{"id":8898,"date":"2022-10-01T17:05:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T16:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/?p=8898"},"modified":"2022-10-03T10:20:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T09:20:58","slug":"a-quiet-gardening-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/susan\/a-quiet-gardening-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Last planting for this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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We didn’t do much gardening at the beginning of the week for a number of reasons. One welcome reason is that we have had\u00a0 a few wet days. A less welcome reason is that I have had a painful shoulder. Thirdly we have been shopping for new carpets and once we had chosen carpeting someone needed to visit to measure up and\u00a0 price our order.<\/p>

Martyn, cleared the tomatoes from\u00a0 the garden greenhouse which will make way for everything that needs to be kept in there over winter. The temperature is already dropping over night.\"\"<\/p>

Quinces are always the last bulk harvest of the season. Once they have lost their furry covering and have turned from green to yellow they are ripe for picking.\u00a0<\/p>

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As the growing season was exceptionally dry, we did wonder whether the fruits would be spoiled. Quinces can suffer from bitter pit as a result of dry growing conditions which causes a calcium deficiency. One year we lost most of the fruits due to this as a symptom is that the skin and flesh becomes speckled with brown marks. Often bitter pit is only apparent once the fruit is peeled. Apparently the fruit also tastes bitter but as we have never eaten any disfigured fruits I can’t confirm that.<\/p>

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26 September – Calabrese and quince<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Some quinces were ready to pick so we took a few home as a test. They were fine so\u00a0Martyn, picked more when we went to the plot on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>

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2 October – Dahlias, cabbage, cranberries, tomatoes, raspberries and quince<\/figcaption><\/figure>

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I added some asters picked from the garden to the dahlias.<\/p>

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We had a batch of sweet William plants waiting in the garden coldframe. We had been holding back planting them out on the allotment until we had enough rain to add some moisture to the soil. Enough rain came for us to decide to plant them out which we did on Sunday.<\/p>

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We also planted two varieties of overwintering onions – Radar and Senshyu and two varieties of garlic. Casablanca is a hard neck variety and Germidour is a soft necked garlic. After we had planted the sets we covered the bed with enviromesh to stop any creatures from scratching about or digging the sets up.<\/p>

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\u00a0Ideally we would have liked to have planted the onions and garlic a couple of weeks ago so we are hoping that they manage to get going before winter sets in.<\/p>

We paid our regular visit to Nostell.\"\"<\/p>

The cygnets haven\u2019t yet left and the family are still content to relax together.<\/p>

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Included in last week\u2019s meals, I used some of our beetroot, onion, garlic, tomatoes, carrot and coriander in a \u00a0beetroot and chickpea curry. \u00a0<\/a><\/p>

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Some of our frozen French beans and peas along with a red onion, garlic, mint and coriander were used in a\u00a0turkey stir fry.<\/a><\/span><\/p>

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Finally, some of our squash, onion, garlic and tomatoes went into a chicken tagine.<\/a> I used ras el hanout instead of their choice of spices and also used fresh in place of tinned tomatoes<\/p>

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As always until next time stay safe and well.<\/p>

I am again linking to Harvest Monday<\/a> at Dave\u2019s Our Happy Acres blog.<\/p>

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We didn’t do much gardening at the beginning of the week for a number of reasons. One welcome reason is that we have had  a few wet days. A less welcome reason is that I have had a painful shoulder. 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