Topic: What did you do in the garden today?

[grawrc]

Weeded  the onions and brassicas and finished edging the brassica beds. (grass paths) We had a work party today so we've cleared and burnt a whole load of stuff on the site.

[Lottiman]

Enjoyed the sunshine lovely ;D prepped the new strawberry bed emptied the the well cooked leaf mould bin and dug over area were rhubarb is being moved to.

[manicscousers]

We took delivery of 20 tons of very well rotted manure yesterday so Ray brought up our 16 barrowloads, filled up all the beds that needed it and filled the new strawberry bed and we planted it up. still got lots of tomatoes and peppers,the corno rosso have done really well this year  ;D

[SMP1704]

Finished digging the area for the cutting garden. Cleared out the greenhouse and drank two cups of tea :D

[chriscross1966]

Over the last few dyas most evenings have seen me pick up a trailer load of field-tailing horse manure form the local livery and (in the dark) empty it out onto the plots.... Getting down their pile now so hopefully one pickup a fortnight will keep them empty through the winter.... I've rotavated the bit that had spuds on and will try to get a rotavator over the rest of it tomorrow.... will need a big proper dig again this year but at least the soil is looking better...

[Aden Roller]

My day down on the plot didn't go to plan as we visited our new garden across the road. Then it got rather dark and the day was over.  ::)

Click here..The weather was good though  :)

[Ninnyscrops.]

Planted strawberry runners in a new bed - after sorting out Spaghetti Junction with all the leaders  ::)

Ninnyscrops

[Duke Ellington]

Moved my raspberries out of the fruit cage because they are taking over,
Cut back my globe artichoke.
Weeded some raised beds.
Planted some winter onions that I grew from seed.

Duke

[Ninnyscrops.]

Cut back your globe artichoke Duchesss?  Mine are still up and only clear away leaves that have gone over.

[Duke Ellington]

All brown leaves and stems on my one Ninnys ???
Duke

[Ninnyscrops.]

That's a tad sad as mine are still green, must be the Sussex weather!  Just mulch them well over the winter then and here's to next years crop.  :)

[Aden Roller]

I've still not got to the plot... the carrots are waiting.  ::)

We went over the road to the new bungalow and chopped and dug and shredded and piled. Now there are two new empty flower borders in place of overgrown, dead and bedraggled hedges. The ivy is gone too! (I hope).

That's a tad sad as mine are still green, must be the Sussex weather!  Just mulch them well over the winter then and here's to next years crop.  :)

Which part of sunny Sussex are you in Ninnyscrops? A brilliant place to be.  ;)

[Gadget]

  Saturday was a good day, cleared away the runner beans got rid of the failed butternut squash did tons of weeding and started building a new compost heap, digging in the mulch this weekend feel back on top of things ;D ;D ;D

[cornykev]

Finnished digging up my ground spuds yesterday
Today hoeing the weeds while the soil is bone dry and watering green manure and pumpkins.  :D

[queenbee]

Really nice day in Lancashire so I started early and dug up my beautiful trailing begonias, Refilled the pots and planted the bargain bulbs I bought from Poundland. Have stored the corms in the garage to dry off and I will then put them in dry sand.
I should get about three plants from from each corm for next years planting. No vine weevil's were found in them, Not seen one of the devils, I might have beaten them this year.

[Aden Roller]

Toddled out into my parents garden and cut the last yellow courgettes of the season.  :)

Down on the plot my courgette plants arrived on the compost heap a couple of weeks ago.

[pansy potter]

I started to lay the brick paths for my cottage garden

[grannyjanny]

Don't forget the pictures Pansy ;D.

[grawrc]

So glad you're enjoying creating the cottage garden Pansy!

I had a fantastic day in my house garden (as opposed to my allotment garden) today. I dug up a diervilla (thanks to Jennym for identifying it for me), collected another tray of quinces from my Chaenomeles japonica - they smell divine!! - potted up my pelargoniums and replanted the pots with red robin tulips, muscari and winter flowering pansies. I planted the lobelia in the beds at the front door and put violas in the vacated pots. The lobelia will be killed by the first frost but rather than composting them I thought I'd continue to enjoy them while I may. They are such a beautiful, vivid blue.

I pruned my American Pillar rose and the breath of life at the front door and transplanted a clematis - petit faucon - over beside breath of life. I emptied out a forgotten pot from last winter  - rescuing a self-seeded lychnis  - and potted up my little peach tree.

Finally I put a couple of sacks of manure on the abouttobearosebed and dug them in. Swept up dead leaves. All in all a satisfactory "job done" feel about it!!

[cornykev]

Cultivating my soil for the last two days,some of the soil is sooo dry I can hardly turn the hand cultivater in it.  :o    :D