What jobs has everyone got planned?

Hi All,

I lost my enthusiasm for the garden this year, after the 2 people who gave it to me passed away within 2 weeks of each other in the shape of my Dad and Grandad.

However last weekend I had to clear out greenhouse and do a bit of clearing etc. And started think about the 2 aforementioned people and it bought back some great memories of them. After this I have not been able to stop making plans as my enthusiasm has come back more than ever.

So plans so far are for Autumn and winter are;

Finish the chicken coop (long overdue).
Knock out the veg beds and replace (picking up timber next week).
Replace the timber beds in the greenhouse (picking timber up next week, but might see if I can get some bricks of freecycle to make them out of these).
Build some greenhouse staging out of the timber I have left over from chicken coop.
Build 2 new compost beds out of timber. They will be 80 x 100 x 100cm. Do you think these will be big enough?

I have next week off so am hoping to get started. Hopefully get the raised beds done and some more of chicken coop. I need to get some more weldmesh as the stuff I bought is no good. Hopefully get the roof panels as well.

What's everyone else's plans for Autumn and Winter?

Rusty

 

Raking my leaves, this job continues till February. Nothing else needs to be done.

 

I'm thinking of erecting a polytunnel at home.

Although I've plenty of room for more at my plot, it can be a PITA:

1) Watering in them (no water there)
2) Keeping plants warm enough before frosts/low temps have passed. I've been getting a bit fed up with having to keep bringing plants back home right into mid June.

I'll need to fell some trees, but that'll provide a year's supply of logs.

 

Apart from shredding some cuttings when the weather allows, and planning some new borders, nothing.

 

Finished emptying the last of the 2016 planters into the green bin . Just fitted a new set of 500 LED fairy lights to our little crab apple tree . Made note to self not to cut through the wires when trimming the tree again !
Need to rake leaves from lawn and give it a quick hoover . Then I can jet-wash the patio - and that's it until next spring

 

Sorry for your loss's @rustyroots , I was in a similar position earlier in the year.
Gota few unusual seeds to start off next year. Also a few ideas running around in my head for next spring, hopefully a new seating area in the garden, as the current position faces NE. A few more palms and evergreen shrubs maybe depends on how the winter goes.

 

Mulching borders with WRFYM..that could take three months as all the tyres on the wheelbarrows/trailer are shot Massive bonfire once it dries out enough. Total re-make of soft fruit beds and, best of all, a damn great chunk of 'lawn' is going to become an extension of an existing border

 

I am sorry about the passing of your Dad and Grandad. I can see how it would make you sad, but in starting to straighten up, without realizing it, all the knowledge of your Dan and Grandad gave you a gentle shove in the right direction. How fortunate you are to inherit such a wonderful property. How blessed you are to grow up with gardeners.

Fall and winter are great times for getting ready for spring. Here in Texas, summers are so hot, that we go out EARLY in the mornings, work until 12 or 1:00 and go inside. So fall and winter is prime time for projects.

1. Finish pulling all the weeds in the vegetable garden. I lost enthusiasm in the 100 degree Fahrenheit heat and the weeds took off. I turned the sheep in and they made short work of the weeds.

2. Spread mulch. We moved here 2 years ago and our soil is white sand. We covered the garden with pine shavings from a horse event center 10 miles away and it has helped. We were given 4 year old wood chips and hauled piles of the mulch home.

3. Finish the fence down the southern fence line. Cross fence it.

4. Finish the sheep shed.

5. Repair the tool room (portable building)

6. Build a feed and tack room in the barn, that was build last winter

7. Think I'll stop with the list....

 

Well I'm off to watch football soon, with full Thermals on of course, after, well i pass the chip shop so it would be very rude not to go in and purchase an helping