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.
gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 9490 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 25 12:52 pm Post subject:
Do broad beans seeds need to dry before planting?
I put in a dozen fresh ones...They hadn't come up by the time I left..25th October...I'm away for another week, so I'll re-sow if still no sign then.
Still getting a few grapes from the greenhouse and some leeks from the garden. The purple sprouters are refusing to sprout; think there might be too much nitrogen and too little potash in the stuff I put on the bed last year, but the leaves aren't bad cooked up.
Gardens here are sponges, trodden on when needs must with the expectation of squelch.
Next door neighbour is away for a holiday at her sister's place so went in this morning with secateurs and cut back the derelict cosmos in one tub, various other bits and scooped up drowned annuals elsewhere. Far to wet to rake up stuff so that will just get left. We share the brown bin as the gardens are small.
Cut my lawn good and hard back for the winter without killing it this week and lent the garden waste bin to the ladies doing the winter planting in the tubs at the front door.
Last brown garden waste bin collection for the year tomorrow.
gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 9490 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 25 2:14 pm Post subject:
Cavolo Nero and broad beans in the greenhouse. The beans need potting on
Managed to round up all the last dregs of plant life for the garden waste bin on December 1st. Which was a collection I wasn't expecting.
Decided not to fight the over the fence back hedge and wait to see if we get frost on the quagmire of the garden. The contractors cut the tops of the over this fence hedge and left the cuttings on top. Bit of a mess but dry cuttings won't hurt in the bin till March.
, the russian giant garlic is a bit stringy but i would expect that at this stage
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