{"id":1278,"date":"2022-11-12T01:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T01:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2022-11-11T19:54:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T19:54:05","slug":"six-on-saturday-12-11-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balmerino.ddns.net\/geekygarden\/index.php\/2022\/11\/12\/six-on-saturday-12-11-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Six on Saturday 12-11-22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By mid-November, my #SixonSaturday offerings are often reduced to bits of the garden I’ve tidied or let rip for winter: not this year. This week we have had the highest November night time temperature ever around here at 15 deg C. I had assumed that, as someone within a decade of retirement, I wouldn’t get to see the effects of climate change. I think that assumption may have been wrong. But let’s focus on the joys that can still be had from the garden, with this week’s theme of ‘what’s still going?’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve always loved drifting around gardening Twitter on a Saturday morning (@julie3dharris). But I’m not sure I want to stay in what looks like an increasingly hostile environment that may not respect my data privacy. So I’m (for now at least) also posting on Mastodon: @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first time, I have my summer window boxes still on the go, no need to bring into the greenhouse and prune for winter yet. There’s nothing as cheerful as a bright red pelargonium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the greenhouse, there isn’t enough space for the pellies yet anyway, as tomatoes are somehow still ripening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Waiting in the wings to go into my dark winter courtyard are a couple of boxes of winter violets. Despite very high winds, they are doing their best to get into flower now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It has been a tremendous apple year. Eaters came early, didn’t store well, and have long been eaten or turned into juice. With mild weather and very high winds, I’m picking up 2 buckets a day of cookers. I like juice from these, but my partner finds the juice too sour…any ideas for novel apple use?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’d always thought that snap-dragons were annuals in the Scottish climate. These were grown from seed for me by a dear friend, in spring 2021. They came through last winter and look like they are ready to take on this one too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last but not least, a smoke-bush is offering it’s last flash of brightness. It wasn’t possible to catch these is a quiet moment, but perhaps you can get a feel for the 25 mph winds that have lashed the garden all day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I hope you enjoyed my #SixonSaturday. Stay safe, take care out there, and don’t forget to follow the crowd on twitter. I wonder if we can also get the sixes going on Masterdon? For regulars, apparently the\u00a0Propagator<\/a> is taking a rest, but has handed his trowel over to Jim at https:\/\/gardenruminations.co.uk\/. Also on twitter @JamesLStephens. And I’m now on masterdon @julie3dharris@mastodon.scot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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