Kitchen Garden Forum

Forecast for overnight here is minus 2 >3 with fog

Nothing out of the ordinary visiting our feeders.
Goldie's, Blue & Great Tits, Chaffinches, Blackbirds, pair of Robins, Mr & Mrs Thrush. Jenny Wren now and again.

Thinking about winter colour, the free packet of Rainbow chard from KG have made lovely plants and aren't too strong a flavour - I'm not too keen on them if they have that earthy taste, but these are very nice , and the alternate rows of Redbor kale and a bright green curly kale look good. Another nice combination is Jaune de Poitou leeks with Bleu Solaise leeks (from Real Seeds) although they haven't done as well as usual with a lot of them going to seed quite early.

I do sympathise with you, PP. Our feeders were really busy today with goldfinches, chaffinches, bullfinches, bramblings, coal, blue, great and long-tailed tits, great spotted woodpecker, house sparrows, robin, blackbirds, but I bet next weekend everything will be quiet!

Weatherwise, we are still suffering from our anti-cyclonic gloom here: dry, mainly heavily overcast with just a very occasional glimpse of sun and nighttime temperatures hovering around freezing point. We could do with a bit more hard frost and sunny days. At least we are not snowed in. Grandson No 3 is getting married in a fortnight's time right out in the sticks, so no doubt the snow will turn up then......

Whoop!

The Burn was successful & no mishaps! All 3 piles of hedge row & todays prunings from the apple & pear trees are now very valuable wood ash. Had to use a bit of accelerant to get it started due to the frost, but once going piled it up & watched it disappear! Got quite a bit of wood ash - anyone know what veg will enjoy this besides onions?

Fruit likes potash, currents, strawbs, raspberries etc.

Cheers TB!

They will enjoy the bounty as well then! Especially as I have made a new strawberry bed!

Thanks Peter for the edit! Don't know how that happens - right way up on the computer when I download them from the phone! Must be the Aussie connection!