Just cut down the last of my tomatoes. The black cherry and gardeners delight hung on until the end and were still green and growing, did seem a pitty. Short days and frosts would have had them soon, but now the greenhouse is full of half hardy tubs overwintering so not a wasted space. Just picked the last of the apples, but didn't have many as its only a young tree.
Planted some tulips and winter pansies in the big pots by the front door, with a few clumps of ophiopogon for extra interest (and because it had spread too much and needed digging up - waste not, want not )
Potted up some cuttings (salvias and fuchsias) and seedlings (a grass that I forget the name of and late-sown variegated honesty).
Swept up leaves and bagged up for leafmould.
Rearranged my outside shelves (mini-greenhouse without the cover) with plants in pots and trays of seeds that need stratification.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Been out most of the day but just wandered up the back garden path to put the vacuum contents in the compost bin (I've lost a favourite earring somewhere which might have got hoovered up). I was amazed and overjoyed to find lovely white buds emerging from hellebore nigers in my shade bed nearby - thought I'd lost them both due to the heat this year.
Not done a huge amount today as my back is playing up again, however with the aide of my OH we moved a couple of teasels on the wild flower bank, I planted an Honesty - not sure if it will cope through the winter, but I have plenty more Honesty seeds to sow in the Spring if necessary. Hooked out a bit of pond weed growing around the baskets - I don't want to do too much with the pond now as I realize there are various eggs and small pondcreatures overwintering in the pond.
@Guernsey Donkey2 sorry that your back is playing up. I have a bad back also, just have to take it easy but try to move around a bit. Hope that you feel better soon.
Lovely sunny day here today so did a bit of pottering. Pruned the long branches back on a couple of roses but some are still blooming so they'll have to wait. Climbed up on the sleeper bed and cut down a huge tangle of dead clematis "Polish Spirit". I know it's early but last year the storms bought it all down -a right mess so I thought I'd pre-empt that. Took photos of all the autumn colour. Picked off loads of leaves off the veg beds where the green manure is just germinating and dumped them on top of the asparagus bed as a mulch. Put the seed tray of Erigeron karv. in the greenhouse in the hope the seeds will germinate. Waiting for my bare root rose to arrive.
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Took photos of all the autumn colour. Picked off loads of leaves off the veg beds where the green manure is just germinating and dumped them on top of the asparagus bed as a mulch. Put the seed tray of Erigeron karv. in the greenhouse in the hope the seeds will germinate. Waiting for my bare root rose to arrive.