Hello , been to Tenby for 8 days , just got back , been lawn cutting and dead heading , o/h sorted g/h and went to allotment to get some veg , sounds like we have a good crop of weeds that need sorting out hoping to go up there on Sunday
Hope you are now feeling better
Weather , lots of rain in Tenby but of an evening , they have had terrible weather where we live , looks like we have brought the Sun ☀️ back home
We see lots of bats as they fly past conservatory , lots of insects from the stream
O/H writing a quick note for me to say that I have been in hospital following bad reaction to second batch of anti biotics. Back home to write latest Lunar Calender news beginning next week. Sorry for silence.
That was a shock! One minute I was fine and tonselitis on the mend, the next heart went weird and I was carted off to hospital!!! -Anyway all corrected and dosed up with new pills and no other problems thank goodness. Thank you so much for best wishes. O/H kept the garden under control bless his heart and bought me 2 beautiful purple grasses (He lost the labels I'm afraid!) and a GUNNERA for the small (3 x 2 metres)Bog Garden -Did not dare tell him that it just might get too big!!! Can you prune them back??
Anyway, what a month August turned out to be -So much for dry predictions! I daren't tell you that September is supposed to be overall hot and dry from 1-11th with a tendancy toward heavy thunderstorms. From the 12th it will become automnal with temperatures dipping away and fog between 22-27th. Alot more rain forecast from 15th and particularly 29/30th. - Lunar Calender certainly got August wrong, although in all fairness other months to date have been pretty accurate. -I hope we don't get Huston's weather in about 14 days when it usually travels this way.
Boots and Pushkin delighted to see me home, no controlling the number of furry presents bought in in 48hrs!! Local Tomcat appears to have tried to move in as well. Very smelly Terrace. Beautiful Yellow tomatoes ripening -Bought them as 'Yellow Tomato' Plants for 1Euro each (about 96pence) so unfortunately no name and hardly any seeds, will certainly buy more of these from Bio Market Garden next season. Freezer about to be filled with Runner Beans -So many, and of course it is now Salad Weather so w'ere not wanting to eat meat and veg!!
Lunar Calender until end August says Plant and divide Herbacious Paonies and plant out pot grown perennials between 27-28th -29th and 30th Leaf Days. Start blanching celery by wrapping cardboard around the stems and they should be ready to harvest in 3-4 weeks. Blanche scaroles and they should be ready in 10-15 days. Gather Autumn Apples and Pears on 31st and strawberries and raspberries.
Will write September Lunar Calender later in week when I have finished weeding and planting and harvesting all the bits and bobs that have got out of control in my absence.
Gunnier , would love to plant one on stream Bank but Environment Agency come twice a year and strim the banks , they do grow big ? as you known , will make a dramatic statement
Been to allotment this afternoon , great pile of stuff now to burn tomorrow
Nice of Pushkin ?& Bengal ?to bring you presents , obviously miss you
I have a gunnera in a pot and am looking forward to liberating it when chappy eventually comes with his bulldozer to scoop out all the bullrush and briars and brambles. I expect my gunnera to get very big. Maybe you need to enlarge your bog BF.
This entire year has been dry. 65mm since mid Jan so I sincerely hope we do get some seriously wet, tail end of hurricane stuff. Far too dry here to weed, let alone plant anything.
Remember to take it easy BF - no over exertions or yo'll set yourself back for winter.
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Weeded the new garden border yesterday as O/H banned from this job (Pulls up anything green! -Safer to let him loose on mowing the lawn only!) Everything looks much tidier. Glad you both have dry weather as Moon Weather prediction in this garden sadly wrong -although I am glad of water obviously. Still have some plants in pots from move and keep walking around with them, wondering where to put them ultimately. OK to have a blank canvas, but it can lead to daft decisions -like putting something in the shade in April which is no longer in the shade now, so plant gasping for breath as no air here on hot days! No wonder they say leave all alone for nearly a year to see what happens! -I am going to wait to put greenhouse up however, as still cannot decide on right place, and don't really need it at the moment as we have a covered hacienda type terrace which has been brilliant for the tomatoes, cuttings and drying bulbs and herbs (No room for us to sit though!)
