Showing posts with label strawberries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strawberries. Show all posts
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Inside the greenhouse and out
07:18 | Posted by
Pembroke Pocket Garden |
Some of the tomato plants are completely dying back for the winter, but they still have tomatoes ripening on them....
Some of these tomatoes have been put in the greenhouse to ripen.
Some beans and peppers have also been put in the warmth of the greenhouse in the hope that they will dry and the seeds be collected for planting next spring.
Inside the greenhouse peppers are turning a wonderful red, but outside, they are still flowering and fruiting too...
The strawberry runners potted up and put in the greenhouse to over winter aren't looking too good.
They have now been watered, but look like they are going to need more regular attention...
Clover, our Green Manure experiment, is sprouting well, but has been dug up a bit by squirrels. A wire mesh has been placed over this container, which will hopefully protect the tiny plants.
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Strawberries & Magic Beans
15:28 | Posted by
Pembroke Pocket Garden |
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| Alpine strawberry runners potted up for next year |
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| old marigolds |
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| Garlic chives |
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| Three magic beans |
Out with the old, in with the new
11:53 | Posted by
Pembroke Pocket Garden |
The harvest is still coming, but much of the garden is settling down for winter now.
We dug up the mint and comfrey that had Powdery Mildew and planted Clover as Green Manure in the vacant boxes.
We have also planted tulip bulbs and broad beans ready for the spring.
As many strawberry runners as we could pot up have been placed in the greenhouse to over winter. We should have plenty of strawberries for Strawberries and Cream in the garden next summer.
.Aphids are enjoying our Mustard plants! The affected parts of the plant have been removed and disposed of.
Beautiful white 'Margo' Runner Beans were harvested for planting next year.
The Sweet Peppers were harvested and the rest of the plant removed.
(These were lovely roasted for my dinner!)
Saturday, 8 October 2011
Seed heads and runners
07:26 | Posted by
Pembroke Pocket Garden |
Saturday 8th October, beginning to prepare for next year! Seeds are ripening all over the garden.
Radish seeds? These are nearly ready to gather.
Fennel seeds: don't eat these unless you really love the taste of aniseed!
All the ripe, dry seed heads were gathered and stored for the winter.
Mint seed heads.
Plenty more mint seeds still to ripen.
Basil seeds need to be gathered up....
...although bees are still pollinating some of them!
Strawberry runners were pegged out in pots of soil-based compost. Once the runners have rooted in to the pots they can be cut from the mother plant and moved to the greenhouse for the winter.
We have a number of varieties of strawberries. Hope they all do well next year!
Some have taken root and have been moved in to the greenhouse already.
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