HIGHER MORWELL GARDEN DIARY

6th October 2016

Focus now is on preparing the wildflower patch for next year and making a better job of it so that we get more success with the seeds that we sow. The polytunnel is still producing courgettes, cucumbers and radishes, and the herbs and salad leaves are thriving. Outside the beans have been blown down once and aren’t producing beans at the moment although there are still plenty of flowers and therefore hope!

The weather is being kind and we have dry days so clearing and rotavating the wildflower patch is progressing well. We’ve decided to put paths through the growth for next year so we can see a bit more of what is going on. Several frogs were amongst the displaced wildlife we found clearing the patch…

…which is good news for the

planned pond. We’re cutting away

all that we can easily reach of the

very unwell Lawson’s Cypress, and

it will have to be cut down

sometime. That will make a lot of

work dealing with the two trunks,

the available space in the garage is

already full of cut and split Crack

Willow from February. Also we’re

not sure that even very dry cypress

burns well in our revitalised