Anyway on with the Lunar Calender 1st-15th September
1-2nd Sept - Moon ascending in Sagittarius so Fruit Days. Pop dried Beans that you have harvested in freezer for several days to kill parasites, then thaw and store.
3-4th Sept - Root Days Moon in Capricorn - No gardening before 2.35pm on 4th as Moon in Noeud Lunar descendent. During this period scientists have noted that there is a systamatic change in weather and magnetic forces. In trials it has been shown that these harmful and negative effects can be seen in sowing/harvesting and even working the soil so put your feet up!. In milder regions sow onions for Spring Harvest.
5-6th Sept - Full Moon 8.03am on 6th - Flower Days. Sow Hardy Annuals. Graft Roses.
7/8/9/10th Sept - Nice long period of Leaf Days as Moon ascending in Pisces. Finish preparing new lawn surfaces and sow grasses, remembering that a rye mix is the hardiest for constant footfall. In the veg patch sow green manures ready to dig in in Spring. Sow Lambs Lettuce and more Spinach for Autumn Salad Leaves.
11/12/13th Sept - On cusp of 10th/11th a Fruit Day creeps in between 2.43pm on 10th until 7.21am on the 11th - If you get time cut leaves away from balance of tomatoes and Grapes to give fruit last chance to ripen on the vines. Root Days quickly follow although no gardening on 13th after 12am on 13th as Moon perigee (at nearest point in cycle to the Earth) Sow radishes, and keep them moist if no rain. Sow leeks allowing good spaces between them as at this time of year they will not prick out successfully. Leave in place for harvest next May.
14/15th Sept - Moon descending from 2.02pm on the 14th - Flower Days Plant bi-annuals sown 15-17th June and begin planting early flowering bulbs. Prick out Pansies and violas sown 9-10th August (Ahh -I did not tell you to do this as I was not here -sorry!) - By the way my primroses are flowering???-Should they???
16/17th Sept- Moon descending in Cancer so Leaf Days. Prick out in Nursery Bed Cabbages sown 11-13th August (Um -missed this too -Sorry) - Take cuttings from evergreens and conifers. Put them in cucumber frame and protect from frost.
My secret Carpark Cuttings have nearly all taken so I have 6 creeping rosemary/4 Buddlea/6 Cystis and an unknown conifer doing really well -Now have to decide where to put them!! Not very good at thinking ahead. Friends bought me some lovely Sedums yesterday as 'get well' present. delighted -They will go well on the Bank. Gunnera very very happy in Bog Garden, will just have to shunt things along a bit as he gets bigger -2 New leaves coming out of ground after only 3 days. -Pumpkin has gone berserk growing up trellis - I am thrilled. Nursery Man tells me I may still get a pumpkin before end October. Cucumbers and courgettes setting
Thanks for update September could be an interesting month
Gardens are always a work in progress , most plants you can move if it in the wrong place
Always good if cutting take , have recently started propagating , took 8 cutting of a Christmas Catus that was finished and it looks like they have taken
Sounds like Gunnera is liking its position ?
Statrted using green manure on allotment for empty beds
Off to exhint at Annual Garden Fair situated in lovely French Manoir grounds on clifftop not dissimilar to Land's End -In this weather!!! High winds and rain forecast all w/e and we are outdoors!! Just made tons of heavier than usual cookies that will NOT fly away, instead of my usual delicate Fairy Cakes! -garden thriving -Bog Garden turning into small lake! Gunnera in Heaven. Frozen down more Runner Beans. O/H fed up with being force fed with them!
