Garden tidy underway for autumn, plus sowing of Acorns and Horse Chestnuts with the future in mind
With autumn well and truly upon us jobs in the garden and the vegetable patch become fewer and much of my time on the plot recently has been as much about tidying-up and clearing away as anything else. I have four compost bins and try to add as much as I can from what I am clearing from the greenhouse, vegetable patch and flower beds to these at this time of year; if you don’t have compost bins I thoroughly recommend getting at least one. With my four bins I can produce two or three hundred litres of compost in a year, great for simply spreading around the garden or for use in potting mixes and with the price of store-bought compost rising constantly at the moment, you can save yourself a tidy couple bob at the same time. As I am clearing the greenhouse I am also preparing it to store the more tender plants over winter; the seven Agapanthus I have in pots will go in there for the colder months for example. Talking of Agapanthus, any regular reader may recall I mentioned I had sown som...