I have started some quince jelly from some of the quinces from the garden.
gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 9456 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
Posted: Sun Oct 19, 25 3:46 pm Post subject:
Two more small to medium squashes found lurking
Still slowly harvesting ripening tomatoes, but we are forecast colder weather, might be freezing overnight in a week so it will be clear out time.
Slowly picking runner bean pods that are dry enough, keeping my eye on the broad beans...I've sown some fresh, but these will be backup.
I still have about ten decent Cylindra beetroot waiting to be lifted.
Leeks aren't big as they got (re)sown late, but they are coming along.
Picked a handful of raspberries a couple of days ago...Tulameen is the variety. Very welcome!
My leeks eventually grew well this year after several attempts.
Nice to have the raspberries. We had some of the earlier autumn fruiting ones many years ago. We were looking after an old lady's garden as ours was quite small, and she decided to try them. Can't remember the variety now.
gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 9456 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 25 5:47 pm Post subject:
Carrying on picking runner bean pods as they get dry. I might bring them into the kitchen so that they get a chance to dry properly.
Otherwise mulching with cardboard and lawn mowings as patches get cleared.
I need to sort the older compost bin to see if there is anything ready to be spread.
Neighbour mowed the front lawn Meadow ( with a mower that we gave him ) and I split the proceeds between mulching and the new compost bin
Thought I wouldn't need any more compost this year but have found some tubs that need sorting. Order came totday and job started. This flower grower person!
Threat of chilly (just below zero) over the weekend whiich will likely ensure that I have to soend time empting spent flowers start of next week.
Glad I've not yet done a recent cut of the lawn. We'll see how things go.
gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 9456 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 25 2:47 pm Post subject:
Cleared the green tomatoes and the plants from the greenhouse...gave them to my 88 year old neighbour whose tomatoes all ripened ( planted earlier)...she likes making green tomato chutney...and she swapped them for a bag of apples from her tree!
Lifted the last of the beetroot and cut the tops off the broad beans...they may come again as a small early crop, if I'm lucky.
Brought the potted geraniums in to the kitchen windowsill for overwintering, and the quince seedling tree as well...just in case. That might need grafting on to a dwarfing rootstock next year.
I managed to dig half the second potato bed today and spread some compost on the bed for the onion sets. Still a lot to do, but at least got it started.
Managed to get the last of the potatoes dug over the weekend and also put the onion sets in. A bit chilly for them to do much, but it is supposed to warm up again later in the week.
Got leek, potato, and a little bit of chard and purple sprouting brocolli for dinner over the weekend from the garden. I also think all the quinces are down, but wilding apples still producing.
I've discovered that we seem to have one less garden waste bin collection this year than I expected. Am cramming not quite spent growth into said bin with gay abandon.
Should manage to clear the nearly spent decorative annual growth this week by Sunday night for Monday collection.
That leaves the prickly climbing monster of the rose at the front door along with a tidy up of the "not my hedge" overhanging back garden fence where the other housing association's "grounds maintenance" hired on an annual basis have made a slightly worse than usual attempt at the once a year cut.
Oh and the final grass cut of the year (high). If all else fails I'll ask George nest door for a lend of his bin.
Might be a good idea to borrow one from a neighbour. We have a compost heap, so most of the stuff goes on that. If it might take root, I pile it on something until it dies off, then it goes in the compost.
A friend of mine with a small garden in the city managed an enclosed compost bin in her garden. Might that be helpful for you Florence?
At the moment compost heaps are not a good idea till we see if the rat mine of a garden in the area has been cleansed. Long story of filthy tenants in a very close social housing property.
New tenants going in had to clean rat droppings from in the well refurbished house. Landlord knew of the rat problem but was lax in curing both tenant and problem.
Florence, my friend had the same problem and was a bit paranoid about rats too. She had an enclosed compost heap and didn't have any problems. You can get plastic ones and if they are off the ground (perhaps on bricks with well overhanging roofing felt between the compost bin and the bricks) there shouldn't be a rat problem.
Dpack, glad you got the beans and garlic in. The garlic should fatten up over the winter and spring as you say. I managed to clear my onions and they are hanging up in the spare room to be used as needed. The onion sets seem to be all right under the net, although it does need clearing of leaves every so often.
All tomatoes picked (red or green). Just chard and kale to overwinter, and Jerusalem artichokes to harvest.
In the freezer are medlars, redcurrants, and blackcurrants with which to make preserves.
Hedge is more or less trimmed; lawn is presentable.
Compost to spread.
) and I split the proceeds between mulching and the new compost bin
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