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Hello , been to Tenby for 8 days , just got back , been lawn cutting and dead heading , o/h sorted g/h and went to allotment to get some veg , sounds like we have a good crop of weeds that need sorting out hoping to go up there on Sunday
Hope you are now feeling better
Weather , lots of rain in Tenby but of an evening , they have had terrible weather where we live , looks like we have brought the Sun ☀️ back home
We see lots of bats as they fly past conservatory , lots of insects from the stream
O/H writing a quick note for me to say that I have been in hospital following bad reaction to second batch of anti biotics. Back home to write latest Lunar Calender news beginning next week. Sorry for silence.
Take all the time you need BF. Get well soon and don't overdo it when you do start gardening again. Slow and easy does it.
Bio , sorry to hear you haven't been well , speed recovery and take it easy
Hi Everyone
That was a shock! One minute I was fine and tonselitis on the mend, the next heart went weird and I was carted off to hospital!!! -Anyway all corrected and dosed up with new pills and no other problems thank goodness. Thank you so much for best wishes. O/H kept the garden under control bless his heart and bought me 2 beautiful purple grasses (He lost the labels I'm afraid!) and a GUNNERA for the small (3 x 2 metres)Bog Garden -Did not dare tell him that it just might get too big!!! Can you prune them back??
Anyway, what a month August turned out to be -So much for dry predictions! I daren't tell you that September is supposed to be overall hot and dry from 1-11th with a tendancy toward heavy thunderstorms. From the 12th it will become automnal with temperatures dipping away and fog between 22-27th. Alot more rain forecast from 15th and particularly 29/30th. - Lunar Calender certainly got August wrong, although in all fairness other months to date have been pretty accurate. -I hope we don't get Huston's weather in about 14 days when it usually travels this way.
Boots and Pushkin delighted to see me home, no controlling the number of furry presents bought in in 48hrs!! Local Tomcat appears to have tried to move in as well. Very smelly Terrace. Beautiful Yellow tomatoes ripening -Bought them as 'Yellow Tomato' Plants for 1Euro each (about 96pence) so unfortunately no name and hardly any seeds, will certainly buy more of these from Bio Market Garden next season. Freezer about to be filled with Runner Beans -So many, and of course it is now Salad Weather so w'ere not wanting to eat meat and veg!!
Lunar Calender until end August says Plant and divide Herbacious Paonies and plant out pot grown perennials between 27-28th -29th and 30th Leaf Days. Start blanching celery by wrapping cardboard around the stems and they should be ready to harvest in 3-4 weeks. Blanche scaroles and they should be ready in 10-15 days. Gather Autumn Apples and Pears on 31st and strawberries and raspberries.
Will write September Lunar Calender later in week when I have finished weeding and planting and harvesting all the bits and bobs that have got out of control in my absence.
Happy Gardening!
Hello , good to hear you are on the mend
Well August has been dry hear
Hope you get garden tidied up
Gunnier , would love to plant one on stream Bank but Environment Agency come twice a year and strim the banks , they do grow big ? as you known , will make a dramatic statement
Been to allotment this afternoon , great pile of stuff now to burn tomorrow
Nice of Pushkin ?& Bengal ?to bring you presents , obviously miss you
I have a gunnera in a pot and am looking forward to liberating it when chappy eventually comes with his bulldozer to scoop out all the bullrush and briars and brambles. I expect my gunnera to get very big. Maybe you need to enlarge your bog BF.
This entire year has been dry. 65mm since mid Jan so I sincerely hope we do get some seriously wet, tail end of hurricane stuff. Far too dry here to weed, let alone plant anything.
Remember to take it easy BF - no over exertions or yo'll set yourself back for winter.
Hi Everyone
Weeded the new garden border yesterday as O/H banned from this job (Pulls up anything green! -Safer to let him loose on mowing the lawn only!) Everything looks much tidier. Glad you both have dry weather as Moon Weather prediction in this garden sadly wrong -although I am glad of water obviously. Still have some plants in pots from move and keep walking around with them, wondering where to put them ultimately. OK to have a blank canvas, but it can lead to daft decisions -like putting something in the shade in April which is no longer in the shade now, so plant gasping for breath as no air here on hot days! No wonder they say leave all alone for nearly a year to see what happens! -I am going to wait to put greenhouse up however, as still cannot decide on right place, and don't really need it at the moment as we have a covered hacienda type terrace which has been brilliant for the tomatoes, cuttings and drying bulbs and herbs (No room for us to sit though!)
