September 2018

 

 

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September seed sowing schedule

Details of what was sown/planted in September

 

 

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September harvesting schedule

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

Lion video

Brown bear video

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

End of a hot summer

The wait goes on

Autumn clearing jobs

Coming to an end

 

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

I'm hanging on to summer

Autumn clearing jobs

Resowing Green manure - video

Autumn has arrived

The Mere - near Scarborough

 

17 - 23 September

 

Harvested squash

Harvesting Squash - video

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

A rainy day at last

Summer ends - drought ends - big time

We have rain - a while lot of it

Our latest haul

Mid September Plot Tour - video

 

24 - 30 September

 

 

Visited Yorkshire Wildlife Park

The Pride of Yorkshire

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

What a difference

Old Fashioned Transport

Mini Harvest

Harvesting before the storms - video

Digging the last of this year's potato crop - video

 

 

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