got tomatoes and cucumbers in the poly, 2 beds of lettuce, romaine and red cos, pak choi and ishikura onions coming on well, still have chillies and peppers to ripen up, summer's not quite over for me yet  ;D

[Jayb]

Picked some sungold tomatoes from the greenhouse, yummmm

[Kea]

Suddenly realised last weekend my lawn which i haven't had to mow since May as it was all burnt and brown was just above ankle height again and wet i've spent the week hoping it would dry out long enough to mow it. Finally got it done today.....poor mower really struggled.

[galina]

[dug some spring onions, harvested beans and turnips, dug a bit and put a very thick mulch of cut grass over a few patches where veg had been dug up.

[Sparkly]

Tidied up the strawberry patch and transplanted 50 runners. Picked a load of carrots and some leeks. Surveyed our new 2nd 1/2 plot!  ;D

[saddad]

Went out after dinner to dig up the last potatoes... a line of Sarpo Axona... reasonable crop how are they eating wise?
Also emptied the bins to Harvest the Aura. Picked Tomatoes, Peppers and Grapes, collected tonnes of apples ( well about 30lb actually.. )  :o

[cornykev]

Took some runners off the plant to save some seed and collected some sunflower seeds to save, do I store these the same as the beans, cheers in advance.       ;D ;D ;D

[Ninnyscrops.]

Greenhouse borders emptied. Took out about 6 inches of soil ready for a redressing in the spring. The bubble wrap is two panes up, ready for the winter. Two tables in with cuttings and tender plants.

Ninny

[tonybloke]

tidied up one of the strawberry beds, and prepped a bed ready for spuds ( layers of cardboard and manure, covered with straw)

[beanie3]

Didn't have much time as the nights are pulling in.  But picked up another tray of walnuts to dry......thats 8 trays and still counting..... ;D

[gwynnethmary]

lovely morning at the lottie, spent turning the manure heap, digging a new bed for beans next year, and spreading seaweed on next year's potato bed.

[Ninnyscrops.]

Started the marathon of leaf sweeping today........all tidy now but with 2 huge oak trees shedding the lawn will be covered again by Monday  :(

Planted 16 varieties of daff bulbs (only 2 of each!).

Hacked back the fig tree, pruned mahonia and rambling roses.

Ninny (in need of a good hot bath!)

[calendula]

harvested about 100 lbs of apples and not finished yet, phew  :o fantastic

[Duke Ellington]

Cut back the climbling rose that is climbing a trellis and trained under my kitchen window. It looks as though I have killed it :( Emptied six containers where I had summer annuals growing to make space for some bulbs. Up early tomorrow to give the front garden a really good weeding and clearing!!

[queenbee]

gwynnethmary,

Where do you get your seaweed from? Do you collect it off the local beach? Do you find it makes a difference to your potato patch? Apparently they have banned the collection of seaweed in Jersey and that is why Jersey Royal potatoes do not taste the same as they used to do. Have any of you lotties got any opinion on this? or is this just a fallacy.

[shirlton]

Took advantage of the weather and planted onion sets and broad beans. We are going to put a wind break up this year just in case we get a winter like last year when we lost all the beans.

[Mr Smith]

Picked the last of my sweetcorn which I thought was going to be a disaster this year but it turned out alright in the end, also put in three rows of garlic already people are asking could they have some when it is ready,  finished off with a little bit of rotovating, :)

[Ninnyscrops.]

Raspberry canes cut down, except for the new green shoots.

Dug up the last of Ambrosia sweetcorn plants I was planning to saving seed from..........Mr Ratty seems to have started his own seed saving project!

Pushed the rake up and down beds that I've emptied but haven't been able to cover yet to dislodge a few weeds.

Picked some kale and waved it along the path home to get rid of the thrips.

Ninny

[cornykev]

Planted winter shallots and made a start on the onions.     ;D ;D ;D