Gardening/Allotmenting

[briantrumpet]

Even before tomorrow's 50mm of rain, my French garden has appreciated this week's showers. Looking darned pretty in the morning sun today, and the cherry & greengage trees as healthy as they've ever looked at the end of the summer. (I've already lightly pruned them, as they've now got time to heal before the risk of fungus setting in.)

 

[Legs]

Recent birthday present all potted up. Friends have had their best ever year for figs this year due to the heat, so hoping to get one or two of my own next year

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We’ve been getting a dozen or so figs each day for the last few weeks. They’re just starting to taper off now as the days are getting cooler and less sunny. There are loads of green fruit but many of them won’t ripen. I should perhaps try thinning them to divert the tree’s energies into ripening the fruit left?

But lo and behold, just when the fig tree is reducing its output, the damsons have ripened and are taking up the slack in the family’s fruit demand! 😁

 

[briantrumpet]

Final lawn cut of the year done, before my return to Devon. Happy with that.

The next cut will be Easter 2026.

 

[biggs682]

We had two potatoes that appeared from nowhere in one of our raised beds so I pulled one of them up today as the plants were starting to die back .

Couldn't dig / delve too much as it was close to the runner bean plants so more than happy with what I found