I think it's too early for a fire in a built up area, people are still out and about, windows open, washing out etc. It's better to resign yourself to it not happening until an evening in November onwards. November the 5th is the best evening of the year to have it!
I didn't get out till late afternoon and it was so warm I took my fleece off. Tidied away lots of rubbish - I do have a tendency to hoard lots of things that 'might' come in handy, most of which tend to get dumped in the greenhouse. Picked up all the plastic 'saucers' and put those away. Pruned back the awfully thorny berberis at the back of the garden, which is now 10ft high - again! Generally pottered about, enjoying myself.
I am lucky enough to live out in the sticks with only 2 neighbours, who are out most of the time at work, anywhere near me so I feel able to have a bonfire without disturbing them or anyone else, whenever I want. We are surrounded by fields so I didn't want to light it in in the evening because it was so big and needed watching rather than being left to its own devices. There should be a good pile of fire ash to spread back on my garden when it has cooled down. Practically nothing leaves my garden via recycling or the council tip. All garden rubbish is composted or burned. Again, I am lucky enough to have a decent sized garden, some of the new estate's houses have pocket handkerchief patches of grass for a garden, hardly big enough to swing a cat let alone have veg., and /or flower beds.. Both of my neighbours light bonfires whenever they feel like it, whether I have washing out or windows open.
Just dug up some Stipa Pony Tails grasses from a border, 2 for a large urn, 1 for another pot, to replace the ones that died while I was away in the summer. My daughter was home, but didn't think they needed watering during the heatwave!!!! Blinking kids.
I wouldn't mind but she's 36!!
And they weren't the only plants that died, both outdoors and indoors 😡
Did some watering in the greenhouse. Picked a marrow, some tomatoes, and the only two, half matured, sweetcorn cobs. Am having them for lunch today. Cleaned out three areas where dead weeds had been stacked on their way to the bonfire. Emptied a container of mini potatoes, left from last year, and repotted 3 succulents, Queen of the Night cactus, into the container as an experiment. Am going to put a small, tripod, obelisk in with them to train them vertically instead of them spread-eagling everywhere. They have such ungainly growth and grow so large it is a job to know where to keep them.
I went to collect the recycling bins in and noticed our wisteria was trying to climb into the nearby birch tree. Got the long handled pruner out of the shed and cut the wisteria shoot and pulled....and pulled...and pulled. Seven feet later, it finally let go! Will have to watch that, the birch is 50 ft high and won't cope with a heavy wisteria all over it.
Watered the peppers in one green house. Watered the orchids. Tidied the perennial sweet peas,weeded the shingle paths round the raised veg beds, collected the leaves from under the cherry tree. Hubby cut the grass,swept the patio,(stripped the bed,did the washing as rain forecast tomorrow) planted cyclamen on the semi shaded left.
Found some Clerodendrum bungei in a small nursery. Sounds like fine with shade and clay soil so going to give them a roll and try and keep them in check.
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Practically nothing leaves my garden via recycling or the council tip. All garden rubbish is composted or burned. Again, I am lucky enough to have a decent sized garden, some of the new estate's houses have pocket handkerchief patches of grass for a garden, hardly big enough to swing a cat let alone have veg., and /or flower beds..
Both of my neighbours light bonfires whenever they feel like it, whether I have washing out or windows open.
I wouldn't mind but she's 36!!
And they weren't the only plants that died, both outdoors and indoors 😡