8th October 2023

Welcome, 

The gardens are now closed but you are still welcome to find out what is happening in the Garden and I will now post once a month. Face book and Instagram will continue with pics.

There is still so much colour, as Summer transitions to Autumn, so next year we will open for the first week in October so that the autumn plants and foliage can be enjoyed.

We still have carrots, beetroot, parsnips and Kale in the garden and are picking strawberries (can you believe it?), raspberries, tomatoes, apples and Pears. Some apples are stored but the majority are juiced and frozen.

Beds that have finished producing are dug up and later we will cover them with compost.

Lots of hedges are being cut but the large Pleached Hornbeam will wait to be cut until the leaves have dropped as this will make the task easier.

Tomatoes are finishing in the Greenhouse and the Orchids for the Hall will be moved there to encourage flowering.

Urns and Tubs are having their soil replaced with fresh compost which we will do every 4 years.

The West Lawn has been scarified and top dressed and the East lawn has had an Autumn “feed and weed” applied.

By the Autumn Border rabbits and squirrels have done a lot of damage to the grass in that area and it has been raked, seeded and covered with a layer of plastic (with holes) to act as a mini greenhouse to encourage the grass.

No plants are being cut down as yet because they are looking so amazing but we have started pruning summer flowering shrubs and are tying in the long branches of roses to prevent wind damage.

The Heron is still a daily visitor, some of the lambs have gone to slaughter, lots of bees amongst the Asters and we are co -existing with the rabbits and squirrels.  

See you in November.

Stay healthy and good gardening

Lynda Tucker