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August 2016
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Details of what was sown/planted in August
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Details of our August harvest
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Started potting up strawberry runners to replace failed plants
Grapes on the shed vine on the plot are swelling
Late blackcurrants are harvested
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One of the cardoons has blown down but bees are still enjoying flowers
Yellow courgettes are producing a glut
Found the red gooseberry was fruiting hidden under the kiwi
Pruned Oullins Gage plum tree
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Mini Munch cucumber producing lots of fruit
Yellow rose Chris has a lovely perfume
Agapanthus looks lovely
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Harvested more Casablanca potatoes
Harvested last of the strawberries and raspberries
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A self sown ash tree was casting heavy shade over the cold frame area and so had to be felled.
I tidied the front garden that is now in need of an overhaul.
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Cut out old Glencoe raspberry canes and tied new ones in.
Harvested more potatoes
Cut down spent broad beans which are sending out new shoots
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The Climbing French and runner beans are in full swing
The 'Discovery' apple is casting fruit so we picked a few. They are not quite ripe but eatable.
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Had the afternoon at Potteric Carr. Not many birds to photograph but plenty of dragonflies and damselflies.
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Dug more potatoes.
Picked some of the few Oullins gage plums
Picked our first ripe tomatoes
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A day in the garden - the tubs are bursting with flowers.
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Dug the rest of the trial potatoes
Lifted onions and shallots and left to dry
Still harvesting autumn planted onions.
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We ordered some winter brassicas from DT Brown which arrived and were potted up to grow on. They have been housed in the cold frame so we hope that they don't become meals for slugs and snails.
Cold Frame looks like it's spring
The Sungolds continue to ripen and the Woodblocx raised bed is providing a salad crop.
Mini Munch cucumber us very prolific.
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Tidied first strawberry bed - removed runners and tidied dead leaves
Picked first Sunchocola F1 tomatoes
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Rained off on plot
Streptocarpus have grown and flowered well this year.
Day out at Scampston walled garden and parklands trail
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Basil has germinated.
Some small aubergines and peppers are developing
Brassicas in coldframe are perking up
Onions are now under cover
Tomatoes are ripening
Picked first carrots.
What is bright yellow and shaped like a plum?
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Cut old canes from summer raspberries and Japanese wineberry
Lifted more potatoes
Lifted first beetroot
Dead headed flowers and cut back alpine plants.
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