There's Always Tomorrow!!
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Sunday, November 16, 2014
Another Overcast Week
With just 2 visits to my plots this week again, today and last Monday. Only a little tidying up needed doing and a few weeds required pulling and disposing of, onto the compost heap, so things are moving slowly. I may get around to the 2 main tasks I have left over this year, some time next week, those of repairing my poly tunnel vents and replacing several water butt taps which have worked loose. The plots are mainly damp and looking very Autumnal, although the soil is still workable, (using walking boards), any remaining preparation can now wait until early Spring next year, as I am taking a few well earned breaks from most gardening tasks until then.
In one of my earlier posts I remarked that I thought this coming Winter would bring some extremely bad weather. When I visited my plots last Monday I found beds 3 and 4 already had approximately 6 inches of standing rainwater across their lowest ends. Despite some heavy overnight rain and daytime showery rain this week, the water had drained away by the time I visited the plots today. Hopefully the clearing of the drainage ditch I carried out earlier this year has paid off, as there was no sign of further underground water running into the ditch from the plots, as there was on Monday. Anyone who watched the Andrew Marr show this morning, on the B.B.C. (Bulls******s Baffling the Country) may have heard him comment about the wettest Winter on record, to come, this Winter.
Having harvested a couple of excellent sized cabbages and some spring onions earlier today the rest of the crops growing around the plots need little attention at this time of the year. My parsnips growing in one of my raised beds were weeded out for the first time this season, mainly due to a wasps nest close by them. Having been left to their own devices since being sown, I forked over and weeded the damp and compacted soil around the plants, uncovering the shoulders of the roots to discover some excellent sized specimens. Just some frost needed now to add a little flavour to them, or so the experts say??
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| Broad beans (Aquadulche) Mid Nov 2014 |
Having harvested a couple of excellent sized cabbages and some spring onions earlier today the rest of the crops growing around the plots need little attention at this time of the year. My parsnips growing in one of my raised beds were weeded out for the first time this season, mainly due to a wasps nest close by them. Having been left to their own devices since being sown, I forked over and weeded the damp and compacted soil around the plants, uncovering the shoulders of the roots to discover some excellent sized specimens. Just some frost needed now to add a little flavour to them, or so the experts say??
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| Parsnips (Hollow Crown) Mid Nov 2014 |
There's Always Tomorrow!!!
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Motivation
With outdoor temperatures dropping somewhat this week compared to ones of 20 degrees C last week, I've only made a couple of visits to my plots on last Monday and Tuesday. Both days were pleasant enough with some weak sunshine during the late mornings to mid-afternoons. This allowed me to rid a couple of areas of N1 Plot of annual weeds and fallen leaves which were added to my compost heaps. Tuesday was spent harvesting my remaining marrows and squashes from No1 bed On N1 Plot, before any expected frosts take hold. The squash and marrow plants, along with some sparse weeds also being consigned to the compost heaps.
No1 bed was then partially forked over, adjacent to my fruit cage, and then the heaps of nitrogen rich mud I had recently cleared from the drainage ditch, situated at the southern end of my plots, was broken down and spread across the bed, in lieu of animal manure. Later in the afternoon the remnants of my tomato and cucumber plants were removed from my poly tunnel and after adding some compost to the poly tunnel borders the compost was then forked into them. With the grass paths and other grass areas of my plots having been mowed a fortnight ago, it just left some tidying of the edging around various planting beds to do.
By about 3-30 p.m. and sunlight fading it was time to call it a day. The rest of this week has seen colder temperatures with some rain and breezy weather conditions, so I have stayed indoors doing some decorating and D.I.Y. tasks.
There's Always Tomorrow!!!
.JPG "Weeds in Shell") |
| Some Weeds Will Grow Almost Anywhere (Oct 2014) |
By about 3-30 p.m. and sunlight fading it was time to call it a day. The rest of this week has seen colder temperatures with some rain and breezy weather conditions, so I have stayed indoors doing some decorating and D.I.Y. tasks.
