Keeping it tidy 🌿

Not a lot happening really. 

We had one dry morning ...so ...

Trying to keep it fairly tidy . He cut the grass and I went around all the vegetable beds with the edging sheers .

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Thistles !

 One good thing about the rain ...it makes weeding easier !

I'm not sure of how much I will be able to do next vegetable growing season . My back is healing but ever so slowly . 

Normally I would have taken down the bean poles , but I couldn't even manage that at the moment .

So I've left them up . I must have done a pretty good job of the bean frame as even Storm Bram didn't rock it !

But ,

This bed had a fine crop of Thistles .

                                             Ugh !

     There was no way that I could just leave them to get their roots down .

I hung up my walking stick .....

........ and with the help of these two tools ...........

 .....and with the earth being so soft due to the torrential rain we've had over the last couple of days ...

....... without crouching , kneeling or bending over ....... all things considered ....

                      ......not a bad job done .... proper job ! (as we say in Cornwall )

Leeks and Onions doing o.k. 

 I just can't bend down to pull them !

Meanwhile on the landing windowsill , my Schlumbergera cuttings are flowering for the first time !

These were two segment cuttings that I bought on Ebay .  Very pretty ! 

  However ...

            ....in case you were wondering ...

...we are still waiting and watching for this to open it's buds . 

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Full Moon 🌕

 

                       Full  Moon.......and got some Christmas fairy lights up . 

                                   Rain ...... lots of it !

A Bumper Harvest of Kale

 Today I very carefully ,with my poorly back , swept the leaves as best as I could from the gravel bed .

Wheeled them up to my vegetable garden . Pulled back the netting to get a better look at my Kale .

It's looking very good . I grew three varieties of Kale this year . Vates Blue , Rossignol Kale and Cavolo Nero Kale . 

They've all done very well and I picked a good bowl full .

They could stand through the Winter months , but I decided to harvest and freeze them away now .

I tipped the leaves over the now empty vegetable bed and covered it all over with some cardboard that I'd been saving .

There's a couple of Sprouts in there too . I doubt they'll amount to anything much , but I left them in , just in case . 

I made sure it is all weighted down . We have some severe weather warnings issued for next week . 

More wind and rain . 

   Kale - not my most favourite vegetable , but very good for us . Nice with a blob of butter !

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November Daffodils - Gyllyngvase Beach

 We stopped off to take a closer look at the Daffodils in Queen Mary's Gardens , Falmouth .

Through the gate and you're on Gyllyngvase beach ! .........

 Gyllyngvase -which translated means William's Grave  , named after  William the Conqueror's grandson and heir to the throne ,William Adelin's body is said to have been recovered , brought to and buried here , after his ship The White Ship struck a submerged rock and sank . 

It is said that 300 other passengers also lost their lives in the disaster in 1120 .

It is very strange because the ship is said to have actually gone down in the English Channel  not far from Barfleur Normandy .... a very long way from here .

Why would he have been buried here ? 

No idea how this tale came to be ?   Anyone know ? Feel free to let me know in the comments below .

The Gunneras have all died back during the cold snap last week .

I did a bit more embroidery . 🌿

It drizzled all day 🌧️

The Last of the Tomatoes

 One last handful of cherry tomatoes , from the plants my husband grew in the woodshed !

                        Doing a little more of my medieval embroidery .

From the Luttrell Psalter

           British Library add MS 42130

        (medieval manuscript , 1325-1340)f151v

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The Sun Returned ☀️

 

After a slightly frosty morning , the sun came out again . 

We went for our morning walk over at Kynance .

It was just such a beautiful morning !

After the gloomy day we had yesterday . 

                                        Pasties for lunch !

A little more stitching .  

This is a detail from the Luttrell Psalter . ( which I love )  British Library add MS 42130 (medieval manuscript , 1325-1340)f151v

     Nope still not doing any gardening .....oh... I did sow my sweet peas though ! 

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❄️Bitterly Cold Morning ❄️

A bitterly cold morning . 

I sat in the car with my embroidery , warm blanket and hot water bottle . While my husband had his hospital appointment .

It was a very long wait and I wished I'd brought a flask of  coffee .

Pretty much most of the country is having cold and snowy weather .

No snow here yet , just heavy showers of hail ! 

No gardening today .  

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❄️Did you get snow ?❄️

 We didn't get any snow . Just heavy squally rain showers with graupel ....which is not quite hail and not quite snow .

In case you were wondering , I did remember to get this Aeonium into the porch .

It looks like it is wanting to open it's buds very soon .  They have a slight yellowish tinge to them .

                Brrr..it is very cold...we have lit the fire . Hot water bottles and thermal undies !

 ❄️ So ...did you get snow ?  ❄️ Did you get enough to make a snowman ?  ☃️

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Greenhouse all ready for a cold night ❄️

 

Cold Weather on the Way

 

                      Did you wrap your outside tap ?  I've double wrapped mine .

     Bring in a bit more firewood ?  I bring in a couple of logs every time I go past the woodshed .

      Have you got the hot water bottles out ?  Wrap up warm everyone , hats and gloves !

                                     Cold weather is on the way !

Cold Weather On The Way - Greenhouse Winter Preparations ❄️

 

The weather is turning . The clouds are coming from the East this evening and it's beginning to feel a lot cooler than of late . 

 So I hobbled up to the greenhouse to get some insulation up .
 It's not the most attractive looking , but I fix up windscreen shields along the East side . I slide them in between that white trellis and the window .

 I stand the most tender plants on polystyrene sheets  and some extra bits at the window to block out any draughts .

The windscreen shields are cheap to buy . Sheets of newspaper ready to throw over the plants in the evening .

Newspapers and fleece at the ready .   I fix up windbreak mesh over the door  and fastened back with cup hooks .

Another windscreen shield across the North facing window . Sorry about the blurry pic !

I always save any polystyrene , it's useful to protect tender plants .

                    Insulation rolled out along the rafters .

The candle lantern and supply of candles , in case we get an Arctic Blast warning .

Not sure about the ferns . I might slide another windscreen shield behind them .

    I think I have remembered everything now . I just hope the greenhouse roof doesn't leak too much .

                While I'm about it , I must not forget the outside tap cover !

                             We don't want burst taps !   

I grow lots of Succulents and Cacti that really need protecting . How do you protect your greenhouse over the Winter ? What do you grow ? 

Living here on the Lizard Peninsula , Cornwall , this is what I do every year .

 If you live further up country , then this may not be enough for your plants .

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