new start

[BUFFS]

I bought 2 big pots, 50ltr, to repot my peach and apricot trees, on e bay, under £8 each and I will be using john innes No3 to give them a good root run, then its into the back greenhouse to shelter them from the usual rain and fingers crossed for a summer (not spring) like we had this year, lovely fruit , lifted off the trees, I can taste them now so roll on 2014.........

[BUFFS]

we have finally had a good frost and the leaves are dropping, the acers in the main garden are looking amazing, especially the "osakazuki", it is the colour of a royal mail postbox, and the chocolate tom plant in the back greenhouse is still producing a few toms, still tasting fine...the latest I have ever known toms to keep going....

[Kirk]

Will say to watch the peach and apricot. I replanted a lime into JI3 and the soil/compost (whatever) was awful. Seemed to have nothing in it and it went like cement. A hammer drill would not get through it never mind roots.

Had to extract the poor bush and make a mix from whatever I had around. Did use some of the JI3 in it but not a lot.

[BUFFS]

I do intend to add some home made leaf mould and compost to the mix as they will be relying on me for water etc, I reckon about 25% of my own stuff added to the ji3 should stop it becoming a brick, but thanks for flagging it up, it has confirmed something we had been talking about...

[seneca196]

we have finally had a good frost and the leaves are dropping, the acers in the main garden are looking amazing, especially the "osakazuki", it is the colour of a royal mail postbox, and the chocolate tom plant in the back greenhouse is still producing a few toms, still tasting fine...the latest I have ever known toms to keep going....

Mine too. Looked spectacular last weekends winds blew most of them off. Still they really liven up the otherwise drab looking lawn. It's the thing I love about them - even when the leaves fall, I leave them to blow around the garden for ages, as they still look wonderful.

[BUFFS]

Mine too. Looked spectacular last weekends winds blew most of them off. Still they really liven up the otherwise drab looking lawn. It's the thing I love about them - even when the leaves fall, I leave them to blow around the garden for ages, as they still look wonderful.

I have taken a photo and use it as a wallpaper on my laptop but still not been able to figure out how to send the image anywhere, yellow acers in front and the bright red behind, magic, alas the leaves are mostly on the lawn now, but it was a great show this year....

[seneca196]

seems to have been a good year all round for trees from what I've seen..... great fruit and autumnal colour (I'm afraid to say it, though hope it's not a one-off, unlikely repeated one!)

Our lawn, still lush green with all the dew and wet weather still looks quite good with all the coloured leaves being blown about. Of course, when they've gone all moldy and I need to go out in the freezing cold to collect them all up, I'll feel differently about it.

[Bane]

I say this every time but all brands of John Innes are not equal. Some are shocking. I've never gone wrong with Westland's so far and I have bought tons of it over the years.


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[BUFFS]

seems to have been a good year all round for trees from what I've seen..... great fruit and autumnal colour (I'm afraid to say it, though hope it's not a one-off, unlikely repeated one!)

Our lawn, still lush green with all the dew and wet weather still looks quite good with all the coloured leaves being blown about. Of course, when they've gone all moldy and I need to go out in the freezing cold to collect them all up, I'll feel differently about it

I rake my leaves onto the flower borders and let the worms pull them down, if you ever get to see this (at night) it is amazing to watch them curl the leaf up and pull them down underground, and its labour saving too.....