Wednesday, 22 September 2010

September Days

Hello fellow Bloomers,


We are overun with Asters and Michalmas Daisies. It is the time of year for them but I think we went a little overboard on the seed front last year. Mind you they do jolly the place up and the lovely light blue of the daisies adds interest.


At the moment here in the potting shed we are planning like crazy for next spring. The bulb catalogues from our British bulb suppliers are being passed back and forth and are now quite tatty and well thumbed. Inamongst the planning and preparation for next spring we're busy clearing away the summer annuals that have all 'gone over,' dead heading, saving seed, and sorting out our perennials and just generally tidying up.


The misty mornings and giving way to glorious early autumn afternoons so being out on the cutting patch and farm is a joy - not too hot and not too cold either so it's ideal for working in. Also, the trees are just starting to turn and the better still, the hedges are full of blackberries - which make a tasty snack when you need a breather from weeding.


We're starting a new 'jobs for the week' section - we'd love to hear what other people are up to in their flower gardens throughout the country. It's always interesting to hear how the plants and flowers are doing around the country and how the seasons are changing.


So, here are our jobs for the week...



  • Take cuttings of your favourite perennials and roses

  • If you haven't done so already sow hardy annuals and perennail seed such as delphiniums, sweet williams, and echinacea for flowering next year.

  • Save seed for next year

  • Plant wallflowers and pansys for colour during the winter months

  • Lift and store Gladoli corms

  • Continue weeding

And for the veg growers amongst us...

  • Continue to harvest beans, sweetcorn, marrows etc

  • Lift and store onions and maincrop potatoes

  • Save seed from beans and peas. Store and sow next year.

  • Clear any crops that have finished. Lightly fork over the bed for overwintering.

On the farm, the farmer is starting to plough the fields ready for the next crops, mending machines and doing general maintenance on the tractors, combine etc. All this whilst wishing that the long summer days were still with us, not to mention the fact that he keeps grumbling about "where did the summer go? Did we even have one this year?? All it did was rain. grumble grumble"

Now time for a cup of tea and a few biscuits (if there's any left) and then it's back to cutting patch to get one with taking cuttings.

Cathy

PS Above is a picture of the farm pups having a nosey about the place

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