WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY 2023

I'm just off into the garden to pick more beans. Now that the plants have got into the swing of things, rather late this year, I shall have to pick them every day.

Yesterday's pickings

 

Weeding. A lot of it! Also some potting on and planting out

 

Yesterday, late afternoon, I started picking black berries and got about 3lb before back stopped play. Mrs Shiney shall continue doing it today. I'm waiting for it to get a bit lighter before doing the morning harvesting.

I've put the sprinkler on the second part of the veg plot (did the first part yesterday). We still have the ground cracking up after almost no rain this month. They're showing a possibility of rain tomorrow but we've learnt not to believe them.

Newsflash:- harvesting is postponed this morning as the farmer is harvesting the wheat field behind us (near our veg plots) and the air is full of dust. I'll leave the sprinkler on until he finishes so that it washes all the dust off our veggies.

 

They've been doing the fields around me this week too, it's quite pleasant to watch.

 

Yesterday, once the combine harvester had moved about half a mile away, I turned off the sprinkler, waited half an hour, and then picked unmucky crops.

This morning I have done two hours of mowing. There was very light drizzle for five minutes immediately after mowing but it is now dry and the sun is coming out. I'm taking a break now but if the rain keeps off I shall pick more beans.

 

I have now spent an hour picking beans and then trimmed the edges of the lawns I cut earlier. After that I trimmed the new growth on the willow so that we aren't constantly being hit in the face by the branches as we walk past. I then picked up another 10lb of windfall apples .

The weather forecast that gave us a Yellow warning for this afternoon has been, once more, proven wrong with us having brilliant sunshine and it's very humid. The wind has been fairly strong. The Yellow warning has now been moved to tonight!