Hello , it is this Saturday we sail from Southampton down the Siene to Rouen and we have booked a trip to Monnets garden , rather looking forward to it
Allotment going well , spent Sunday there , lots of little jobs done including a flag , 50p , up an old clothes prop see photo
enjoy the fair , weather should be good
Alternative composting & new brews sound interesting ?
Glad the netting worked , hope Bengal has forgiven you !
Yesterday I finally transplanted my leeks, late I know, but better late than never.
I also sowed some old carrot seed and the remainder of the radishes.
I was inspired by the dates suggest by BF “25/26/27th August - Moon in Taurus - Root Days”
Today looking at the Planets Today website, I was surprised to see that the moon is now in Gemini, have I misunderstood how this works?
We also have blight on our outside tomatoes, has anybody ever tried picking them all now and ripening them on windowsills?
Finally when skimming some detritus from the pond I noticed that there wasn’t any swallows around. They had been gathering on the overhead wires for a couple of days, but have now gone, does this mean summer is over?
SS , have been lucky so far never had blight on tomatoes , however , picking off green toms , can't see why they wouldn't ripen , if not green tomatoe chutney !
Hi everyone - 37 Degrees at Garden Fair last w/e so really hot in Monet's Garden?? Bought myself 2 Mango Punch Coreopsis - Fabulous rusty gold colour plus masses of buds - Bang went the profits from the Fair!! Conferences interesting but not much info to pass on that we all don't know already.
Hope you are having/had a super trip GWRS. SS - Moon in Gemini/Libra or Aquarius on Flower Days (Constellations of the Air Signs) and in Taurus/Virgo and Capricorn on Root Days (Constellations of the Earth Signs) - I picked some blighted tomatoes but they have continued to develop horrible grey/brown patches. - Think I will pick balance of green ones and make Jam with Cinnamon/Basil and Vanilla - Very successful last year mixed with a few red ones for colour - Makes a great addition to Soda Bread dough before baking.
Anyway - Here we are on the edge of September and thank goodness calmer automnal days predicted apart from around the Equinox (22nd September) when high winds and fresher air are expected in the Bio Weather Charts. From 7-16th expect hot days dipping to comfortable warmth from 25th. Wet and windy weather from 22nd should keep humidity at bay, but expect some cooler misty evenings and foggy mornings from 16th.The 1st September sees an Eclipse of the Sun so no gardening on this day, and the 16th an Eclipse of the Moon also means perturbations so avoid gardening that day too. Times recommended for Fruit Harvest are best when Moon in Aries or Sagittarius. Sow Green Manures when the Moon is in Leo or Sagittarius for a better swathe.
Here is the Lunar Calender 1st - 16th September
1st/2nd September - (1st Eclipse of the Sun so gardening to be avoided) Fruit Days - With pickings of peaches and apricots finished (My Peche de Vigne ripens end September so I don't touch it) Prune these trees.
3/4/5th September - Moon descending in Virgo so Root Days - Harvest Beetroot/Turnips/Radishes/Carrots and Celeriac if you want to eat them at their best and not store them at the moment. Lift the last potatoes and onions and keep them in a dry dark place.
6/7th September - Flower Days - Do not garden on 6th September until after 2.40pm as Moon at furthest point in cylcle from Earth so weaker forces on plantings. Plant all acid loving shrubs , divide or plant new Lily of the Valley in a shady place covering the roots lightly.
8/9th September - Leaf Days Moon in Scorpio - Plant pot grown evergreens and conifers. Prick out cabbages sown 20/23rd August - Blanch celery.
10/11/12th September - Moon rising from 11.03pm on 10th in Sagittarius so Fruit Days (and Seeds) - Harvest beans and pod them for dried pulses. Cut remaining Vine tomatoes including some leaves and leave them on racks in sunshine to ripen off. This can also be done with unripe Grapes. Take seed from favourite ripe tomatoes for storage until sowing next year.
13/14th September - Moon in Capricorn so Root Days - Continue sowing radishes for last crops of the Season.