Anyway on with the Lunar Calender 1st-15th September
1-2nd Sept - Moon ascending in Sagittarius so Fruit Days. Pop dried Beans that you have harvested in freezer for several days to kill parasites, then thaw and store.
3-4th Sept - Root Days Moon in Capricorn - No gardening before 2.35pm on 4th as Moon in Noeud Lunar descendent. During this period scientists have noted that there is a systamatic change in weather and magnetic forces. In trials it has been shown that these harmful and negative effects can be seen in sowing/harvesting and even working the soil so put your feet up!. In milder regions sow onions for Spring Harvest.
5-6th Sept - Full Moon 8.03am on 6th - Flower Days. Sow Hardy Annuals. Graft Roses.
7/8/9/10th Sept - Nice long period of Leaf Days as Moon ascending in Pisces. Finish preparing new lawn surfaces and sow grasses, remembering that a rye mix is the hardiest for constant footfall. In the veg patch sow green manures ready to dig in in Spring. Sow Lambs Lettuce and more Spinach for Autumn Salad Leaves.
11/12/13th Sept - On cusp of 10th/11th a Fruit Day creeps in between 2.43pm on 10th until 7.21am on the 11th - If you get time cut leaves away from balance of tomatoes and Grapes to give fruit last chance to ripen on the vines. Root Days quickly follow although no gardening on 13th after 12am on 13th as Moon perigee (at nearest point in cycle to the Earth) Sow radishes, and keep them moist if no rain. Sow leeks allowing good spaces between them as at this time of year they will not prick out successfully. Leave in place for harvest next May.
14/15th Sept - Moon descending from 2.02pm on the 14th - Flower Days Plant bi-annuals sown 15-17th June and begin planting early flowering bulbs. Prick out Pansies and violas sown 9-10th August (Ahh -I did not tell you to do this as I was not here -sorry!) - By the way my primroses are flowering???-Should they???
16/17th Sept- Moon descending in Cancer so Leaf Days. Prick out in Nursery Bed Cabbages sown 11-13th August (Um -missed this too -Sorry) - Take cuttings from evergreens and conifers. Put them in cucumber frame and protect from frost.
My secret Carpark Cuttings have nearly all taken so I have 6 creeping rosemary/4 Buddlea/6 Cystis and an unknown conifer doing really well -Now have to decide where to put them!! Not very good at thinking ahead. Friends bought me some lovely Sedums yesterday as 'get well' present. delighted -They will go well on the Bank. Gunnera very very happy in Bog Garden, will just have to shunt things along a bit as he gets bigger -2 New leaves coming out of ground after only 3 days. -Pumpkin has gone berserk growing up trellis - I am thrilled. Nursery Man tells me I may still get a pumpkin before end October. Cucumbers and courgettes setting
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Thanks for update September could be an interesting month
Gardens are always a work in progress , most plants you can move if it in the wrong place
Always good if cutting take , have recently started propagating , took 8 cutting of a Christmas Catus that was finished and it looks like they have taken
Sounds like Gunnera is liking its position ?
Statrted using green manure on allotment for empty beds
All the best
Off to exhint at Annual Garden Fair situated in lovely French Manoir grounds on clifftop not dissimilar to Land's End -In this weather!!! High winds and rain forecast all w/e and we are outdoors!! Just made tons of heavier than usual cookies that will NOT fly away, instead of my usual delicate Fairy Cakes! -garden thriving -Bog Garden turning into small lake! Gunnera in Heaven. Frozen down more Runner Beans. O/H fed up with being force fed with them!
Happy Gardening.