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Yesterday I spent 3 hours tackling one huge winter jasmine at my parents old bungalow. My father was concerned about it. Despite keeping it trimmed for them the thing has grown out of hand. My mother planted a cutting (as she often does with anything green she likes the look of ::)) and it plastered the front porch almost concealing the front door and side window completely.

As the thing has begun to grow up and behind the guttering and fascia it needed a solid haircut. I filled my cycle trailer (a 100kg load job) and three large compost bags. Today I was supposed to be shredding the lot but it'll wilt and be easier to cope with tomorrow.  ;)

I am pretty sure the jasmine will be back with a vengence.  ;D

Politician's answer - Well yesterday I picked all the dry and semi dry beans off the plants.  Today the memsahib and I got stuck in and she removed the plants and I stacked the canes ready to bundle them up and dump them on the shed roof. 

I cut back all the strawberry plants and transplanted a few large runners that had self rooted, well, they have two choices.  My wonderful weeder got to grips with the salad bed. Now She's gorn orf to chat to 'er mate and I'm going to try and find out what to do with white,red and blackcurrants over the winter.

Best of all we got it all done in the dry and now the rain is peeing down. 

Cheers,    Tony.

Cheers,    Tony.

A few days ago I checked the maturing pods of my purple mangetout thinking I could soon harvest them for seed for next year. Today I looked and they had all gone. My wife picking dwarf French beans alongside in the bed discovered a neat little pile of empty purple pods in the midst.
So that is why I pulled up all my red flecked borlotti beans whether they were dried off or not to take back home to safety. It gave me room to dig over the spot and lift the horsetail and get the ground ready for garlic planting.

Dried seeds packed and put on the seedboard to help raise funds for our local horty society. Gaps are for seeds not quite dry enough yet, or pictures I have to put above some of them.

Ninny

Quote from: Ninnyscrops. on October 06, 2012, 00:22:04


Dried seeds packed and put on the seedboard to help raise funds for our local horty society. Gaps are for seeds not quite dry enough yet, or pictures I have to put above some of them.

Ninny

What a great display, Ninny. A nice way to raise money.
I mainly studied my garden's weed collection today, waiting for cooler weather and death of the mosquitoes to pull them.

What a lovely idea Ninny and the results of your hard work look fantastic 

Very impressed Ninny, looks amazing.

Just come back from the lottie with beetroots, mixed spicy leaves, carrots, a small cabbage, last two sweetcorn and a single spring onion.   

I decided it was time to clean out the wee plastic type greenhouse took all afternoon ,found two very fat slugs with orange frill around them they were like stuffed golf balls so I sent them flying :happy7:but its all done and I was very happy with it 

Ninny that's hugely posh!!

When I first looked at the photo (without reading) I thought you had organised your seeds by sowing month as there were 12 columns. 

Now I've put my specs on and read = "Well done you. What a great idea"

Dashed down to the plot to harvest my squash in case we get frost tonight. Just hope they will ripen in the kitchen!

tackled one of the bramble bushes and had to use my first aid tin!

Plunged 68 pots of show daffodils. Hvae no garden to grow them in now so have to hope the flowers are left for me to cut.

Pondered how to get rid of English Ivy that covers a rock wall and everything nearby.

Whilst cutting up stuff for the compost heap I managed to slice my palm with my secateurs.There was blood everywhere.

Looks super, Ninnyscrops.


Ouch Poolcue!  Hope it heals fast - did you need stitches?

Here too, general bit of tidying and secateuring for the compost daleks.  Also finding a few last beans for supper.  Spread a few sheets of fleece too, as nights are getting just slightly frosty here.  Tidied up a few bean supports and removed frosted bean plants.  First frost always shows where the colder and warmer spots in the garden are - doesn't get frosted evenly.  Took the last few pears off the tree too.   

I sat in the garden shelling borlotti beans that have been drying. I now have 1lb 12 oz of pretty mottled beans. There are more pods still drying too so the final count will be bigger.

greens pickin' with grandchild.

Cut and washed all my pumpkins and popped them in the greenhouse for the night and planted out four bulbs worth of early purple wight garlic cloves into ridges 9 inches apart with cut phacelia as a mulch between them. I have two more bags of garlic to plant out when the ground has been cleared a bit more - not a big job.

Finally put the rest of my Winter Onions in after being rained off Saturday
Dug up spuds ( yes I know I am late ) The last of the Kestrel, Sante, Cara, Desire and a Cypriot type.