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| Still Growing End of October 2014 |
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| Strawberries Still Growing (End of Oct 2014) |
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| My Asparagus Can't Figure Out the Seasons Either (End Oct 2014) |
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| Winter Onions & Lettuce N2 Plot (End of Oct 2014) |
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| 4th Flush of Rhubarb (End of Oct 2014) |
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| Some More Runner Beans Left to Seed (End Oct 2014) |
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| Pampas Grass Split from Another Gardening Job (Oct 2014) |
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| Gooseberry & Extra Strawberry Bed N1 Plot Weeded (Oct 2014) |
There's Always Tomorrow!!!
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Rooko's November Top 10 Tips & Tryouts
1. With the warm sunny weather still continuing in most of U.K. there is still time to plant /sow the following: Lambs lettuce, chard, chicory, lettuce, oriental greens, winter hardy spring onions, spring cabbage, asparagus crowns, bedding plants and from seeds, overwintering peas and beans. Keep fleece or cloches handy in case of unexpected frosty weather appearing.
2. If your house plants start to shed leaves as Winter approaches, try moving them near to a window or warmer position which benefits from some direct sunlight.
3. When potting up bulbs for Spring flowering use a cheap compost in their pots to save money. Add feed later as the bulbs start to flower.
4. Remove any rotting fruit and vegetation from your plot/garden, keep lawns as free as possible from fallen leaves to help stop the spread of diseases. If the weather is mild then grass is likely to keep growing, so mowing it will also make the job of removing leaves easier utilizing the mower to do so.
5. Make regular checks of your stored vegetables, ensuring any diseased ones are disposed of.
6. Adding grease bands to the trunks of fruit trees this month should stop winter moth damage.
7. November is a good month to check, maintain and repair, gardening tools, machinery, greenhouse heaters, cloches, water butts, downpipes as well as checking outbuildings for rainwater leaks.
8. Windy weather probably accounts for more damage to allotments, gardens, trees and plants than most other weather conditions. Ensure tree and plant stakes are well secured. Other outdoor items and structures such as sheds, greenhouses, fencing, planters and pots may all need to be secured or taken indoors if high winds are forecast.
9. Any rotted down compost that you have available can be spread around borders or next seasons veggie planting areas to enable it to work into the soil over the Winter.
10. November is possibly the best month to plant out Tulip bulbs.
2. If your house plants start to shed leaves as Winter approaches, try moving them near to a window or warmer position which benefits from some direct sunlight.
3. When potting up bulbs for Spring flowering use a cheap compost in their pots to save money. Add feed later as the bulbs start to flower.
4. Remove any rotting fruit and vegetation from your plot/garden, keep lawns as free as possible from fallen leaves to help stop the spread of diseases. If the weather is mild then grass is likely to keep growing, so mowing it will also make the job of removing leaves easier utilizing the mower to do so.
5. Make regular checks of your stored vegetables, ensuring any diseased ones are disposed of.
6. Adding grease bands to the trunks of fruit trees this month should stop winter moth damage.
7. November is a good month to check, maintain and repair, gardening tools, machinery, greenhouse heaters, cloches, water butts, downpipes as well as checking outbuildings for rainwater leaks.
8. Windy weather probably accounts for more damage to allotments, gardens, trees and plants than most other weather conditions. Ensure tree and plant stakes are well secured. Other outdoor items and structures such as sheds, greenhouses, fencing, planters and pots may all need to be secured or taken indoors if high winds are forecast.
9. Any rotted down compost that you have available can be spread around borders or next seasons veggie planting areas to enable it to work into the soil over the Winter.
