We are late late late but we are mulching here..

We have your welsh rain here I think.. has been going for a day or so.. wil settle al the new mulch out the front & get the back gardens ready for mulching & planting.

Putting a thick layer on top of the soil to keep the soil moist & help to control weeds..

Im using finely chopped trees that I buy from a local tree lopper/ landscaper.

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Last edited by frizz1974 (Sun 25 Sep 11 11:28pm)

I have just finished a lovely time of picking gardenias each day.
It is lovely that they bloom over Christmas here.
The whole house has been scented with them, and so was my sister's ward when she was in hospital.

The storm on Christmas day shredded my greens and set my tomatoes back.

This week it is the nasty heat that has knocked everything. Made worse because I ricked my back with the watering can, and so it has been tricky to water more, and to move the sensitive plants into better places. But I have done what I can!

I am looking forward to rain and cooler weather after today!


PS I did mulch!

Still have 8 smallish Savoys that need another few weeks to grow.
The "Purple-sprouting" is now leaves only, but makes a great sustitute for "Spring Greens".
The Carrots, Parsnips, baby-Turnips & Beetroot I clamped last autumn are holding out with no signs of rot.
There is still 1/2 bag of potatoes (we have had little in the way of frost so far this year).
There are still Pears & Apples in the store along with Squashes, dried Beans, dried Tomatoes & lots of herbs............& still a fair number of frozen & preseved berry-fruits.
I have to buy Onions, Leeks, & Fruit & Salads just yet, but soon.........very soon......

Grand_Ma wrote:

do you leave carrots in the ground through the winter Minni? this is new to me

No love, I make a "clamp".................a really old-fashioned way of storing root veg in dryish sand to stop them drying out, going soft or rotting.
I use a slightly cut-down wooden packing case, a layer of barely damp sand, then a layer of clean & undamaged roots (not touching the sides or each other), then another layer of sand 2" thick...............fill the box in layers until nearly full.
Cover with paper or sacking, & keep in a frost-free shed or garage.
You may need to check from time to time that there's no rot or vermin damaging the roots..............but kept dry, roots keep like this for several months.