What jobs are we doing in the garden today, autumn 2016

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    @shiney is it ok to prune apple trees now? First time i will be doing it this year-using a book to guide me and hoping I wont kill it! It's a bramley.
     
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      A bit behind as usual ! Going to lift my Cactus Dahlia tubers today . Hope I am not to late ? It is very mild now , but we have had a few frosty days. I have left all the stems and growth on , which are now black . So hopefully that should have protected them.
       
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        @Snorky85 Yes, it's a good time to prune them. Apples and pears can be pruned anytime after they have dropped all their leaves and before the new buds have formed.

        How you prune the tree depends on how old it is and how you are growing it. I've quickly grabbed this link and it should give you a good idea what to do in your situation.

        https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=90

        Our Bramleys are about 75 years old and still give an excellent crop. If you don't prune them the crop won't be so good.
         
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          How did you build your compost bins. I still haven't finalised how to do mine.

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            Thanks @shiney , I noticed some fluffy silvery buds growing-have I left it too late??

            It seems really tangled and I wanted to thin it out a bit. I didn't think the crop from it was that great-i noticed a lot of the apples, whilst they got quite big, had earwigs etc

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            Thanks for the useful link-nice to see an actual photo of the before and after pruning-my bramley has definitely been left and got out of hand.
             
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              It's difficult to tell from your pictures but your tree does seem a little bit out of hand but easily corrected. If the link I gave you doesn't give you enough info then you should try and find someone local who can give you a hand. The best bet is to see whether there is a local allotment society where some of them have apple trees and ask if you can watch them prune them. There may even be a professional orchard near you, or a National Trust property where you may be able to see how they have pruned their trees.

              Although your tree may have buds on, this is right at the beginning of the pruning season so you're not too late. The cold weather later in the winter will almost certainly get to them anyway but you can try to avoid cutting those stems if possible.
               
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                What a brilliant idea!
                 
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                    Chucked my trees in pots (and the frozen/unfrozen one.. praying I didn't damage it) with some compost day before yesterday. Cannot be bothered to dig in the wet and cold, I'll wait until spring!
                     
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                      :th scifD36: Nobody's posted on this thread for 11 days now, is there something else going on at the moment then? :heehee:

                      Yes, I've actually being doing a few jobs in the garden today.

                      The autumn sown broad beans have germinated and are poking through the soil now. I'd laid some wire netting over them to prevent cats/foxes/blackbirds etc. digging up the freshly tilled earth and disturbing them, but something else was needed now, as once the leaves open out I won't be able to remove the wire netting without uprooting the beans.

                      So I banged a few short stakes in the ground and rigged up some netting (it's actually an old hockey goal net) which will protect them until they're bigger.

                      Wondering whether I should have posted this in the 'You know you're an obsessive gardener when...' thread now. :redface:

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                        Most i've done in the garden this week is put my hand inside the potato clamp and hope there wasn't a girt slug in there :yikes:

                        One spud was doing its best to turn into a plant, but most of them are fine :)

                        Pulled out some Pink Fir Apples and Charlottes for Christmas lunch :gbh:
                         
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                          I've been working my way gradually round the front garden and removing moss from the beds. I'm averaging about three bucket loads a day and today was no exception. :phew: It's a bit heavy going on the back. :sad: I'll have filled two wheelie bins by the time they come to collect it.
                           
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                            Good afternoon i have been digging weeding and preparing my 3 raised beds in anticipation and so that the heavy frost will do its job:smile:

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                              I finished constructing the raised bed - the one which goes around the back of the arbour.

                              I am again determined this year not to lounge about during the Xmas/New Year break.
                               
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                                Just washed the greenhouse with Jeyes fluid.
                                 
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