Not much work was carried out in the garden, other than general tidying up, in September as we were away the first 3 weeks, then a week was spent recovering from the flights and the jet leg, then I started a new job.
Everything was so dry on our return. The ground was cracked as was the fruits and the tomato vines had collapsed with the weight and a lot of fruit had started to rot on the ground.
Anything that had survived was small in size and was starting to be eaten by insects.
There was a lot that was salvageable and very tasty.
The lawn obviously node mowing, but there had just about been the right amount of rain to stop it drying out, but not too much rain for it to have grown out of control.
I love the little flower growing in the cracks. It's been repotted now.
A mouse got into the cushion box.
I hoped I could protect the melons from the insects by reusing the mice nibbled cushion cover, I failed.
I reached genius level with this. Bamboo canes to direct the over flow from the water butt directly into the bucket.
At some point I'll have to speak to next door about her ivy plant, last time it over grew our fence causing it to collapse, she's rarely at home and we did have tenants who failed to keep up with garden maintenance.
More crops from the garden.
The cantaloupe melons were small but delicious. I cut around where they'd been nibbled and had enough for 2 servings.
I've kept the seeds for next year.
Pots have been moved around, wooden cold frame in it's winter position and plastic cloche set up.
Pruning of the olive and rose bush before the first frosts.
Herbs repotted and moved to the front door step
Pumpkins grown from seed. I got the seeds from Canna at the Three Counties Autumn show last year from a previous World Record Pumpkin.
knock on the pumpkins and if they sound wooden then they're ready to harvest.
There's still a bit of colour in the garden, some geraniums and I've planted pansies in the hanging basket out the front.
We've had more beans and tomatoes and whilst the peppers were small they were very tasty.
That's a shame your garden didn't fare well while you were away but it looks like the insects had a feast. Those little flowers that appear between the cracks are always so pretty.
ReplyDeleteGood job with the melons, I tried this year but they came to nothing. I will try again though. I didn't know that about knocking on the pumpkins to see if they're ready. I will have to remember that!
I was surprised the lawn did as well as it did though
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