Showing posts with label Autumn tidying and preparing the shed and greenhouse for Winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Autumn tidying and preparing the shed and greenhouse for Winter. Show all posts

Friday, 5 September 2025

Autumn tidying continues πŸ‚πŸπŸƒ


 Tomato and Sweet Pepper plants out .....except for one Sweet Pepper which still has a few fruits on .

Start bringing back in the Cacti from the front porch and any less hardy succulents  , Agaves to go under the bench. Gave it a good sweep out . So many cobwebs ! 

Then Ricardo announced that he wanted me to take all the plants out of the shed because he had to do a few maintenance jobs on it .

This was an incredibly scary job . More cobwebs and spiders πŸ•·️ I had to close my eyes as I carried out trays and plants  πŸ•·️ 

The polystyrene under the bench will be used in the unheated greenhouse to stand and surround precious plants on , during the cold winter months . I have my trusty roll of insulation stuff to unroll along the rafters and car windscreen frost screens to fix up along the North side of the greenhouse too .

The lantern and candles are also waiting in the wings .  I didn't use the lantern much last winter , but for me , it is wise to have it there ...just in case .

Also a pile of newspaper sheets to throw over plants on cold evenings .


Still under the bench to clear out . Just want it a bit tidier and enough space for two chairs by the table .
We had to fill in the ends of the window fittings to stop little birds coming in .The window frame doesn't go properly to the end of the shed building . It's usually the clever little Blue Tits ; they come in to shelter for the night , but they are not clever enough to remember how to get out again . It's o.k. I am up there everyday to let them out . 
I will be happy when Ricardo blocks up these holes .
Also the window glass wasn't the right size for the window frame and there was a quarter of an inch gap all along the top .
This had really puzzled me , and then one year there was a thin line of snow all along the inside on the bench . We rarely get snow so I hadn't noticed it before then . 
         As for the window , I daren't open it , in case it should fall off ! 

Apart from all that , it's quite a nice little shed . 
     πŸŒ§️ Hopefully it will get through yet another stormy Cornish Winter .🌩️🌧️


                  This side is much better now .  

    
                                           πŸ’Good enough for me anyway πŸ’ 


I gave the purple Tradescantia a trim .
Found a damaged bag of compost reduced to £3.00 .  All ready and waiting for starting my vegetable seeds next year .🌱🌱🌱


I gave everything a good drink of nice fresh rain water from the now refilled water barrels .

                                    Tasty strawberries are still coming !

           I love this time of the year best of all . Early Autumn . My favourite time .

     Wishing you a relaxing weekend . Make time for yourself and do something that you love . 

        Something that eases all your worries and brings some gentle happiness .

                           Thinking of you , hugs . Debbie x

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