15/16th September - Flower Days but avoid gardening on 16th as not only Eclipse of the Moon but Full Moon 8.05pm on 16th so perturbance of magnetic forces. On 15th Sow annual sweet peas in pots overwintering them under frames. At the foot of a wall or hedgerow sow Perrenial Sweet Peas for flowering March April 2017.
17/18/19th September will be Leaf Days again so times to sow Winter Salads. More info then.
Hello , lovely cruise down the Seine to Rouen , didn't realise how big the river was , also stayed with sister in law in Swindon which breaks up journey to / from Southampton
The Medival centre of Rouen was lovely , visited Monets garden which I very much liked but more English than French I thought , what do you think ?
Glad you had a good fair , plants sound interesting
Blight on tomatoes not much fun
Got back last night , been tidying garden up / green house , was hoping to go to allotment at weekend but heavy rain forecast tomorrow
Thanks for September calendar , glad you found conference interesting , I assume it was in French , so are you fluent in it ?
Hi Daisy and welcome. After 25yrs here, I do have trouble speaking English when I come to UK. Still find the telephone hard though as the French tend to babble away then put the phone down and not actually tell you who they are! Face to face is much better. Old French 'Patois' is more difficult to follow and many ancient gardeners chatter away in this - very similar to Welsh, and spoken widely on Jersey.
I had heard Monet's Garden was quite English in style - I have not been there. Off to super Autumn Fair this w/e, but absolutely fatal as free to all exhibitors so plant prices really low as lots of end of stock lines. This is where I pick up new types of Irises/Day Lilies and lovely shrubs. Running out of space though - Will have to have a major re-think next season - Many plants need moving/splitting or re-newing -Ah - Renewing sounds good! - Means buying!!! -
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Hello , it is this Saturday we sail from Southampton down the Siene to Rouen and we have booked a trip to Monnets garden , rather looking forward to it
Allotment going well , spent Sunday there , lots of little jobs done including a flag , 50p , up an old clothes prop see photo
enjoy the fair , weather should be good
Alternative composting & new brews sound interesting ?
Glad the netting worked , hope Bengal has forgiven you !
Yesterday I finally transplanted my leeks, late I know, but better late than never.
I also sowed some old carrot seed and the remainder of the radishes.
I was inspired by the dates suggest by BF “25/26/27th August - Moon in Taurus - Root Days”
Today looking at the Planets Today website, I was surprised to see that the moon is now in Gemini, have I misunderstood how this works?
We also have blight on our outside tomatoes, has anybody ever tried picking them all now and ripening them on windowsills?
Finally when skimming some detritus from the pond I noticed that there wasn’t any swallows around. They had been gathering on the overhead wires for a couple of days, but have now gone, does this mean summer is over?
SS , have been lucky so far never had blight on tomatoes , however , picking off green toms , can't see why they wouldn't ripen , if not green tomatoe chutney !
Hope summer not over yet
Hi everyone - 37 Degrees at Garden Fair last w/e so really hot in Monet's Garden?? Bought myself 2 Mango Punch Coreopsis - Fabulous rusty gold colour plus masses of buds - Bang went the profits from the Fair!!
Conferences interesting but not much info to pass on that we all don't know already.
Hope you are having/had a super trip GWRS. SS - Moon in Gemini/Libra or Aquarius on Flower Days (Constellations of the Air Signs) and in Taurus/Virgo and Capricorn on Root Days (Constellations of the Earth Signs) - I picked some blighted tomatoes but they have continued to develop horrible grey/brown patches. - Think I will pick balance of green ones and make Jam with Cinnamon/Basil and Vanilla - Very successful last year mixed with a few red ones for colour - Makes a great addition to Soda Bread dough before baking.
Anyway - Here we are on the edge of September and thank goodness calmer automnal days predicted apart from around the Equinox (22nd September) when high winds and fresher air are expected in the Bio Weather Charts. From 7-16th expect hot days dipping to comfortable warmth from 25th. Wet and windy weather from 22nd should keep humidity at bay, but expect some cooler misty evenings and foggy mornings from 16th.The 1st September sees an Eclipse of the Sun so no gardening on this day, and the 16th an Eclipse of the Moon also means perturbations so avoid gardening that day too. Times recommended for Fruit Harvest are best when Moon in Aries or Sagittarius. Sow Green Manures when the Moon is in Leo or Sagittarius for a better swathe.
