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I'm trying leeks again next year, I've a pack of Musselburgh ready to go

-taff

all my stuff has gone over now, with the exception of the chard which is still putting out new leaves. And I must [must!] plant out the kale, but I fear it is past too late for winter, but may do some good in the spring...

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-taff wrote: »

all my stuff has gone over now, with the exception of the chard which is still putting out new leaves. And I must [must!] plant out the kale, but I fear it is past too late for winter, but may do some good in the spring...

With brassicas I just let them get on with it - I've some that are at least a couple of years old (I'm talking 18 to 24+ months rather than tortoise like longevity). My kale seedlings are still in the greenhouse - got to figure out if the weather is going to be good enough to harden them off next week - or I could just leave them in the greenhouse for the duration

unrecordings

Managed another hour or two. Put the bergamot & lemon verbena in the warmer greehouse to overwinter. Looks like the frosts are going to start next week. Bit of tidying, then collecting odds & ends for my ramen

Suffolk_lass

Remembered my chillies in the greenhouse and gave them all a drink yesterday. Remarkably some are still flowering and there are lots of little green fruits hanging

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Suffolk_lass wrote: »

Remembered my chillies in the greenhouse and gave them all a drink yesterday. Remarkably some are still flowering and there are lots of little green fruits hanging

I've got my chillis overwintering indoors. The Thai Cayenne are ripening nicely, but the Habanero didn't do much this year they flowered but that's all (and were a little stunted compared to the Thai, but maybe that's their habit)

I've some Padrons that I'm wondering whether to try overwintering, but I hear they don't take kindly to it

weenemo

I've not been on here in ages but just popped by to say that my pears matured a couple of weeks ago and I'm delighted how they've turned out. Initially I was concerned the whole lot would have to go out (or stewed, pureed and sieved) as they had those really hard, gritty spots in them. However, the first couple and last few were like that. The 20 or so in between were beautiful.
They've been cut, frozen and ready for chutney or crumble. The first few good ones were put into a crumble alongside some apples from my Brother's apple tree. Yum. Love this season

Suffolk_lass

I love pears, especially in crumble. My old school recipe substituted some breadcrumbs for some of the flour, and reduced the sugar only to sprinkle the top with tiny dobs of butter and a sprinkle of demerara sugar.

I can't remember what all my chillies were this year (as in which are which) but they are doing OK for the timebeing. We had frost on the windscreen yesterday morning for the first time this year and their window boxes are on the ground so not sure they will have liked that

euronorris

Finally got out in the garden on Sunday. The tomatoes were all still producing fruit and flowers! lol. It's just been so mild here, but has finally started to drop in temperature, so I harvested the remaining tomatoes to ripen indoors and got rid of the plants. Also dug out the runner beans plant. It long since stopped producing, but just hadn't had time to get rid.


The strawberries I grew from seed, were also still producing fruit (without much success, I should add), so have hacked them back a little.


Also hacked back the buddleia, which had grown very, very tall! lol


That was all I had time for really. Lawn could use a cut, but the ground is so boggy now after weeks of heavy rain. One day of sun was not enough to dry it out sufficiently.


Brussel sprouts still going, but really, really slow. Am hoping that now that the tomatoes are out of the trug, they'll have extra energy to draw from.

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euronorris wrote: »

Also hacked back the buddleia, which had grown very, very tall! lol

I know bees love it, but for a long time I could never quite understand the attraction of buddleia because round here it's associated with industrial decay (you see it growing out of walls of abandoned factories & workshops). I suppose it's a pioneer species like silver birch, which I happen to like - you can see forests of the stuff where railway yards used to be