In the absence of a post from Biofreak and given that my usual online calendar has techy trouble, I am posting this link for the bio rhythmic lunar calendar - http://uk.rhythmofnature.net/gardener-calendar
It would seem that OH's picking of 5 kilos of damsons on Wednesday was a good move - 1 kilo now soaking in gin, another in vodka and the rest made a compote to eat as crumbles or with ice cream over the next week or so. Already have lots of jam and chutney from last year!
I shall be taking my rose cuttings on the 19th and any other divisions I need too - assuming we've had some rain by then. Dry and rock hard out there at the mo.
Last edited: 16 September 2016 10:16:28
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Autumn Fair very good despite dreadful weather - Off on Bio-Dynamic Course 26th Looking forward to Lectures by Young Farmers on Farming and Milking Techniques using Bio-dynamic principles - Seems to be an up and coming trend. Thanks for the link obelixx - always good to have new input.Horrible getting up early to do the Farmers Markets now as so dark - Only compensation is that the Moon and planets are clearly visible and sunrise is wonderful. Boots the Bengal keener on staying in bed at the moment!
Here is the Lunar Calender for 17th - 30th September
17th-19th Sept - Leaf Days Moon ascending in Gemini. (remember in Moon ascending plant sap rising) Avoid gardening after 12.55pm on 18th Moon nearest in cycle to Earth. -Sow Salad crops and prepare surface for new lawns, then scatter grass seed freely making sure that it is protected from birds and kept moist for 3-4 weeks.
20th Sept - Fruit Day With Moon ascending this is an excellent time to gather Autumn apples and pears as the fruit lasts longer when stored at this time. Also harvest last strawberries and raspberries, remove all dead leaves from strawberries, leaving maximum light plus airflow around ripening fruit.
21/22/23rd Sept - Root Days , Moon in Taurus, Keep sowing radishes undercover to harvest in 3-4 weeks. Sow Carrots for Spring harvesting April/May. Earth them up regularly and in preference cover lightly with straw or fleece to protect leaves against the cold.
24th/and up to mid-day 25th Sept - Moon descending so plants take root readily and can be transplanted more successfully. Sap movement is slower during the descending Moon. so it is a good time to fell trees and spread compost.Flower Day - Plant Spring Bulbs and Shrubs. Prick out Bi-annuals sown 18-20th August.
After midday 25th Sept and 26th - Moon passes into Cancer so Leaf Days - Transplant Brassicas sown 20-23rd August, making sure that you firm them in well up to the basal leaves to avoid wind rock later.
27/28/29th Sept - Fruit Days. Plant pot grown raspberries/gooseberries/currants and the last strawberry plants.
30th Sept - Moon in Scorpio - Root Day, Spread spent compost from containers over potager or flower beds.
So there we are another month gone! Hope you have not been too wet, or indeed too hot and have not lost any further crops to blight. Happy Gardening! and keep the comments coming.
Where does the time go, we seem to be halfway through September already.
Outside tomatoes have succumbed to blight, which is such a shame given the work Lizzie put in. Inside ones are still OK and are now coming to the end.
Visited the home of Charles Dowding http://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/ to have a look around and see the results of his methods, very impressed with how tidy and healthy everything looked. I have finally decided where to put my new compost bins having removed the old one earlier in the year. I will add that dumpy bags make ideal compost holders.
Got my seed catalogue last week, but have been too busy to look inside, I do enjoy picking new varieties to try along side the old favourites.
Last weekend we re-introduced the Village Horticultural Show after an absence of 20 odd years. It was a great success with 42 exhibiters and 164 exhibits. Creams teas were enjoyed and the event finished with prize giving. I certainly slept well that night.
Biofreak where do you get your information from? I was thinking of purchasing,
My mother was a bio-dynamic gardener and very high up in the Steiner anthroposophy movement, so I was weaned on the gardening methods. Maria Thun's Bio dynamic Calender is excellent for the weather/cropping and explains methods well, and I refer to it as my source in an earlier post. The Lunar Calender by French Bio Dynamic Gardener Michel Goss is an excellent source and many French Moon Gardening Mags. - I also went on a Course in Germany last year, which was excellent. Some of it does seem very far fetched, but hey - I believe in trying anything once and have been really surprised with the results between my 'normal' Bio gardening patch and the BD one. Bought October Issue Kitchen Garden on fleeting visit to UK earlier this month and found excellent article on BD Gardening. At the expense of being bombed out of the Forum for mentioning other mag (Hope not!) I do wish Gardeners World would cover this subject more.