Here is the Lunar Calender 1st - 16th September
1st/2nd September - (1st Eclipse of the Sun so gardening to be avoided) Fruit Days - With pickings of peaches and apricots finished (My Peche de Vigne ripens end September so I don't touch it) Prune these trees.
3/4/5th September - Moon descending in Virgo so Root Days - Harvest Beetroot/Turnips/Radishes/Carrots and Celeriac if you want to eat them at their best and not store them at the moment. Lift the last potatoes and onions and keep them in a dry dark place.
6/7th September - Flower Days - Do not garden on 6th September until after 2.40pm as Moon at furthest point in cylcle from Earth so weaker forces on plantings. Plant all acid loving shrubs , divide or plant new Lily of the Valley in a shady place covering the roots lightly.
8/9th September - Leaf Days Moon in Scorpio - Plant pot grown evergreens and conifers. Prick out cabbages sown 20/23rd August - Blanch celery.
10/11/12th September - Moon rising from 11.03pm on 10th in Sagittarius so Fruit Days (and Seeds) - Harvest beans and pod them for dried pulses. Cut remaining Vine tomatoes including some leaves and leave them on racks in sunshine to ripen off. This can also be done with unripe Grapes. Take seed from favourite ripe tomatoes for storage until sowing next year.
13/14th September - Moon in Capricorn so Root Days - Continue sowing radishes for last crops of the Season.
15/16th September - Flower Days but avoid gardening on 16th as not only Eclipse of the Moon but Full Moon 8.05pm on 16th so perturbance of magnetic forces. On 15th Sow annual sweet peas in pots overwintering them under frames. At the foot of a wall or hedgerow sow Perrenial Sweet Peas for flowering March April 2017.
17/18/19th September will be Leaf Days again so times to sow Winter Salads. More info then.
Do keep the comments coming. Happy Gardening
Hello , lovely cruise down the Seine to Rouen , didn't realise how big the river was , also stayed with sister in law in Swindon which breaks up journey to / from Southampton
The Medival centre of Rouen was lovely , visited Monets garden which I very much liked but more English than French I thought , what do you think ?
Glad you had a good fair , plants sound interesting
Blight on tomatoes not much fun
Got back last night , been tidying garden up / green house , was hoping to go to allotment at weekend but heavy rain forecast tomorrow
Thanks for September calendar , glad you found conference interesting , I assume it was in French , so are you fluent in it ?
Hope you are keeping well
I am soooo sorry, but every time I see this thread come up I have visions of posters wandering around the garden in their jim-jams.
Daisy , only in the summer , dressing gown for rest of the year , plus head torch
Hi Daisy and welcome. After 25yrs here, I do have trouble speaking English when I come to UK. Still find the telephone hard though as the French tend to babble away then put the phone down and not actually tell you who they are! Face to face is much better. Old French 'Patois' is more difficult to follow and many ancient gardeners chatter away in this - very similar to Welsh, and spoken widely on Jersey.
I had heard Monet's Garden was quite English in style - I have not been there. Off to super Autumn Fair this w/e, but absolutely fatal as free to all exhibitors so plant prices really low as lots of end of stock lines. This is where I pick up new types of Irises/Day Lilies and lovely shrubs. Running out of space though - Will have to have a major re-think next season - Many plants need moving/splitting or re-newing -Ah - Renewing sounds good! - Means buying!!! -
Good morning , off to allotment today to see what needs doing , main potatoes I think will need digging up
O/H collected some blackberries and made some jam on Sunday
Biofreak enjoy the Aiutuwn fare , hope you find some interesting plants , how is Bengal ?
There is a definite change to weather with an Autuwn feel all of a sudden
Welcome to new contributors
Hello , how was the Autumn fair ?
Did you buy many plants ?
Hope you are keeping well