Blog posts
These are blog posts that sheiladearing has made.
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Now’s the time to start planting garlic. [Fig 1a] Garlic can be planted anytime from autumn to early spring. Most cultivars are better planted before Christmas although some can be planted as late as March. What determines whether to plant early or later is whether they are hard-necks or soft-necks. The hard-necks need to be planted in the autumn – October is a good time. The reason why the hard-necks need to be planted early is that they require a period of cold (6-8 weeks below 10°C) to form cloves properly. Otherwise the bulb will not split to form individual cloves – it just gets bigger
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As the summer comes to an end and the garden takes on its autumnal tints, we begin to change over our seasonal bedding. We reluctantly removed the tender perennials that have provided a colourful display since they were planted in May. Cuttings have been taken of all of these plants, which will be over-wintered on the nursery for planting next year. The first frost came last week which would have killed these plants had we not removed them first
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Exciting times are here at Rosemoor as we have just taken delivery of a new composting machine
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The apple harvest here at Rosemoor is safely gathered in now. Pictured here is one of the last trees to be picked in the orchard, which is a cooker called Edward VII.
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Roses in the Autum
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