10. November is possibly the best month to plant out Tulip bulbs.
Friday, October 17, 2014
Been & Gone
With a general lack of my blog posts for a while now, I thought it may be a good time to re-cap on the past 12 months down my plots. I've been busy doing D.I.Y. tasks at home for several days now, mainly due to the murky, damp and rainy weather and lack of major gardening tasks at this time of the year. Pumpkins and squashes are still growing and developing in No 1 bed on N1 Plot and I have plenty of well developed brassicas and lettuce growing to last me for a few months yet. Leeks are currently of a good size growing on N2 Plot. With late sown carrots doing well, along with over wintering onions, Winter hardy spring onions and lambs lettuce producing a good crop and even a few strawberries in evidence, the next round of sowing and planting will be for next season. I ventured down to my plots this afternoon, not expecting to achieve much, after torrential rain for most of last night. Although the soil was quite sticky, I managed to fork over the final patch of ground on No 4 bed on N2 Plot, surprisingly the soil crumbled down nicely as I forked it over. After the bed had been forked I completed the broadcasting of mustard seeds across this bed. All in all a pleasant warm afternoon, quite different to the moment, with rain lashing down and a massive thunder storm in progress, well it is Autumn after all.
THE PAST 12 MONTHS DOWN THE PLOT UPDATE (well most of it anyway)
October 2013
14th - Bed 3 N1 weeded and composted.
14th - Bed 3 N1 weeded and composted.
16th - Poly tunnel, ground prepped and mixed lettuce sown.
17th - N1 Plot No2 bed prepped and onion sets sown/planted.
18th - Summer raspberry plants being removed from N1 Plot.
19th - ----------------------"-------------------------------- Rubbish taken to re-cycling centre.
20th - Raining
21st - After overnight rain worked in shed, rotavator repairs.
24th - Shed roof repair N1 Plot. Shelling runner beans, Removing more raspberry canes.
25th - Rotavator repairs. (heavy overnight rain with standing water on bed 2 N2.
26th - Rhubarb manured along with bed 2 N2.
27th - Potting up blackcurrants.
28th - L-shaped bed N1 Plot weeded after heavy overnight rain.
29th - Removing raspberry plants from N1 Plot. (rain and hail).
30th - Last of raspberry plants lifted N1. Final pumpkins harvested.
November 2013
2nd - Weeding and clearing leaves on drainage ditch bank.
3rd - Rain.
4th - Rain.
5th - Cleaning canes and tools.
6th - 7th - 8th - 9th - Rain.
10th - Runner beans and canes removed N1 Plot.
11th - Rain.
12th - Tidied plots, 2nd batch of onion sets sown/planted, shelling beans.
13th - Topping up raised beds with soil.
15th - Installing water barrels, cleaning canes.
16th - Broad beans sown.
17th to 28th Rained.
30th - Digging L-shaped bed N1 Plot.
December 2013
3rd - Digging L-shaped bed N1 Plot.
5th - L-shaped bed finished, clearing fallen leaves.
Rain
18th - Checked plots for flooding.
Rain
27th - Checked plots for flooding.
28th - Tidied plots checked for damage.
Rain
January 2014
1st - Rain
2nd - Checked plots, composted this years brassica bed.
Rain
February 2014
7th - Checked plots for flooding.
Rain
15th - Checked plots for flooding.
19th - After 2 dry sunny days, dug runner bean trenches and turned compost heaps.
Rain
22nd - Worked in poly tunnel, runner beans potted up.
Rain
March 2014
1st - Potting up.
2nd - Potting up.
Rain
5th - 6th - 7th - 8th Digging roots bed N1 Plot.
10th - Thinned onions/leeks N1 Plot.
11th - Some poly tunnel repairs.
12th - Main bed N2 Plot weed clearing.
13th - Main bed N2 Plot weed clearing.
14th - Weeding N1 Plot.
15th - Strimming grass, rotavating, weeding, potting.
16th - Rotavating, sowing peas.
17th - Forking over top bed N1 Plot.
18th - Potting, lettuce and tomatoes sown.
19th - Potting, sowing.
20th - Forking over top bed N1 Plot.
21st - ------------"------------------
22nd - -----------"------------------
23rd - -----------"------------------
24th - ------------"-----------------
25th - Top bed N1 Plot finished.