Fantastic Fair last w/e 'Festival of 10001 Legumes' (vegetables)- Learnt that if you plant absynth near your beans it will attract all the blackfly on your plot turning the whole plant black, which in turn attract the ladybirds (Or you can then spray with a Bio Infusion). This weekend Festival of Legumes Oublies (Forgotten vegetables) with a chance to buy heritage varieties and lectures on how to treat blight with plant concoctions. Look out for Lunar Calender and Weather Guide October before I leave tomorrow.
Poised for Bio w/e ahead at festival. Just finished making a batch of tomato/jalapeno/cinnamon & vanilla jam, to offer for sale with fig/walnut and sheep cheese scones - Hope their popular! Quick look at Potager to check last toms and cucumbers, and straighten loose greenhouse cover - munched two raspberries and a tiny stray strawberry. Heavy rain and horrible cold wind today - So pleased to tell you that BioDynamic forecast for October is cooler days all month with warm sunny spells up until 16th when we shall then have mixed weather caused by trian forces of Water Sign Pisces, Water Planet Neptune and windy Uranus. Jupiter and the Sun provide warm forces at the beginning of the month, with contrairy Mercury hovering around all month to bring cool and breezy evenings and early mornings.
So - here is the Lunar Calender 1st-16th October 2016
1/2nd October - Root Days New Moon descending in Virgo. Gather all remaining root crops for storage. Plant out onions sown 16-18th August. Clear weak leaved salad crops as they will not improve now unless under cover, due to decreasing temperatures and light levels. Plant Shallots.(Don't sow seed)
3/4/5th October - Flower Days - Plant out Spring flowers sown 22-23rd July mixing them with daffodils and tulips to create new colour schemes.Plant out potted perrenials and flowering shrubs.
6/7th October - Moon in Scorpio so Leaf Days - Cut back chicory, preserving the biggest roots for transplanting in a dark place for forcing later.
8/9/ up to 8.30am on 10th October - Moon Rising in Sagittarius - Fruit Days - Sow round seeded peas for Spring Crops giving added fleece protection.(I'm sorry but I never have had success with this sowing so late -How have you got on - Any tips?) If you fancy grwoing your own fruit tree from kernels - Scratch the surface away from peaches apricots or plums and plant in pots filled with a sandy gritty mix and bury the pots against a north wall. (Tried this with a Plum once - it does work, but takes years to get a tree! - Fun for children though).
10/11th October - Root Days - Sow short varieties of carrots under cover mixing them with salad radishes that can be harvested in one month leaving the carrots to grow on.
12/13/ up to 7am14th October - Flower Days - No gardening on 13th before 3.50pm Storms predicted as Neptune comes into play (Interesting to see if this happens) Harvest Cauliflowers and Broccoli. Sow sweet peas, annuals and perrenials under cover to plant out April next year, be sure to cover with fleece for added winter protection.
14/15/16th October - Full Moon 5.23am on 16th -Leaf Days Harvest Salads and start protecting balance of young crops. Start cropping Brussel Sprouts if you have a frost as they will be sweeter.Cover tender herbs with earth and straw, they stand a better chance of shooting earlier and stronger next season with this late autumn protection. Taragon in particular works well with this tip. Sow green manures.
So there we are - Look forward to receiving additional info from all of you. Happy Gardening! For those interested in the antics of Boots the Bengal - He has a new pal - Pushkin - One abandoned kitten on our doorstep. Boots not sure whether to eat it or play with it!
HI - no gardening here yet but we are off to collect 3 smart new compost bins from the local council refuse and recycling service - wooden, flatpack jobbies for 30€ each. Our new next door neighbours have horses and have asked if they can use our paddock so that'll give us supplies of manure to add to the heaps.
Other than that, just watering the plants we brought with us and planing to plant my bilbs in pots for now. No serious gardening till we see what is what and where and come up witha plan for the various features we want - veggies, fruit, perennial borders, herbs etc.
We had a new cat arrive on Monday - starving and skeletal - but we've established she belongs to the previous owners and went missing in mid July so they're coming to fetch her this evening - well fed again and spherical.
Hope the scones and festival turn are a success. Now we have internet I'll be looking for garden events here and pricing up greenhouses and polytunnels and water butts.
Anyone sowing for spring veggies or is it too late now?.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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In the absence of a post from Biofreak and given that my usual online calendar has techy trouble, I am posting this link for the bio rhythmic lunar calendar - http://uk.rhythmofnature.net/gardener-calendar
It would seem that OH's picking of 5 kilos of damsons on Wednesday was a good move - 1 kilo now soaking in gin, another in vodka and the rest made a compote to eat as crumbles or with ice cream over the next week or so. Already have lots of jam and chutney from last year!
I shall be taking my rose cuttings on the 19th and any other divisions I need too - assuming we've had some rain by then. Dry and rock hard out there at the mo.
