As September drifts into October in a blaze of sunshine, albeit accompanied by a cold breeze, I now curse my tardiness for not going to the native month-to-month market final Sunday to purchase broccoli, lettuce and perhaps some cucumber plugs. Why didn’t I am going? It rained. A poor excuse, particularly since I’ll miss the subsequent one. But then I ask myself, can I be phaffed, particularly when the cabbage white butterflies are nonetheless on the prowl.
OCTOBER HARVEST
Another 12 months and one other fail. We had a bumper yield of olives this 12 months, so Mr P was hopeful he would discover some with out the dreaded Olive Fruit Fly. No luck. Almost each final olive was spoiled.
Yellow peppers
Today I used to be stunned to see so many yellow peppers prepared for harvesting.
Eggplant
I’ve a number of pots of aubergines, and regardless of the dry, scorching summer time, they’re nonetheless thriving and can little question proceed to take action till Christmas. We will see.
ORANGE AND YELLOW HIBISCUS
When I purchased this hibiscus, the backyard centre had no concept what color it could be, so I needed to take an opportunity. I’m happy I did! When the buds first appeared, they have been yellow, however because the flowers opened, they have been orange. How uncommon!
HIBISCUS GROWN FROM CUTTINGS
I had one other good shock whereas attempting to find victims for my Six on Saturday put up. I found {that a} hibiscus I had grown from cuttings had lastly flowered! I’m nonetheless debating whether or not to plant this instantly within the soil or in a big pot.
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‘HELLO. ANYONE THERE?’
For some cause, I missed the indicators. The cry for assist! IT was solely when taking pictures for Six on Saturday that I realised the plant was dying. I received the moisture meter and examined the soil. DRY. Checked the irrigation wire. Yep that was in place. Checked one other plant … oops that was bone dry, too. Finally positioned the issue. The batteries within the irrigation management meter have been flat, which meant that a number of pots and a complete part of the backyard had not been watered for goodness is aware of how lengthy. Lesson realized. Fingers crossed the plant recovers.
IS THE ORANGE TREE DYING?
Again, taking photos for Six on Saturday, I finished to check the orange tree in additional element. It seemed high-quality, however on nearer inspection, I observed the one inexperienced leaves/recent development have been on the sting. All inside branches have been brown with no indicators of life.
That’s my Six for this Saturday. Do pop over to Jim’s weblog to take a look at different gardening bloggers.
