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cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 05 5:52 pm Post subject: Isn't it meant to be November?

Maybe it's November, but you'd never know it. Not here, anyway.

Today I've harvested two bulbs of fennel, not for us but to give to the chaps on neighbouring plots (in return for which I've already had useful advice and a bag of huckleberries), the last of the courgettes (dug the buggers up to make sure of that), a carrier bag full of runner beans, some mooli, Jerusalem artichokes, turnips and celery. That's to go with the parsnip, carrots, cabbage and leaf beet from earlier in the week. The spring onions and lettuce, which ought to be looking more sad by now, are still right as rain. Oh, one of the worktops in the kitchen is buried under tomatillos.

Shirtsleeve weather for working out in today. Lovely day.

ele

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 814
Location: Derby

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 05 6:01 pm Post subject:
blimey my ickle veggie plot is strictly on overwintering stuff now though I noticed the grass is still growing strongly and I don't think we've had a heavy frost here yet. It looks like cool nights and single figure days for the upcoming week tho'

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 05 6:03 pm Post subject:

Well it's actually been a bit cold here today, still not had a frost yet. Rather a nice day though, sun out and no rain for once.

I've mulched several plants to help them through the winter. Cleared an area for Bugs to finally get our garlic in. We had trouble getting bulbs this year as most garden centres stock Christmas tat rather than anything plant related at this time of year. Still we have 9 bulbs (three lots of three different types) of garlic broken up into cloves and planted.

I've also tried to insulate the worm rich compost bin. They are still very active and the bin is in a sheltered spot but as there are so many of them I've added a thick layer of fresh material and surrounded the compost container with old bags. I would use an old pillow but not sure which way round their head are.

I dug out several buckets of compost for the garlic patch and it's very good stuff.

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 05 8:42 pm Post subject:
I was clearing the garden and found ladybirds plus the bergenia, geraniums and primroses are flowering

Bernie66

Joined: 14 Jan 2005
Posts: 13967
Location: Eastoft

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 05 9:04 pm Post subject:
we had our first frost last night. I am a little concerned as the overwintering onions, the garlic and the peas are bigger than i would normally like them to be. i think now there has been a frost they will all slow right down.

2steps

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 5349
Location: Surrey

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 05 9:14 pm Post subject:
weathers ok here. though cold the sun is out. still drying our washing outside. The autmn onions and garlic I planted are coming up and my tomatoes are still going. one day last week I was digging the plot in a t shirt!

bernie-woman

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7824
Location: shropshire

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 05 8:50 am Post subject:
It looks like a christmas card out there this morning - first frost and very hard one too - it definitely looks and feels like November today

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 05 9:04 am Post subject:
Had a bit of a ground frost this morning. I think we'd had one other light frost, a bit more to this one, though. I've brought the bay tree in now, it's in a pot because our bay used to die ever winter in our garden in Gateshead, I must've bought four or five over the years up there. Do you guys rekon one would survive outdoors here in Cambridge?

Sarah D

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 2584

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 05 9:19 am Post subject:
Bay is hardy down to 5/-15 if that helps. Keep it out of the cold or freezing wind, though, as the leaves will become affected then. The bigger it gets, the hardier it will become. Mine stays out in the ground all winter now with no problems, about 5ft tall.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 05 9:21 am Post subject:
I've never had a problem with bays either, down to -11�C here. I don't think they will like too much wind or being kept too wet though.

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 05 9:32 am Post subject:
My bay is fine too, it sits in a pot in a sheltered corner of the garden.

2steps

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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Location: Surrey

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 05 9:37 am Post subject:
icy cold this morning but the sky is a loverly clear blue

giraffe

Joined: 07 Oct 2005
Posts: 272
Location: Nottingham

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 05 9:48 am Post subject:
My roses are still in bloom. One even has new buds coming.

hils

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 568
Location: Nottingham

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 05 9:56 am Post subject:
When I looked out of the window this morning I had a problem deciding whether it was snow or frost on the nighbours roof! Giraffe I take it you didn't have frost in your part of Nottingham?!

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Mon Nov 14, 05 9:56 am Post subject:
We had a light frost last night, and it's been a whole 36 hours without rain. I'm in heaven!!

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