Is summer over?
 

As we have had threads with spring, autumn and winter in the subject
lines iin the last 2 days, I just had to add one including summer. It
feels very autumnal in my garden now, and it's cutting-back and
ticying-up time.
Goodbue summer!


Pam in Bristol

Autumn's lovely. My favourite time of year. All those red and orange leaves and flowers, and the apple crop - I have 8 different varieties, all different colours. And the spring bulbs already putting up shoots and reminding you that , despite winter, life goes on.

A Swiss friend of mine described British weather as "autumn all year". So you must be very happy here.

She might not be able to tell the difference, but I can ;-)

Is summer over?
 

On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:31:56 +0100, Pam Moore
wrote:

As we have had threads with spring, autumn and winter in the subject
lines iin the last 2 days, I just had to add one including summer. It
feels very autumnal in my garden now, and it's cutting-back and
ticying-up time.
Goodbue summer!


Pam in Bristol

I think that a pre-requisite of something being over is that it first
must have started :)

Cheers
Jake
==============================================
Gardening at the less wet end of Swansea Bay
but moved on from Tolkien; now half way through
the complete Harry Potter.

www.rivendell.org.uk

Is summer over?
 

On Sep 8, 5:29*pm, Jake Nospam@invalid wrote:
On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:31:56 +0100, Pam Moore

wrote:
As we have had threads with spring, autumn and winter in the subject
lines iin the last 2 days, I just had to add one including summer. *It
feels very autumnal in my garden now, and it's cutting-back and
ticying-up time.
Goodbue summer!

Pam in Bristol

I think that a pre-requisite of something being over is that it first
must have started :)

Cheers
Jake
==============================================
Gardening at the less wet end of Swansea Bay
but moved on from Tolkien; now half way through
the complete Harry Potter.

www.rivendell.org.uk

I have less than 10% of my dahlias in flower, I finished up taking 10
weeks to plant, should have been done in no more than 5, I was
expecting a good August and Sept to let them catch up a bit, but with
night temps down as low as 48f, and the cool days, lack of sunshine
and now more rain and gales the poor things dont stand a chance.
The supports proke on some of the tree dahlias and I have had to pick
them up, some must weigh around half a hundred weight and more, next
year it will have to be wires and more heavy canes (8ft+) problem is I
need to stake around 80 plants.
I'll have to see if I have any young Ash poles growing.
David Hill

Is summer over?
 

On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 12:08:22 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill
wrote:


I have less than 10% of my dahlias in flower, I finished up taking 10
weeks to plant, should have been done in no more than 5, I was
expecting a good August and Sept to let them catch up a bit, but with
night temps down as low as 48f, and the cool days, lack of sunshine
and now more rain and gales the poor things dont stand a chance.
The supports proke on some of the tree dahlias and I have had to pick
them up, some must weigh around half a hundred weight and more, next
year it will have to be wires and more heavy canes (8ft+) problem is I
need to stake around 80 plants.
I'll have to see if I have any young Ash poles growing.
David Hill

You must be tamping mad! I'm starting to think about lifting my (few)
ground ones before they drown and going at the wall planters to see if
there are any tubers worth recovering for bedding next year.

Sounds like you'll be lifting a lot before they get round to
flowering. If not maddening it must be heartbreaking.

Sounds like you need a lot of fence posts rather than stakes or canes!

Cheers
Jake
==============================================
Gardening at the less wet end of Swansea Bay
but moved on from Tolkien; now half way through
the complete Harry Potter.

www.rivendell.org.uk

Is summer over?
 

On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 12:08:22 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill
wrote:

On Sep 8, 5:29*pm, Jake Nospam@invalid wrote:
On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:31:56 +0100, Pam Moore

wrote:
As we have had threads with spring, autumn and winter in the subject
lines iin the last 2 days, I just had to add one including summer. *It
feels very autumnal in my garden now, and it's cutting-back and
ticying-up time.
Goodbue summer!

Pam in Bristol

I think that a pre-requisite of something being over is that it first
must have started :)

Cheers
Jake
==============================================
Gardening at the less wet end of Swansea Bay
but moved on from Tolkien; now half way through
the complete Harry Potter.

www.rivendell.org.uk

I have less than 10% of my dahlias in flower, I finished up taking 10
weeks to plant, should have been done in no more than 5, I was
expecting a good August and Sept to let them catch up a bit, but with
night temps down as low as 48f, and the cool days, lack of sunshine
and now more rain and gales the poor things dont stand a chance.
The supports proke on some of the tree dahlias and I have had to pick
them up, some must weigh around half a hundred weight and more, next
year it will have to be wires and more heavy canes (8ft+) problem is I
need to stake around 80 plants.
I'll have to see if I have any young Ash poles growing.
David Hill

But you planted too late! We had summer in April.

Pam in Bristol

Is summer over?
 

On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:07:27 +0100, Pam Moore
wrote:

Pruned

We had summer in April.

Pam in Bristol

That's your Council Tax going up a lot then! On account of the local
amenity value.

All we had in April was a month between March and May.

Cheers
Jake
==============================================
Gardening at the less wet end of Swansea Bay
but moved on from Tolkien; now half way through
the complete Harry Potter.

www.rivendell.org.uk