Last edited: 16 September 2016 10:16:28
Hi everyone,
Autumn Fair very good despite dreadful weather - Off on Bio-Dynamic Course 26th Looking forward to Lectures by Young Farmers on Farming and Milking Techniques using Bio-dynamic principles - Seems to be an up and coming trend. Thanks for the link obelixx - always good to have new input.Horrible getting up early to do the Farmers Markets now as so dark - Only compensation is that the Moon and planets are clearly visible and sunrise is wonderful. Boots the Bengal keener on staying in bed at the moment!
Here is the Lunar Calender for 17th - 30th September
17th-19th Sept - Leaf Days Moon ascending in Gemini. (remember in Moon ascending plant sap rising) Avoid gardening after 12.55pm on 18th Moon nearest in cycle to Earth. -Sow Salad crops and prepare surface for new lawns, then scatter grass seed freely making sure that it is protected from birds and kept moist for 3-4 weeks.
20th Sept - Fruit Day With Moon ascending this is an excellent time to gather Autumn apples and pears as the fruit lasts longer when stored at this time. Also harvest last strawberries and raspberries, remove all dead leaves from strawberries, leaving maximum light plus airflow around ripening fruit.
21/22/23rd Sept - Root Days , Moon in Taurus, Keep sowing radishes undercover to harvest in 3-4 weeks. Sow Carrots for Spring harvesting April/May. Earth them up regularly and in preference cover lightly with straw or fleece to protect leaves against the cold.
24th/and up to mid-day 25th Sept - Moon descending so plants take root readily and can be transplanted more successfully. Sap movement is slower during the descending Moon. so it is a good time to fell trees and spread compost.Flower Day - Plant Spring Bulbs and Shrubs. Prick out Bi-annuals sown 18-20th August.
After midday 25th Sept and 26th - Moon passes into Cancer so Leaf Days - Transplant Brassicas sown 20-23rd August, making sure that you firm them in well up to the basal leaves to avoid wind rock later.
27/28/29th Sept - Fruit Days. Plant pot grown raspberries/gooseberries/currants and the last strawberry plants.
30th Sept - Moon in Scorpio - Root Day, Spread spent compost from containers over potager or flower beds.
So there we are another month gone! Hope you have not been too wet, or indeed too hot and have not lost any further crops to blight. Happy Gardening! and keep the comments coming.
Hello , thanks for update and Oberlix web site
Damson gin sounds good , o/h is about to bottle orange gin , never done that before and sloe gin
Weather in Lincoln had been good , except today we have heavy rain so jobs inside today
Hope alls well with everybodyn & Bengal
Hi Everybody
Thank you obelixx for the link.
Where does the time go, we seem to be halfway through September already.
Outside tomatoes have succumbed to blight, which is such a shame given the work Lizzie put in. Inside ones are still OK and are now coming to the end.
Visited the home of Charles Dowding http://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/ to have a look around and see the results of his methods, very impressed with how tidy and healthy everything looked. I have finally decided where to put my new compost bins having removed the old one earlier in the year. I will add that dumpy bags make ideal compost holders.
Got my seed catalogue last week, but have been too busy to look inside, I do enjoy picking new varieties to try along side the old favourites.
Last weekend we re-introduced the Village Horticultural Show after an absence of 20 odd years. It was a great success with 42 exhibiters and 164 exhibits. Creams teas were enjoyed and the event finished with prize giving. I certainly slept well that night.
Biofreak where do you get your information from? I was thinking of purchasing,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Maria-Thun-Biodynamic-Calendar-2017/dp/1782503315/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1474035687&sr=1-2&keywords=Maria+Thun+Biodynamic+Calendar+2017
do you have any experience of the author?
Have a good weekend all.
Hi
My mother was a bio-dynamic gardener and very high up in the Steiner anthroposophy movement, so I was weaned on the gardening methods. Maria Thun's Bio dynamic Calender is excellent for the weather/cropping and explains methods well, and I refer to it as my source in an earlier post. The Lunar Calender by French Bio Dynamic Gardener Michel Goss is an excellent source and many French Moon Gardening Mags. - I also went on a Course in Germany last year, which was excellent. Some of it does seem very far fetched, but hey - I believe in trying anything once and have been really surprised with the results between my 'normal' Bio gardening patch and the BD one. Bought October Issue Kitchen Garden on fleeting visit to UK earlier this month and found excellent article on BD Gardening. At the expense of being bombed out of the Forum for mentioning other mag (Hope not!) I do wish Gardeners World would cover this subject more.
