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It's that time of year, when things have fruited and we are harvesting or have havested. All is starting to look a bit thin on the ground or dying back.

What are you all doing in the garden, what's being sown or seedlings planted?

I am curious AND nosey of course!

I haven't put in anything new at the moment. Still waiting for my tomatoes to ripen and the elderberries to be ready. I have a few potato plants left. I have been thinking about planting some new things but wasn't sure what. I don't like a lot of the winter veg, which doesn't help

Quite honestly I am so busy and tired with all the harvesting and doing things with veg I don't have time.

What I've sown though in the last few weeks is yet more coriander!, and some more cos lettuce and some winter lettuce, both of which need thinning and transplanting now. Of course we are having hot weather all of a sudden which isn't the ideal time!!

I've got seeds sitting there of land cress which should be sown Aug/Sept in a shadyish place so I'll try to find time to sow them.

I should have sown rocket and radish as the flea beetle infestation has finally nearly all gone, but I just couldn't be bothered!

And that will be that - I'm looking forward to my leeks and purple curly kale and lazy winter days - ha ha ha! It's paint brush time for me this winter!

I've got some chinese radish (F1 Mantanghong) to put in, which should give me an end of season crop and some spinach (Bloomsdale) to plant soon for overwintering and harvesting next spring.

Wulf

I had spinach and chard/ leaf beet a couple of weeks ago and then winter pansies. My new babies are Chinese broccoli seedlings. I'm growing them for the first time this year.

Apart from lettuce plants which are still not transplanted (well, if I'm lucky they survive the winter again), it'll mainly be lambs lettuce now, and onions, if I get round to buying seeds...

Ina

Well, you are all very busy. Much busier than me in the garden. I really must get my finger out and do some more planting. I have had the kids on Summer break and been spending most of the time keeping them out of trouble!

Thanks for letting me know what you've started to grow now. It's given me some inspiration.

Well, I'm off to the shop this morning to buy myself some new plants...

Not sure what I'll get, depends on what is available - but likely carrots, capsicum, lettuce, broccoli, onions, strawberries, peas...... a bit of a broad range... it's the kinda weather here at the moment that I can plant anything (as Nev kindly pointed out to me I don't have much of an idea - I depend on Nev's advice ). I'm not as lucky as some though - everything I buy has to be suitable for container growing because I don't own the property I live in...

Will report back once I get back!

Forgot to mention broad beans for next spring, and possibly more spring onions!

Ina

Lettuce in the coldframe and poss rocket also in the coldframe. Basil, parsley, more chives, cabbage and another row of spinich. As for flowers, I've taken cuttings from various daisy types and have them in the mini greenhouse, just in case the main plants dont make it through the winter.

What I feel really gleeful about is the stack of seeds I have ready for next year..... There is a man in our market who is selling off seeds at 3 pkts for £1! Thet are still in date and are good makes. The only thing is all the packets are mixed up in large boxes so it takes a while to find what you want, but so what? I'm always up for a bargain

Ah nice one, I love a bobby bargain as well. I use out of date seeds and they are still fine.

Infact, I must go and have a rummage through my odds and end drawer. I know there's a few spare packets of opened seeds that need using up.

winter cabbage, lettuce, parsley , coriander and onion sets...but it's difficult to find the time as I am harvesting everything and either freezing, pickling, or storing it .....and I don't work or have young kids so I don't know how you all manage.

Neither do I (work, or understand how they manage)! My veg patch has become my full time job and I hardly have any time to do any housework (what a shame ). If it would just blooming well rain it would give me a lot more free time every day.

OK - so tell me why do I read this - it makes me feel either very lazy or that everyone else must have HUGE veggie patches
I can't plant anything as my huge and non fruiting (as yet - ever the optimist) pumpkin is covering the whole patch!

It had better be worth all the effort!
Saw lots of bulbs today in a pound shop - must get those thrown in somewhere on the lawn probably - so I have an excuse to invade it a little for fruit etc next year
Saw a hedghog home the other day at a craft fair - call me tight but as I don't know if my hedgehog would like my garden £36 was a bit steep - it was lovely though!