Three Days at "R" Garden

Yes, took me three days - to dig the dahlias, weed, and put down leaf mulch for the winter ...... 

Done - November 2 - just in time for yet another Rainfall Warning

a few light frosts, so time to dig the dahlias

first of my fall/winter harvest

Day 1 Progress

tubers are healthy and plentiful, now just to overwinter them

never noticed this before - roots springing from cosmos stems that had fallen to the ground!!

October 31 Happy Halloween

 

End of October Walks and Bulb Planting

a few lovely fall days in between the rains ...... what better time for walks and more bulb planting

not my dahlias, but just love the colours 

October 22 Beds 10/11 and 64

The time has come to remove the last of the tomatoes, radishes and a few quite large scallions ..... love the look of the beds with the colourful leaves

Beedy's Camden Kale and Breen lettuce still going strong ...... a lot of baby greens seedlings under the mulch

Queen Lime Orange zinnia - one flower was ready for seed saving, now drying indoors ..... have no idea if this is opened pollinated - will see what grows next season

watermelon radish and mizuna loving this fall weather; baby scallions hiding in the mulch

the last of the harvest for this year from Beds 10/11 and 64; most of the tomatoes are Russian Black Pear, two Kits Find and one Lillian's Yellow Heirloom x Dwarf Speckled Heart cross - hopefully will ripen indoors; the scallions (Kincho) look more like leeks ..... but they have grown all summer

October 21 Garlic in the Back 40

Some say the best time to plant garlic is at the full Hunter's moon ..... that was yesterday ..... soil was amended with Gaia Green Power Bloom 2-8-4

Elephant Garlic

Northern Quebec Porcelain

Georgian Fire (I have been growing this one for a number of years with saved bulbs, but this year they were small - hopefully these will size up next year)

Chandler Blueberry ablaze, and a few dahlias still blooming

Kale and Brassicas from seed - time for some leaf mulch

and leaf mulch for the planted garlic

October 21 Mushrooms!!

 So many mushrooms ...... Fly Agaric 

October 19 Planted Some Bulbs

 Seemed like a good day to plant some bulbs ...... lots more to go, but two containers is a start - oh almost forgot - crocus planted in terracotta pot