August 2023
This diary is a summary of our garden activities. The links are to blog posts that often give more detail.
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01 - 06 August
Lots of heavy rain and thunder
Visited Temple Newsam and Nostell
Lots of harvesting
Lifted more potatoes
Picked first gladioli
That’s enough now!
August videos
07 - 13 August
Lifted onions and shallots
Dug more potatoes
Tidied more beds and covered with weed control fabric
Lots of harvesting
A glimpse of summer
14 - 20 August
Lifted more potatoes
Placed onions and shallots on grids
Visited Nostell and Temple Newsam
Time’s running out
21 - 27 August
More tidying and harvesting
Dug Rudolph potatoes
Found and potted up some oak seedlings
Still no real summer
August plot tour part 1
28 -31 August
Visited Nostell and hay in the meadow has been baled
Some trees are turning yellow
Harvested the rest if the peas
Harvested first lot of sweetcorn