September 2011 Blog Posts (64)

http://growourown.blogspot.com/2011/09/one-day-like-this.html

This is my 600th blog post :)

Hugs to everyone you reads or has ever read something I have written - you help me on my journey x

So having collected them a few weeks ago, I thought today would be a great day to sow my sweet pea seeds.

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After the recent strong winds there are many leaves to be gathered up for the leaf mould cages and so the cycle of death and rebirth begins again.  Although it’s not officially leaf-fall yet a lot of the trees were badly wind burned and have shed them early. It’s interesting that you can have one side of a tree all brown and crisped and the leeward side is still green. It Just shows how damaging the wind can be, and not just  for the physical battering it can give.

more with…

http://growourown.blogspot.com/2011/09/on-wild-flowers.html

and DEBBIE!!!! xx

It's time to plant over 1,000 spring bulbs over at Garden Posts:

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Medwyn Williams the 11 time gold medal winner of the Chelsea Flower Show

The first green shoots of the overwintering onions have appeared so things are looking good. I read somewhere that in the north of England and Scotland you should not plant them any later than the end of August but if I did that mine would put on too much top growth before the cold weather. I have put them in as late as mid October and they’ve come through the winter with no problems but that was before the last couple of very cold ones.

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A great day out and the veg was incredible

There was also the giant veg on display and boy are they huge

Malvern

Wonderful day in the garden yesterday, warm sunshine and all quiet apart from some very busy bees. I'd taken my camera with me for an end of summer photo record and managed to get some super close up shots of the bees in action, busy collecting nectar from the Cerinthe. 

More on my blog, here:

http://urbanvegpatch.blogspot.com/2011/09/saturday-snap-just-perfect-day.html

http://growourown.blogspot.com/2011/09/shear-maddness.html

P.S. I went for a walk to the lottie gates and back by myself about 2 hours ago :)

http://annieslittleplot.blogspot.com/2011/09/apple-picking.html

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