26th - Digging small beds N2 Plot.
27th - -----------"----------------
28th - Working on raised beds, potting brassicas.
29th - Digging small beds N2 Plot.
31st - Removing grass paths N2 Plot.
April 2014
1st - Weeding raspberry bed N2 Plot. Removing grass paths N2.
2nd - Removing grass paths N2. Tidying another plot ready for renting out to new tennant.
3rd - Sowing peas a.m. rain p.m.
4th - Sowing peas, leeks lifted, roots bed prepped.
5th - Top 2 beds N1 Plot & L-shaped bed prepped.
6th - Strawberry bed weeded and hoed.
7th - Carrots & lettuce sown.
8th - Bed 3 N1 Plot digging.
9th - Bed 3 finished.
10th - Weeded potato bed N2 Plot & extended its length by 4 feet by removing turf from parking area.
11th - Digging potato bed N2.
12th - ----------"------------
13th - ----------"------------ beetroot sown.
14th - Peas, runner beans, cucumbers & marrows sown.
15th - Digging potato bed N2.
16th - Finished potato bed digging.
17th - Strimming grass, rotavated potato bed.
18th - Potato planting.
22nd - Turned 4th bed N1 Plot.
23rd - Potting (rain)
24th - Grass mowing, Asparagus weeded, spare potato tubers planted N1 Plot.
25th - Seed sowing, potting.
26th - General weeding.
27th - More peas sown, shed tidied.
28th - Potting, weeding/hoeing poly tunnel.
29th - Potting.
30th - Seed sowing, thinned onions. (first birds ground feeding).
May 2014
1st - Seed sowing. Installing a salvaged water tank.
2nd - Runner bean canes installed. Lettuce, leeks sown.
6th - Watering, weeding, seed sowing.
7th - Digging L-shaped bed, cabbage & parsnips sown. Rotavator obtained from re-cycling centre.
8th - Watering, installed more water butts.
9th - Rotavating, runner beans planted, marrows planted.
10th - Potting beans, edging beds, water butts maintenance.
11th - Peas filled in, more runner beans planted, more potato planting, earthing up potatoes.
12th - Leeks sown, sweetcorn sown.
13th - Watering, evening.
14th - Wigwams erected N2, lettuce sown.
15th - Squashes planted, poly tunnel weeded.
16th - Strawberry bed weeded.
24th - Squashes sown, courgettes sown.
25th - Old leeks removed, weeding.
26th - Marrows planted, weeding/digging small beds N2.
27th - Weeding/digging small beds N2 Plot.
29th - Weeding roots bed N1, thinned beetroots, earthed up carrots.
30th - Weeding & hoing various beds.
June 2014
1st - Potting, sowing peas, weeding.
3rd - Sowing cucumber seeds into pots.
4th - Poly tunnel work. Digging 2 bed N2 removing creeping thistle roots.
5th - Removing creeping thistle roots N2.
6th - Pak-choi sown, removing creeping thistle roots N2.
7th - Digging, weeding fruit bed area N1.
8th - Potting fruit bushes.
10th - Clearing drainage ditch bank, edging beds N2 Plot.
11th - Clearing weeds under fruit bushes, edging N2.
12th - Hoed L-shaped bed, french beans planted N2.
16th - Roots bed N1 hoed, rotavator maintenance, tomatoes pinched out, watering (evening).
17th - Squash & Cucumbers planted out, more runner bean plants added.
18th - Removed 1 grass path from N1 Plot, watering, filled main water tank again with drainage ditch water.
19th - Brassica bed hoed, cabbage seed sown.
20th - Removed another grass path N2 Plot, rubbish to re-cycling centre, cleaned rotavator.
21st - Watering, more cucumbers sown, re-filled water butts with drainage ditch water.
22nd - Filling water tanks and butts with drainage ditch water.
23rd - Obtained some re-cycled fence post (for fruit cage), removed another grass path N2.
24th - Sowed carrots into raised bed, re-filled main water tank.
