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September 2018
For September 2018 weather summary
Details of our September harvest
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This diary is a summary of our garden activities. The links are to blog posts that often give more detail.
1 - 2 September
3 - 9 September
Visited Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Visited Flamborough
Flamborough - a day away from gardening
Continued to clear beds at the allotment
Harvested all the sweetcorn
Harvested first beetroot and first cranberries
Harvested spinach leaves
Sowed annual flower seeds.
Cut back redcurrant bushes and trimmed plum trees
Sowed Caliente mustard green manure
10 - 16 September
Plot lavender in front garden and allotment
Visited The mere near Scarborough and saw great white egret
Picked first aubergine
Annual flowers have germinated
Dug Rooster potatoes
Planted winter onion sets and garlic
Martyn continued clearing area of garden due for renovation
Bought heathers for tubs
Picked first Tickled Pink apple
Sowed spinach in raised bed in the garden
17 - 23 September
Harvested squash
Harvest Invincible pears
Picked a bunch of grapes from the plot
Dug Cara potatoes
Had heavy rain and gales
Sowed more green manure
garlic has sprouted
Mid September Plot tour - video
Summer ends - drought ends - big time
We have rain - a while lot of it
Mid September Plot Tour - video
24 - 30 September
Visited Yorkshire Wildlife Park
More plot tidying
Dug the rest of the potatoes
Clearing crab apple bed in the garden
Planted up heathers in tubs
Visited North Yorkshire Moors Steam Railway Gala
Harvesting before the storms - video
Digging the last of this year's potato crop - video