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| Erica's grouped |
So much to be done in gardens now, thank goddess for our bikes so we can zoom off from time to time and run away from the work in our bubble.
Nature has it right, leaves fall to cover the ground protecting roots from the cold to come. We have been filling wool pack after wool pack with leaves which will be turned into mulch and compost returning to the garden come spring.
Erica's - As the days get colder erica's bud up to start flowering, if they were cut after flowering they should have gone through the Summer looking fresh and green and should now be well in bud. They are a wonderful ground cover and look good growing down walls. There are many different shades of pink, lavender and white, some are ground covers and some are upright. Erica's need full sun and good drainage to look their best. They are frost hardy and their colour intensifies the colder it is. They look great planted in drifts of 3 or 5 together to give great impact. Our garden would be very dull in the Winter months without Erica's.
Erica's - As the days get colder erica's bud up to start flowering, if they were cut after flowering they should have gone through the Summer looking fresh and green and should now be well in bud. They are a wonderful ground cover and look good growing down walls. There are many different shades of pink, lavender and white, some are ground covers and some are upright. Erica's need full sun and good drainage to look their best. They are frost hardy and their colour intensifies the colder it is. They look great planted in drifts of 3 or 5 together to give great impact. Our garden would be very dull in the Winter months without Erica's.
Roses: I stop dead heading roses now, pull off the spent blooms and let the seeds form which will harden the wood needing to be pruned in July. Remove all diseased leaves from bushes and on the ground around bushes before mulching to bed them down for winter.
Tidy up day lilies, by pulling off old leaves and cutting back those that will not pull off, divide over grown clumps by putting a sharp spade through the clump and transplanting pieces with a little blood and bone then mulch to retain moisture.
Seed collection should be full on now as plants age seeds are popping all over the place, nature is so generous with seed during autumn. Seeds I planted not so long ago are up and growing well with the ground still warm, I will nurse them along in a warm spot until spring. Potting them up before then should they put on a lot of growth before the cold slows them right down.
Vegetables:
With not being able to buy veg plants for a while let a few veg go to seed because I see seed is hard to come by as well. let seed brown off before picking to continue ripening in a paper bag. Peas, lettuce, cauliflower, silver beet, spinage, rocket and beetroot all seed well. If you have grain on hand plant some as a green crop to add humus to soil when dug in.
Fruit
Gather late fruiting peaches, apples & pears and if storing check there are no even slightly damaged fruit as they will soon rot and affect the sound fruit.
A dressing of lime now (if you have some) will assist next seasons fruiting.
Feed citrus buses, manure, seaweed based fertilizer then mulch.
Clean up strawberry beds, removing runners, potting up a few to encourage good roots for replacing plants older than 3 years.
Cheers Linda.
Tidy up day lilies, by pulling off old leaves and cutting back those that will not pull off, divide over grown clumps by putting a sharp spade through the clump and transplanting pieces with a little blood and bone then mulch to retain moisture.
Seed collection should be full on now as plants age seeds are popping all over the place, nature is so generous with seed during autumn. Seeds I planted not so long ago are up and growing well with the ground still warm, I will nurse them along in a warm spot until spring. Potting them up before then should they put on a lot of growth before the cold slows them right down.
Vegetables:
With not being able to buy veg plants for a while let a few veg go to seed because I see seed is hard to come by as well. let seed brown off before picking to continue ripening in a paper bag. Peas, lettuce, cauliflower, silver beet, spinage, rocket and beetroot all seed well. If you have grain on hand plant some as a green crop to add humus to soil when dug in.
Fruit
Gather late fruiting peaches, apples & pears and if storing check there are no even slightly damaged fruit as they will soon rot and affect the sound fruit.
A dressing of lime now (if you have some) will assist next seasons fruiting.
Feed citrus buses, manure, seaweed based fertilizer then mulch.
Clean up strawberry beds, removing runners, potting up a few to encourage good roots for replacing plants older than 3 years.
Cheers Linda.
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