25th - Lifted Japanese onions, watering. Everything is very dry, peas struggling to grow.
27th - Weeding & spuddling.
28th - Started erecting the fruit cage N1 Plot. Prepping new strawberry bed. Some rain.
29th - Prepping and marking out the new strawberry bed and fruit cage measurements.
30th- Building fruit cage.
July 2014
1st - Building fruit cage, watering (evenings)
2nd - -------"---------
3rd - -------"---------
4th - -------"---------
5th - -------"---------, harvesting various, transplanting leeks.
6th - Thinning & weeding.
7th - Building fruit cage, lifting strawberry plants ready for moving into fruit cage, harvesting.
8th - --------"---------, harvesting. (light rain).
9th - --------"---------.
10th - Fruit cage finished.
11th - Removed grass path N1 Plot, harvesting, re-filled main water tank.
12th - Major harvesting session.
13th - General tidy up of plots.
14th - Hoeing N2.
15th - Removing wooden edging N2.
16th - Removing grass paths & turf N1.
17th - Lifted carrots, harvesting, removing grass path N1, prepping soil inside fruit cage.
18th - Applying preserver to fruit cage woodwork.
19th - Harvesting, laying ground cover inside fruit cage.
20th - Moving alpine strawberry plants into fruit cage.
21st - Cabbage plants thinned out, watering (evening).
22nd - More strawberry plants moved into fruit cage.
23rd -Thinned out more cabbage plants, more lettuce sown.
24th - First potatoes lifted, more strawberry plants moved into fruit cage, watering.
29th - Watering.
30th - Digging N2 Plot, harvesting.
31st - Finished digging N2, pea plants removed, harvesting.
August 2014
1st - Rubbish removal to re-cycling centre, sheds cleaned up, (overnight rain).
2nd - Rotavating N2, more potatoes lifted.
3rd - Marrows, courgettes, squashes harvested.
4th - Asparagus bed weeded and hoed, lifted more potatoes.
5th - More waste taken to re-cycling centre, working in poly tunnel, (some rain).
6th - Weeding and digging top area of N2, welsh onions split and re-planted.
7th - Leek growing area weeded, removed more wooden edging N2, digging over lower end of N2.
8th - Harvesting, lifting more potatoes.
10th - Lifting potatoes, (some rain).
11th - Lifting potatoes.
12th - Re- prepping and digging main potato bed N2 Plot.
13th - Finished prepping potato bed N2, old strawberry bed digging.
14th - Gooseberry bush pruning.
15th to 19th - Digging N2 bed.
20th - N2 bed finished digging, harvesting.
21st - Removing more wooden edging N2 Plot, lifting and moving corms, digging strawberry bed.
22nd - Corms re-planted, removing couch grass N2 Plot.
23rd - Removing grass path and wooden edging N1 Plot.
24th - Finishing off preserver on fruit cage.
26th - Re-designing edging @ top of N1 Plot by the allotment road, lifting potatoes.
27th - -------------------"------------------, harvesting.
28th - Lifted carrots, edging beds.
29th - Edging.
30th - Edging, rotavator maintenance.
31st - Edging finished, grass mowing.
September 2014
1st - Re-designing edging @ top of N1 Plot.
2nd - Covered potato bed N2, Brassica bed weeded, rotavating.
3rd - Harvesting, old strawberry bed rotavated.
4th - More potatoes lifted, digging L-shaped bed N1, removing brambles from drainage ditch bank.
5th - Weeding, hoeing, painting garden furniture.
6th - Shed painting, carrots sown N2.
7th - Rubbish to re-cycling centre, sowed lettuce & spring onions.
8th - Onion sets planted, daffs & tulip bulbs planted, shed tidied.
9th - Weeding, sweetcorn plants removed, 1 red currant bush removed from fruit cage.
10th - Weeding, lifting potatoes.
11th - More tulip bulbs planted, (lettuce showing within 5 days).
12th - Weeding, concrete blocks positioned inside fruit cage as edging along the ground covers.
