What are we doing in the garden 2025

ohh l didnt know that..still trying to navigate around site..thank you

 

I'm having a panic..just been looking for my garden photos on my computer to try and post them on here..and l cant find them :( im in a panic iv accidently deleted them all on this new computer iv got. l need to see if they are maybe still on my old one ( it takes 2 hrs to connect for some reason so we bought a new one ) Im so terrible at tec things.. will have to wait till grandson comes over nk week. to see what iv done,,.ll be gutted if iv lost all my photos :(

 

@Peaceful Gardener - if it's a windows machine, they may well just be in the trash bin. Open it, and do a search for *.jpg or *.jpeg which should find images you think you've deleted.

 

Finished planting the polyanthus around the path.

 

Replaced the two replacement greenhouse panels that didn't survive the first touch of wind and rain. Apparently those fiddly metal thingies serve a purpose.

Anyways, since they are plastic, both panels had just gracefully slid down unharmed.

Chopped off a bucketful of tomato leaves, my favourite job as the scent is so wonderful. Plenty of Tigerellas still to ripen, and we have already made one batch of pickled green ones (delicious), so they are welcome too.



My new compost in an inherited smoking bin seems to be doing well. I chucked in Degu cage cleaning stuff (wood shavings, hay and Degu droppings) for "brown". Feels a bit more professional than ripped Amazon delivery cardboard

Potted up young Juniper Skyrocket and Hydrangea cutting as I was a bit worried that their small pots might freeze through over the winter.

Most optimistically sowed Mooli and Pak Choi in the greenhouse. Spring Pak Choi sowing failed miserably and I was advised to try it in autumn, and the Mooli packet says to sow until August, which, technically is now-ish if one is generous with terminology

The Child planted out Winter Purslane seedlings and opportunistic Cornflower, I have been sowing Cornflowers since last autumn and they always seem to be happy to flower on demand. They are great space fillers in the newly dug areas.

After the spectacular rain yesterday the world feels new and fresh in the September sunshine

 

This afternoon had a rummage in my jumble of seed boxes to see if iv got anything more l can sow this month..here's what l found
turnip 'tokyo cross f1 exp date 2027 to sow april to sept.. says it a hardy white small veg to harvest when size of radish !!!..
corriander seeds can sow jan to dec exp date exp date 2021..
black tuscan kale, says can be autumn sown if in tunnel exp 2025 so will give those a go under a cloche, may as well, l love a challenge lol..
Aqua watercress sow march to sept ex date 2012 lol..
chinese kale called 'kailaan' sow april to sept exp date again 2021 !!!
another kale called 'dwarf green kale' says can be sown july/aug again exp 2021..might as well chuck those in a pot and see what happens lol
found a pk of Radicchio 'rossa di treviso precoce' sow march to sept exp date 2023..hope those germinate and grow as grown before very easily in container on patio
Radish Easter Egg globe mix sow feb to sept exp date 2027
Onion seeds called 'Kosma' a med hardy white onion sow sept/oct and a pk of something called 'komatsuma red' exp date 2025 says sow march to sept or oct to feb in glasshouse..had to look up what these are as no idea why/when bought these.. and says its a japanese mustard spinach and taste like pak choi for stir fries, so they sound good..
will sow them all tomorrow and see what happens lol.

 

Today I threw away a load of small plastic pots that were lurking between the bench and the cold frame - I have loads more in the shed so I really don't need them. General tidying up and planted some violas bought the other day and some primulas from a clump that I lifted from the front garden a week ago. Amazed that the primulas already have fresh leaves and flowers after being cut down completely after being divided. I put them in my lovely new pot which has a quote from Shakespeare round the top;
"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
and oxlips and the nodding violas grow".
Apologies if I've misquoted - it's dark now so I'm not going out to check.
I decided primulas were as near to oxlips as I had available.
Stuck a few dwarf narcissi in underneath as well but Shakespeare didn't mention them. Just realised I forgot the thyme.

 

Pruned both pear trees and sprayed them and the apple trees with "purin de prêle" which is a fungicide made from macerated horsetail because I found a bit of what I think is canker on the Cox and they all have rough looking bark after those hot, dry summer.

Planted out a sea buckthorn I grew from a cutting and some more strawberries and sorted out more plants for the new rose bed, including ordering some alliums online.

Potted on asparagus babies to grow a decent root system before they go out in the ground next spring and that meant sorting out loads of pots to find the right size.

We have wild cowslips along the verges here @katecat58 and I have wild violas that came as passengers in pots I brought when we moved here.

 

I've only just caught up on this thread @shiney. Sorry to hear about your greenhouse, it's been with you a long while. I would think yourself and Mrs. Shiney will be sad to see it go after all these years.

 

Good evening O-V. Where have you planted your Sea Buckthorn?We grew a number of them from cuttings and made a small step over hedge around the top end of our new patio in our last house. First season they looked lovely. The following year we noticed shoots appearing through the concrete fillers between the slabs. They had to go.

 

After a day of non stop rain yesterday, the sun was shining and quite pleasant outside. I pruned some dead leaves on a potted fern, some spent flower stems on Penstemon, tidied some borders up and turned the soil. The soil is gloriously soft and he odd weed so easy to pull out.
I also found two flower stems and flowers on a clump of cowslips! That’s a bit early…….

 

Greenhouse prices are scary now having been hiked, like everything else, during the covid outbreak.

 

Sheal, I remember that you said you have a small garden, as small as my one.
We got this in 2019: (Eden) Halls Cotswold Birdlip Greenhouse
Currently on sale with £700, and is the same price (£1k normal price) as it was in 2019.

Maybe there is something similar in your area.

 

@Peaceful Gardener - I drag my photos from the folders and put them into my post. It can be a bit footery, but I find that the best way - easier with a mouse. They appear at the bottom of your post, and you can then add them to the post as a full sized image. Smaller sizes load better too - I resize all mine. I don't know how you do it with a phone, but someone will help you with that if you use one for your photos.
I didn't do a lot yesterday as I had to go out, but it was a lovely day here - just a short shower in the afternoon, so I was even able to sit and watch the birds while having a cuppa or three. Planted up some more bulbs, and took the water scarecrow apart, as we're now in frost season -a little early for us, but it's nearly October, so not terribly surprising.
Another one this morning, but it's to be another good day. I'll see what I can do once I've taken the car for it's MOT soon. Probably deadheading and I think the remaining tomatoes will all need to come inside. Gr'house is too cold for them to ripen any time soon.