Around the garden

This is our first year with a significant number of olives. We are planning on tying them. 

Do I detect a dislike of olives...

Thanks Cherry. I am surprised that we are getting this many.   

I finished my work with the apple tree this morning. Last Saturday I pruned it, resulting in a large pile of branches blocking up the garden. Today I chopped them up, placing the various bits in their ideal positions for re-use. Now my walkwaay to the greenhouse has new wood underfoot; the bottom of the garden flower area has new mulch and the bottom of the garden (fence area) has branches lain which wildlife will find useful. I look now and amazed as it isn't obvious where the large pile went. All recycled in my garden

While I was doing this I did notice that one of my cucumbers has tried to escape from the greenhouse. It squeezed between the glass and frame and has broken the pane of glass. It's a good job I have some spares. A job for the winter as the cucumber is jammed (it looks squished) and I won't be able to get it out before it rots and the other plants in the greenhouse have died off making access easier.

My hydroponics are still going but there is a smell of decay coming in the greenhouse. The last of the tomotoes are ripening off, as well as the peppers but I will have to decide soon to pick them still green before they are lost.

This morning I was out in the garden with my pruning tools again. I have now done one of the fig trees, a bay tree and the loganberries, as well as a plant which is invading from next door and a small Ash tree which it was hiding. That's most of the pruning done although the redcurrent bushes will take an hour or so,

A bad point was that I accidently cracked a glass pae on the greenhouse. It was at the back alongside my neighbours fence and the alleyway is only a couple of feet or so so it's very tight. I have things stored there too which is basically why it happened. This pane is far less important as it is right at the bottom and cannot be seen at all unless you are in the alleywaay as I have a reflecting screen along that wall inside the greenhouse. I have spare panes so I will think again when I get round to the other one I mentioned earlier.

Where I work they run a project called "Garden Buddies".

They basically recruit volunteers to do requested gardens. It's a brilliant project and a lot of people are glad of the service.

I finally got round to planting some kale seeds today. They will (hopefuly) germinate and grow a little in the house and then I can plant them out toward the end of the month when I have cleared space in the greenhouse.

It must still be quite warm as I am picking a few current tomatoes and chilli peppers in the greenhouse. Unusual for November

I get a bit so have to be careful where I put things. All from above though. At the moment it's the high humidity which is affecting things though.

I am starting to get ready for the winter growing season. I'll be bringing everything out from storage to my lanai shortly.

I'm sorry to hear that Cherry. Are you planning on getting another?

That, and we put it in our summer house to minimise the more severe temperature fluctuations, and it wasn't a severe winter.