13th - More daff bulbs planted, edging beds.
15th - Weeding, turning 2 bed N2.
16th - Shed painting.
18th - Edging, watering.
19th - Edging.
20th to 28th Clearing out the drainage ditch and its banks, mud from ditch spread on 1 bed N1 Plot.
29th - Weeding & watering.
30th - Edging beds, broad beans & onion seed sown.
October 2014
3rd - Top part of N2 (now bed 4) being forked over.
4th - ----------------------"------------------------, sown with mustard.
12th - Compost heaps turned, usable compost removed for spreading on various beds.
16th - Remainder of bed 4 N2 forked over and mustard sown.
There's Always Tomorrow!!
1st - Building fruit cage, watering (evenings)
2nd - -------"---------
3rd - -------"---------
4th - -------"---------
5th - -------"---------, harvesting various, transplanting leeks.
6th - Thinning & weeding.
7th - Building fruit cage, lifting strawberry plants ready for moving into fruit cage, harvesting.
8th - --------"---------, harvesting. (light rain).
9th - --------"---------.
10th - Fruit cage finished.
11th - Removed grass path N1 Plot, harvesting, re-filled main water tank.
12th - Major harvesting session.
13th - General tidy up of plots.
14th - Hoeing N2.
15th - Removing wooden edging N2.
16th - Removing grass paths & turf N1.
17th - Lifted carrots, harvesting, removing grass path N1, prepping soil inside fruit cage.
18th - Applying preserver to fruit cage woodwork.
19th - Harvesting, laying ground cover inside fruit cage.
20th - Moving alpine strawberry plants into fruit cage.
21st - Cabbage plants thinned out, watering (evening).
22nd - More strawberry plants moved into fruit cage.
23rd -Thinned out more cabbage plants, more lettuce sown.
24th - First potatoes lifted, more strawberry plants moved into fruit cage, watering.
29th - Watering.
30th - Digging N2 Plot, harvesting.
31st - Finished digging N2, pea plants removed, harvesting.
August 2014
1st - Rubbish removal to re-cycling centre, sheds cleaned up, (overnight rain).
2nd - Rotavating N2, more potatoes lifted.
3rd - Marrows, courgettes, squashes harvested.
4th - Asparagus bed weeded and hoed, lifted more potatoes.
5th - More waste taken to re-cycling centre, working in poly tunnel, (some rain).
6th - Weeding and digging top area of N2, welsh onions split and re-planted.
7th - Leek growing area weeded, removed more wooden edging N2, digging over lower end of N2.
8th - Harvesting, lifting more potatoes.
10th - Lifting potatoes, (some rain).
11th - Lifting potatoes.
12th - Re- prepping and digging main potato bed N2 Plot.
13th - Finished prepping potato bed N2, old strawberry bed digging.
14th - Gooseberry bush pruning.
15th to 19th - Digging N2 bed.
20th - N2 bed finished digging, harvesting.
21st - Removing more wooden edging N2 Plot, lifting and moving corms, digging strawberry bed.
22nd - Corms re-planted, removing couch grass N2 Plot.
23rd - Removing grass path and wooden edging N1 Plot.
24th - Finishing off preserver on fruit cage.
26th - Re-designing edging @ top of N1 Plot by the allotment road, lifting potatoes.
27th - -------------------"------------------, harvesting.
28th - Lifted carrots, edging beds.
29th - Edging.
30th - Edging, rotavator maintenance.
31st - Edging finished, grass mowing.
September 2014
1st - Re-designing edging @ top of N1 Plot.
2nd - Covered potato bed N2, Brassica bed weeded, rotavating.
3rd - Harvesting, old strawberry bed rotavated.
4th - More potatoes lifted, digging L-shaped bed N1, removing brambles from drainage ditch bank.
5th - Weeding, hoeing, painting garden furniture.
6th - Shed painting, carrots sown N2.
7th - Rubbish to re-cycling centre, sowed lettuce & spring onions.
