September Jobs on the Plot

[Greenleaves]

With so much coming to an end in September what are the main jobs you have planned?

My main task will be preparing the autumn onion / garlic beds and putting a few beds to sleep till the spring, as I always feed and rest the beds I used for growing spuds this year.

End of the month will see the bean canes come down and then my annual ritual of digging over the beds before sowing green manures.

I will probably harvest another few barrows of stones, which I appear to be quite proficient in growing

What do you have planned?

[Penellype]

I'll be harvesting the rest of the potatoes, and then the plan is to get rid of the old wooden compost bin and water butt that they are currently in, and make a new raised bed that is easier to get at. Linked to this (vaguely), I need to re-shape the lawn, which always grows sideways over the years - the bits of turf can go in the bottom of the new raised bed. Once I've done all that the plan is to plant my gooseberry bush and a new blackcurrant bush in the new bed.

Other than that, just the general clearing up as things finish cropping. I'm going to try to make more use of cloches to try to extend the season - I have buckets of carrots and spinach which may benefit from these later on.

[Bigmallly]

Last week I cleared both Nettytunnels of Toms due to blight so plan to hoe the beds over & plant up with winter Brassicas, Autumn Onions already in so just need to edge the beds with Garlic to keep the vermin at bay. I have 8 builders bags full of compost from this years spuds so I plan to make a large deep parsnip bed & fill it with said compost along with a few bags of sand. I have a few rows of spuds that need lifting so once they are out I plan to fill the bed with Strawberry runners from this years crop. I'm sure there is more to do but my brain is mush at the mo.

[roitelet]

Thought you were heading for less work BM!!!!!

[Bigmallly]

I am, I am......................

[bramble]

I dont plan on doing much over the winter. I have dug over and raked the bed where the potatoes were. I stil have 6 tomato plants outdoors that are still going strong. When they finish i will dig over the lot and put in some autumn onions and garlic.

[WendyC]

My fruit cage is having a revamp. The strawberries are coming out and i am going to replant with gooseberries. I do like to have a good tidy up before the winter, but also relish the opportunity to take things at a slower pace after the urgency of spring and summer. I also have green manures to sow and the manure delivery will be here before too long. I want to get some onions in soon too.

[roitelet]

I am, I am......................

Promise......?

[Small pumpkin]

I'm going to pull my carrots and freeze them (after choosing the best 3 for the show )
And still trying to catch the two rabbits that have Been partying in the veg garden all summer. At least I know my new fencing is rabbit proof! Just wish the little sh.ts were the other side of it

[sparrow100]

I have another 5m bed and path to set up & double dig this month, if the rain ever ceases and my plot dries out enough to work.

Other than that, my last sowings need to go in the ground, possibly there to drown!

[KirstieSparkle]

winter brassicas?????? tell me more.
and garlic to keep pests out of empty beds?

as a noob i have no idea what i should discard once finished harvesting and what i should keep so i have no idea. i think my sweet pots arent ready yet so waiting for those, odd cucumbers and tomatoes still going strong, spaghetti squash i dont know what its doing, keeps developing squash and then dropping them.
no idea what to do with all the soil from potato sacks, what i can plant now to give me food lver winter or amything else.

'earn too much and it all gets confused lol. oh and my runner beans and dwarf greens are still doing well.... leeks i have no idea where they are or when to pull lol

[burnie]

New pond to dig and the soil will go into new raised beds that will be built, pile of logs to cut up with a chain saw, then new greenhouse to be built.

[Bigmallly]

Promise......?

[Bigmallly]

winter brassicas?????? tell me more.

Sorry KS, it should be Spring Brassicas, they are planted in Autumn so they grow over Winter to be picked with a bit of luck the following Spring.

[ldsau93]

Our relocated and refurbished shed will have a row of water butts set up to harvest the rain. Capacity c. 1000 litres. They will be slightly elevated (on a wooden bench) to give a better head of water.

We also have a number of beds that need cutting in on what is currently unproductive grass.