Finished cleaning the outside glass on the conservatory and then tackled the box gutter and side ones. So many leaves and as always so difficult...
Having kale stripped by the cabbage white caterpillars last year outside we sowed in the polytunnel this year. I cut back rather than pull the...
Worked in the new polytunnel this morning as rain very heavy outside. Not happy to find cat mess in one of the beds. We have had a tunnel for some...
Not an expert but if the tree people feel that pollarding it maybe the best solution then maybe give it a go. Willows are very strong and will...
While the RHS says that slugs and snails aren't pests I wish they would give us a solution for keeping them outdoors and not indoors. We grow...
Still some speckled woods flying around. Had a green woodpecker on the cut paths in the orchard and a beautiful mistle thrush feeding on the...
Welcome. Not sure which willow you have. We have crack willows and they have dropped their leaves already. We do pollard them but not yet, too...
Cleared the paths from the leaves. It does become dangerous if left and it rains. So onto the compost heaps. Then weeded the bulb bed. How does...
We "found" 7 more quinces that were hiding in the foliage. Great sizes. Picked some salads from the polytunnel as well as some leeks outdoors.
@Scroggin how do you manage to see so many wonderful plants in one day? Amazing.
We hate it and wish it would stop.
This morning a bigger flock of starlings over the garden shortly followed by a small number of redwings. Find it interesting that we now have...
@pete sorry Greater Spotted Woodpecker
As dusk came today we watched the rooks and the jackdaws in HUGE numbers flying around one way and then the next. The ariel displays were...
Picked some Blenheim orange apples yesterday. Great size and smell wonderful. [ATTACH]
Finished clearing one path. Weeded what we call the field poppy bed, but this year it was mainly corn cockle. Then onto the lavender scree bed....
@CarolineL maybe the quince you have is "Vranja" which is often mispelt. It is worth growing but I agree the medlar can be so much more time...
Grey day but little wind and no rain. Cleared yet another path of plantains, dandelions and ivy. Then we tackled one of the very unproductive veg...
@CarolineL They don't taste of anything until they are bletted or "cooked". When they are bletted they taste like a mix of apple/pear puree but...
We picked the medlars before the storm and have a huge bucketful. Having done so much with the quinces we are lucky that we have some neighbours...
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