Shock

I woke up this morning to find out my hens had all been killed by a fox last night.The plan is to take the coop in to the garage,give it a good clean and sand it down e.t.c then give it a stain just before spring so it will be as good as new to have new hens.

Pictures

Clear Out !

Today I cleared the leaves from the trees and put them in the leafmould bin.I emptied all the pots and composted the old summer bedding and cleared the borders.I hope to overwinter the bedding begonias and store the Dahlia tubers.

Leafmould Bin

Today I started filling up the leafmould bin I finished building yesterday.It should be ready to use as a mulch at spring and fine potting compost next october.

Broad Beans Planted On The Plot

Today I planted out the Broad Beans I have been growing in modules indoors.For support I have collected twigs and branches that have been falling from the trees in the past few weeks.

Broad Bean Update

The broad beans have really grown since the last update.This is how they look now.I will pot them on into long paper pots to be planted out late autum/early winter.

Sweet Peas

The sweet peas have been in the propagator since Sunday,I have three varieties-Heirloom,Flying the flag and Lavender.

I put three seeds in each 7.5cm pot and soaked the seeds in warm water for two hours before soiwng as the instructions said.They are Thompson and Morgan seeds.

Raspberries,Blackcurant and Blueberry.

I bought 3xRaspberries,1xBlackcurant and 1xBlueberry at lidl today for £1.29 each I can't go wrong!

Planted Overwintering Onions and Garlic

I planted my overwintering onions and garlic today.

Radar onions and Violets Garlic

Covered them with fleece so birds can't pull them up.

Plot prepared for overwintering onions and garlic.

I'm ready to put in my overwintering onions and garlic when I get some dry weather !

I prepared the plot yesterday.

Cactus Christmas Plant

This is my Christmas Flowering cactus which I bought a few months ago,it has been out all summer and now been re potted and taken in to the front porch and I'm told it will have pink flowers just before christmas.

Broad Beans

The broad beans have been in their modules now for a few days. I will plant out later on, as I'm not keen on sowing straight in, I think this is very messy and not all germinate e.t.c. By sowing in modules I will know what's germinated and what's not. Also mice can affect the broad beans.

Welcome to my diary

Hello there and welcome to my diary where I will be publishing a month to month updated diary with pictures of growing my own veg on my plot,general gardening and keeping chickens.