8th - Onion sets planted, daffs & tulip bulbs planted, shed tidied.
9th - Weeding, sweetcorn plants removed, 1 red currant bush removed from fruit cage.
10th - Weeding, lifting potatoes.
11th - More tulip bulbs planted, (lettuce showing within 5 days).
12th - Weeding, concrete blocks positioned inside fruit cage as edging along the ground covers.
13th - More daff bulbs planted, edging beds.
15th - Weeding, turning 2 bed N2.
16th - Shed painting.
18th - Edging, watering.
19th - Edging.
20th to 28th Clearing out the drainage ditch and its banks, mud from ditch spread on 1 bed N1 Plot.
29th - Weeding & watering.
30th - Edging beds, broad beans & onion seed sown.
October 2014
3rd - Top part of N2 (now bed 4) being forked over.
4th - ----------------------"------------------------, sown with mustard.
12th - Compost heaps turned, usable compost removed for spreading on various beds.
16th - Remainder of bed 4 N2 forked over and mustard sown.
There's Always Tomorrow!!
Monday, October 6, 2014
Autumn
With frequent mentions, in the media lately, of the driest September on record for the U.K. in general, it got me thinking of the weather in my area so far this year. If my memory serves me correctly, with approximately 3 and a half days of some patchy rain in Taunton, since the deluges and floods of last Winter, then that must be a record also. Although surrounding local areas here have had more rain and a few thunder storms since last Spring, in general they have bypassed Taunton. The recent t.v. weather forecasts have been correct and as predicted, last night saw the first heavy downpours of rain and high winds this Autumn. I liked the terminology in one forecast which mentioned persistent rain, rather than heavy or torrential. I was hoping to visit my plots this morning but the persistent overnight rain has put paid to that idea.
With only a handful of tasks to complete down the plots before Winter, such as some repairs to my poly tunnel and part of 1 growing bed plus the L-shaped bed on N1 Plot to prepare, things can be left until later this week. I expect that last nights high winds may have caused some damage, which will give me an indication of what needs battening down for the Winter. Another job I was hoping to do today, was to cover my late carrot plants and lettuces with cloches, but as the latest weather forecast mentioned air temperatures rising a little by the end of this week, there is no hurry to do that either. With 50% of the pruning done last week, to my fruit bushes, I expect the rest can be completed by the end of this week or before any frosts are forecast. Once the remaining marrows and squashes have been harvested, that just leaves any odd jobs and keeping the plots tidy for the rest of the year to do. This season seems to have flown by but has been more leisurely than past seasons and the plots are now in the condition and layout that I want for the foreseeable future.
Just thought I would add a couple of photographs I missed in earlier posts. Its persisting down again outside, so its time for a cuppa.
There's Always Tomorrow!!
With only a handful of tasks to complete down the plots before Winter, such as some repairs to my poly tunnel and part of 1 growing bed plus the L-shaped bed on N1 Plot to prepare, things can be left until later this week. I expect that last nights high winds may have caused some damage, which will give me an indication of what needs battening down for the Winter. Another job I was hoping to do today, was to cover my late carrot plants and lettuces with cloches, but as the latest weather forecast mentioned air temperatures rising a little by the end of this week, there is no hurry to do that either. With 50% of the pruning done last week, to my fruit bushes, I expect the rest can be completed by the end of this week or before any frosts are forecast. Once the remaining marrows and squashes have been harvested, that just leaves any odd jobs and keeping the plots tidy for the rest of the year to do. This season seems to have flown by but has been more leisurely than past seasons and the plots are now in the condition and layout that I want for the foreseeable future.
Just thought I would add a couple of photographs I missed in earlier posts. Its persisting down again outside, so its time for a cuppa.
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| 1st 2 Strawberries of Any Appreciable Size on One of My Strawberry Trees N2 Plot |
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| Strawberry Plants Moved & Re-planted Into Fruit Cage Earlier This Year |
There's Always Tomorrow!!
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