Cyclamen

I bought these mini cyclamen today.  I'll probably plant them in containers.  If they flower well over the winter I'll try to propagate them, then plant some in the front garden.

Containers

The winter pansies are ones I bought.

I split the Houttuynia Cordata Chameleon into two.

Final batch of spuds lifted

Today I cleared out the spud patch. This is a good time to review this year's spud harvest...

I thought the variety I bought this year, rocket, seemed very similar to the pentland javelins that I planted for the previous 2 years.  Both varieties were ok, but a bit more 'floury' than I really like - charlottes are my favourite.

I also found that the rockets were prone to get burrowed into by some subterranean pest.

As I planted all the seed potatoes at the same time (7th April), I had a glut so had to leave a lot of the spuds in the ground (the first batch lifted was on 10 July), increasing the likelihood of pest attack.

I think next year I will plant charlottes that I'll buy from the supermarket.  I'll plant them in 2 staggered batches to avoid a huge glut.  Will probably plant one batch in the old strawb bed, and another in the tomato bed.  I'll plant the tomatoes in this year's spud bed.  I can also use the bed at the bottom of the garden for something else (planted spuds there this year), maybe French beans.

Green manure update

Chrysanthemum

I bought 2 chrysanthemum plants.

Capsicum update

None of the capsicums have turned yellow or red, and most have developed unattractive black streaks.

Heatwave!

We've been undergoing a heatwave for the last few days.  Looks as though the temperatures will fall back to something like normal next week.

Green manure update

The original sowing of green manure has been rather disappointing, so I have sprinkled some more seed around.  Hope it takes.