Hello , somebody gave me a load of old Kitchen Garden mags to read , very interesting
Out of interest must goggle that movement , never heard of it
Spent today in garden , cutting lawns and tidying up , Autumn is hear
Picked a load of Blackberries which o/h has frozen
Plannng to spend weekend at allotment, haven't been for a few days , as ever lots to do
Hope you are keeping well
Fantastic Fair last w/e 'Festival of 10001 Legumes' (vegetables)- Learnt that if you plant absynth near your beans it will attract all the blackfly on your plot turning the whole plant black, which in turn attract the ladybirds (Or you can then spray with a Bio Infusion). This weekend Festival of Legumes Oublies (Forgotten vegetables) with a chance to buy heritage varieties and lectures on how to treat blight with plant concoctions. Look out for Lunar Calender and Weather Guide October before I leave tomorrow.
Hi Everyone
Poised for Bio w/e ahead at festival. Just finished making a batch of tomato/jalapeno/cinnamon & vanilla jam, to offer for sale with fig/walnut and sheep cheese scones - Hope their popular! Quick look at Potager to check last toms and cucumbers, and straighten loose greenhouse cover - munched two raspberries and a tiny stray strawberry. Heavy rain and horrible cold wind today - So pleased to tell you that BioDynamic forecast for October is cooler days all month with warm sunny spells up until 16th when we shall then have mixed weather caused by trian forces of Water Sign Pisces, Water Planet Neptune and windy Uranus. Jupiter and the Sun provide warm forces at the beginning of the month, with contrairy Mercury hovering around all month to bring cool and breezy evenings and early mornings.
So - here is the Lunar Calender 1st-16th October 2016
1/2nd October - Root Days New Moon descending in Virgo. Gather all remaining root crops for storage. Plant out onions sown 16-18th August. Clear weak leaved salad crops as they will not improve now unless under cover, due to decreasing temperatures and light levels. Plant Shallots.(Don't sow seed)
3/4/5th October - Flower Days - Plant out Spring flowers sown 22-23rd July mixing them with daffodils and tulips to create new colour schemes.Plant out potted perrenials and flowering shrubs.
6/7th October - Moon in Scorpio so Leaf Days - Cut back chicory, preserving the biggest roots for transplanting in a dark place for forcing later.
8/9/ up to 8.30am on 10th October - Moon Rising in Sagittarius - Fruit Days - Sow round seeded peas for Spring Crops giving added fleece protection.(I'm sorry but I never have had success with this sowing so late -How have you got on - Any tips?) If you fancy grwoing your own fruit tree from kernels - Scratch the surface away from peaches apricots or plums and plant in pots filled with a sandy gritty mix and bury the pots against a north wall. (Tried this with a Plum once - it does work, but takes years to get a tree! - Fun for children though).
10/11th October - Root Days - Sow short varieties of carrots under cover mixing them with salad radishes that can be harvested in one month leaving the carrots to grow on.
12/13/ up to 7am14th October - Flower Days - No gardening on 13th before 3.50pm Storms predicted as Neptune comes into play (Interesting to see if this happens) Harvest Cauliflowers and Broccoli. Sow sweet peas, annuals and perrenials under cover to plant out April next year, be sure to cover with fleece for added winter protection.
14/15/16th October - Full Moon 5.23am on 16th -Leaf Days Harvest Salads and start protecting balance of young crops. Start cropping Brussel Sprouts if you have a frost as they will be sweeter.Cover tender herbs with earth and straw, they stand a better chance of shooting earlier and stronger next season with this late autumn protection. Taragon in particular works well with this tip. Sow green manures.
So there we are - Look forward to receiving additional info from all of you. Happy Gardening! For those interested in the antics of Boots the Bengal - He has a new pal - Pushkin - One abandoned kitten on our doorstep. Boots not sure whether to eat it or play with it!
Last edited: 01 October 2016 18:07:13
Hello , thanks for up date , will be interesting to see how weather pans out , so far lots of sunny days and no rain , going to allotment this morning
Jam and scones sound rather nice , enjoy festival
just cleared out g/h at home of tomatoes , compost to go to allotment
Glad Bengal has a new friend , hope he doesn't eat it
HI - no gardening here yet but we are off to collect 3 smart new compost bins from the local council refuse and recycling service - wooden, flatpack jobbies for 30€ each. Our new next door neighbours have horses and have asked if they can use our paddock so that'll give us supplies of manure to add to the heaps.
Other than that, just watering the plants we brought with us and planing to plant my bilbs in pots for now. No serious gardening till we see what is what and where and come up witha plan for the various features we want - veggies, fruit, perennial borders, herbs etc.
We had a new cat arrive on Monday - starving and skeletal - but we've established she belongs to the previous owners and went missing in mid July so they're coming to fetch her this evening - well fed again and spherical.
Hope the scones and festival turn are a success. Now we have internet I'll be looking for garden events here and pricing up greenhouses and polytunnels and water butts.
Anyone sowing for spring veggies or is it too late now?.