Is there a gardening chore that you must complete before the next growing season

[Poppy Mole]

Made a mammoth effort last week & got it all done, I even remembered to tuck the table & chairs away before the wind blew them away , the freezer,store cupboard & wine rack are all full so now I can sit indoors & enjoy all that winter throws at us.

[Poppy Mole]

[chriscross1966]

Dig over the plots, wash the pots and trays, move the polytunnel from house to plot, build autowatering for the polytunnel, erect 20 foot by 10 foot green house at house, build a load of composting facilities... not much really...

[Deb P]

I've just had the past week off on hols, and meant to get everything I had left done, BUT...... ::)

....then the plastic on my polytunnel in my back garden split in half in the high winds, so I was left with all my pots blown all over the garden and everything in my potting on area open to the elements. So I've spent all week clearing out my greenhouse completely to house everything that needs to be undercover for the winter! My greenhouse now looks like a shed, but the positive is that I can now recover the polytunnel and hopefully move it to the lottie to make proper use of it. That of course means I will need a new shed for my garden.............how long will it take my OH to design a make another eighth wonder of the world this time! I think I might just sneak down B&Q, it will be quicker...... ;D

[Ellen K]

^^ now now - some of us have seen your idea of a shed and you've set the bar sky high.

Hope you get it all sorted soon.

I had 4 tonnes of county compost to dig in to the plot but have only managed about half of it.  Still, the digging days are over now til February so the rest has had a tarp thrown over it and i am preparing for hibernation.  Actually, I might burrow in to it as it's very warm.

[macmac]

Sort me seeds  ::) ::) ::)

[goodlife]

Oh dear..where do I start.. ::)
I don't think my chores are ever done..I keep going on untill weather stops me..trouble is that I'm already feeling the cold..idea of crashing down with a good book on front of log fire does appeal somehow better.
But I do have to finish my strawberry bed..and get my fruit trees in..those are most important and later on get some more trees crafted..sorting greenhouses..sorting onions for 'to use and for planting'..plant next years garlic in trays (these are under "quarantee" for to see that I'm not transporting any nasties with a new stock)...one's works in never done ::)

[caroline7758]

Finish digging, but I don't think it will ever be dry enough now. :( Also collect enough hops to mulch the whole plot in an attempt to keep the weeds down and improve the soil by next spring. Should really protect the remaining veg from rabbits but for what's left I don't think it's worth the effort and expense.
Oh, and divide my rhubarb.

[kt.]

My winter dig needs doing.  But as my plot was covered over from Mar-Oct I may now just leave it until the spring dig....  more so due to all the wet weather.

[Paulines7]

sooo, sooo many  ;D
Pauline, can't you let your chickens onto the beds, they're do your weeding for you  :)

The problem is that to get to the lower plots they would have to pass through a plot of cabbages, sprouting and lettuces or a plot of Autumn plantings of onions and garlic. 

They were in  the nettle plot fairly recently so have eaten the weeds apart from the nettles. I could open the gate so they can get into the lower plot.  However, I have more purple sprouting in there under netting.  Knowing my chickens they would try to reach them and get their feet entangled in the netting. 

However, they are doing a good job of weeding the plot that they are in at the moment and there are still grass and weeds for them there.

[Mrs Gumboot]

Hmm, where do I start?!   ;D

Move patio in order to construct raised beds in order to grow some veggies. Find and assemble second hand greenhouse.
Construct fence, level garden, rebuild patio somewhere else, turf and build arbour.
Plant all the stuff in pots before it keels over in another summer. Maybe do a little shopping  ;)

Haven't managed to even make a proper plan to figure out how all this is going fit into my rather modest plot.

In reality I only NEED to get the veg plot done and the fence, but would be nice to get the rest done over spring assuming the weather holds. Ambitious, moi?

[saddad]

Well we were going to be spreading manure all day... but it didn't arrive and I haven't been able to raise him on the 'phone. Hope everything is OK as he's normally very reliable..........  :-\

[rosebud]

 Well the greenhouse is done & dusted :P the seeds need sorting, fuschias need putting to bed they have almost finished flowering, begonias need to dry out.  Bulbs need to be finished  before bad weather sets in almost finished them, & so on & so on. ;D ;D ;D

[manicscousers]

painting all the beds and shed  ;D