After my summer raspberries have done their stuff, I'm going to finish the job I started in winter, digging them out of their overcrowded clump and replanting them in a line along the wall. And taking out the ones that are invading the lawn, I'll put those in pots to give away. And I'll probably plant two more blueberry bushes. My next big project is to plant a native hedgerow (hazel, hawthorn, holly etc) in front of the escallonia hedge that separates my property from my neighbours. I'd like to get rid of the escallonia, but they won't hear of it. So I'm cutting it back, and down, as much as I can without threatening our friendship, and hoping the new shrubs will out-compete it.
I don’t plant anything in the autumn, by then I’m absolutely knackered from working in the garden through the summer, I just use autumn to wind down and think about seeds for the spring. I will do some cuttings, and pot on anything like Lupins, Delphs, and other plants I’ve grown from seeds this year. Apart from that, nothing. 😊
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Everything I plant in fall usually dies over winter.. so I've given up on planting at that time of year. Bare root trees, potted trees, perennials, etc. have all kicked the bucket.
I know how you feel Tin Pot .... my "to do" list is also substantial!
This autumn I'm planting a new circular osier / bog garden. I've got most of the plants ..... some are bought ... some from seeds ... and some bits of cuttings from friends. The willows are chosen with our bees in mind. I need to set it all out and create a bark chip path round it all. It will be 12m diameter .... so a fair bit of digging to do! Who needs gym membership Bee x
Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
I'm trying autumn flowering wallflowers for the first time and in Oct hope to put in August flowering drumstick alliums, which I didn't know were a thing until yesterday. My wallflowers are my most successful bee flower this year so far - they have been covered in bumbles all day since March. I am going to try cutting back the flower spikes and it keep it going. Even though it's technically it's a biannual, mine have been going for four years and getting better each year. I'm trying to hold off buying another red climbing rose - I am having stern words with myself, but I don't think it's working. 😶
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I will do some cuttings, and pot on anything like Lupins, Delphs, and other plants I’ve grown from seeds this year.
Apart from that, nothing. 😊
This autumn I'm planting a new circular osier / bog garden.
I've got most of the plants ..... some are bought ... some from seeds ... and some bits of cuttings from friends.
The willows are chosen with our bees in mind.
I need to set it all out and create a bark chip path round it all. It will be 12m diameter .... so a fair bit of digging to do!
Who needs gym membership
Bee x
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime