{"id":5011,"date":"2019-02-26T22:23:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T21:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/?p=5011"},"modified":"2019-03-03T12:41:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T11:41:22","slug":"my-patch-a-garden-update-october-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/my-patch-a-garden-update-october-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"My Patch \u2013 A Garden update: October 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

The garden has certainly started to die back, there are still some plants holding on and as of October 23rd there are still, rudbeckia, cosmos, cornflowers and a yellow flowered plant (I have no idea what it is!) still in flower, and in some cases in bud!  This month I have been thinking about next spring and what I perhaps need to start doing now…<\/p>\n

October 7th – I potted on half of the sweet williams, as they were looking a little compact! I ran out of seed trays and peat free compost! I wasn\u2019t expected quite so many of them to germinate, I think I\u2019ll be giving a quite few of them away next spring!<\/p>\n

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October 10th – I collected more seeds from the flowers that are slowly going over. I have been collecting seeds when I notice them and just putting them in envelopes to dry. Tonight I sorted them out properly and they are now labelled correctly. Some however I have no idea what they are, not because I have forgotten what the seeds are, but more the fact I had no idea what the flower was to start with. They are still on the to be identified list from the summer!<\/p>\n

October 11th – There are still a lot of \u2018weeds\u2019 appearing in the raised beds so I removed a few this evening while I still had enough light, I would like them all removed so they don\u2019t re appear next year!<\/p>\n

I turned the compost tonight, well, I turned some of it!  I\u2019m a bit short to reach the bottom of the bin so will have to ask someone a bit taller to do it for me! I think it\u2019s going okay, I\u2019ve never had a compost bin before so it\u2019s a wait and see experiment. It\u2019s had lots of material added to it, though I think it could do with some more leaves as it\u2019s all been quite green at present. <\/p>\n

October 16th – We put up an RSPB diamond nest box on the wall where much of the Jasmine has been removed.  Earlier in the year fledgling wren’s were seen there so I thought a box should be put up for them to roost in over winter just in case they used the Jasmine last year.  I have seen birds leave the leafy part of the Jasmine so I hope they like it.  <\/p>\n

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October 20th – I potted on the rest of the sweet williams \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

October 22nd – I\u2019ve planted some crocus in the \u2018woodland\u2019 area.  The snowdrops that I moved in April are growing – I only know this as I accidentally dug a few up when making holes for the crocus! They were quickly put back in. I think I need some bulb markers!<\/p>\n

October 23rd – I sowed 3 sweet chestnuts seeds in a pot. I figure it is worth a try, if they germinate then I will have trees to plant out in a few years \ud83d\ude42  <\/p>\n

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