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September seed sowing schedule
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September harvesting schedule
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Bought some spring bulbs

Removed some leaves from tomatoes in garden greenhouse.

Clearing and tilling some beds on the plot

Harvested first Red Wiliams pear

Covers are out

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Planted Narcissus bulbocodium

Planted lobelia speciosa Fan Burgundy

Moved Japanese anemone to less shady spot

Sowed winter lettuce

Lifted onions and shallots
More tying in of raspberries

Dug more potatoes

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Dug more potatoes
Removes runners from strawberries again
Tidied and prepared some beds.

Cleared old strawberry bed
Dug more potatoes.
A weekend harvesting and clearing

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Apples and Pears

Harvested Victoria plums

Victoria reigns supreme

A Little Bit of Sunshine

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Cyclamen Hederifolium colonising amongst hellebores

Getting on quietly - cyclamen

Large tomatoes turning red

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Lifted half onions and shallots
Dug over cleared beds
Found a newt
Squirrel in the garden was desperate to get to the sunflower hearts but unsuccessful.
Plot ally

Picking salad ingredients daily

Blueberry leaves are starting to colour
A dry start to September

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Lifted the rest of the onions and shallots
Prepared bed for autumn onions and garlic
In Autumn Mode

Victoria reigns supreme
Sweetcorn passes the wasp test

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Bought some narcissi bulbs and achillea Tutti Frutti

The two Rs - ripening tomatoes

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Dug more potatoes

Planted wallflowers and sweet rocket,

Surprising Spuds

Better very, very late than never

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Planted more sweet rocket and sweet Wiliams
More tidying, bed clearing and harvesting

Victoria succeeded by Marjorie

Day out in North Yorkshire Moors

Varied weekend

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Nature's Grand Designs

Harvesting
We say tomarto

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Cleared tomatoes out of garden greenhouse
Filled some bags for winter planting
Out with the tomatoes

Bought more spring bulbs - fritillary and erythronium, red winter onion sets and garlic bulbs.

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Visited Thirsk Falconry Centre
Handled a barn owl and a kestrel
Thirsk Falconry Centre

Spike the barn owl
Branston - the kestrel

Visited North Yorkshire Moors steam railway
A settled spell

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Planted winter onions and garlic.
more bed clearance

Rotovated some beds.
Scattered hardy annual flower seeds under the pear trees.
Will they won't they? - late peas

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Autumnal fungi at Fairburn Ings
Cold September

Planted up one bag in the greenhouse with lettuce