We have had several days of heavy showers which is wonderful as the rain is soaking into the soil rather than running off. Very close and humid. I pulled one of my Mooli radishes, picked some mixed salad leaves and a mini cucumber from my late sowings. Everything has romped away. Found a sizeable marrow during my furtling, deleaved further the tomato plants, more are beginning to colour. Lots of cucumbers now developing, also the French Dwarf beans and climbing Dwarf Beans have grown very quickly, already winding their way up their canes and flowers as well. They were sown 3 weeks ago, never tried late sowing before. Now that evrything has been damped down I can begin to think about having a bonfire.
@purplerallim , I’m sure lack of rain and high temperatures have effected them
Also o/h went to allotment today as we thought the Sweet corn was ready to pick , it was but when we opened them , the Kernels had started to dry up , all in the bin , at least we got them before the rats 🐀
We have had quite a few showers , some heavy and some of the stressed plants are looking a lot better Started putting some grass seed on lawns where it’s not recovered
With the rain we have just has @GWRS our lawns have started greening up. Alot of flowers have finished early, so plenty of deadheading and pulling up to do.
I have planted some small shrubby salvias (and also in the front garden). I'm not sure if they will survive the winter, but they are flowering and the bees are enjoying them. Also planted a Galega "Lady Wilson", and moved a sedum and hardy geranium.
My OH has cut and painted the new edging, once it's dry it will be bashed into the ground and "pegs" fitted to hold it in place. When that's done l can dig in/mulch with horse manure compost and get some more things in the ground. It does look a bit drastic, especially at the far end by the chimney pot where quite a lot is being returned to lawn, but l tell myself it makes sense , especially after the Summer we've just had - and l still have 2 other beds that staying as they are for now !
I finally managed to finish clearing the top of the wall I have had to barricade to stop my dog from climbing over to chase my neighbour's chickens. OMG! No one mentioned what hard work it would be to dig up Crocosmia Lucifer, no more workouts are needed for me this week! I was really surprised at the size of the corms, almost 3 inches across, a lot of them. A solid mat which was really hard work to lift and break up. I have to sort them out, replant some and find homes, hopefully, for the rest. There must be between 4-5lbs of them, far too many for my needs. The next step is to repot the plants I have stood on the cobbles along the top of the wall, into matching pots, another workout I suspect.
Yesterday with the ground still damp I was finally able to plant out biennials I'd sowed earlier this year. Planted out about 100 forget-me-nots and 20 foxgloves. And planted the first small batch of spring bulbs - about 20 alliums and 20 erithroniums.
Today I planted out two ceanothus standards I've had in pots for 2 years. Moved a couple of plants (an eryngium and a campanula) that have been crowded out this year. Gave my pond a clean out, clearing away fallen leaves, removing duckweed and thinning out overgrown pond plants. And I cleared away a lot of the dead leaves from my borders, which had dropped from trees during the dry weather.
We had to scrape all the roof/gutter debris that washed down onto the drive yesterday, quite boring and hard work. Would much rather have been weeding!
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I pulled one of my Mooli radishes, picked some mixed salad leaves and a mini cucumber from my late sowings. Everything has romped away. Found a sizeable marrow during my furtling, deleaved further the tomato plants, more are beginning to colour. Lots of cucumbers now developing, also the French Dwarf beans and climbing Dwarf Beans have grown very quickly, already winding their way up their canes and flowers as well. They were sown 3 weeks ago, never tried late sowing before.
Now that evrything has been damped down I can begin to think about having a bonfire.
Also o/h went to allotment today as we thought the Sweet corn was ready to pick , it was but when we opened them , the Kernels had started to dry up , all in the bin , at least we got them before the rats 🐀
Started putting some grass seed on lawns where it’s not recovered
I have planted some small shrubby salvias (and also in the front garden). I'm not sure if they will survive the winter, but they are flowering and the bees are enjoying them.
Also planted a Galega "Lady Wilson", and moved a sedum and hardy geranium.
My OH has cut and painted the new edging, once it's dry it will be bashed into the ground and "pegs" fitted to hold it in place.
When that's done l can dig in/mulch with horse manure compost and get some more things in the ground. It does look a bit drastic, especially at the far end by the chimney pot where quite a lot is being returned to lawn, but l tell myself it makes sense , especially after the Summer we've just had - and l still have 2 other beds that staying as they are for now !
OMG! No one mentioned what hard work it would be to dig up Crocosmia Lucifer, no more workouts are needed for me this week! I was really surprised at the size of the corms, almost 3 inches across, a lot of them. A solid mat which was really hard work to lift and break up.
I have to sort them out, replant some and find homes, hopefully, for the rest. There must be between 4-5lbs of them, far too many for my needs.
The next step is to repot the plants I have stood on the cobbles along the top of the wall, into matching pots, another workout I suspect.
Today I planted out two ceanothus standards I've had in pots for 2 years. Moved a couple of plants (an eryngium and a campanula) that have been crowded out this year. Gave my pond a clean out, clearing away fallen leaves, removing duckweed and thinning out overgrown pond plants. And I cleared away a lot of the dead leaves from my borders, which had dropped from trees during the dry weather.
Morning at allotment
quite boring and hard work. Would much rather have been weeding!