Here’s the chutney as promised! It tastes even better after a week maturing, and I’ve got plenty to give away!!!!

Even though some of my Summer bedding is still looking splendid I must acknowledge that it can't go on for much longer, it’s time to strip it out, chop it up and put it on the compost heap!! Now is the time to come in and buy your bulbs for next spring, we’ve got a fantastic variety of Narcissus, Dafodils, Tulips and Hyacinths, to name just a few!! As well as getting them into the soil I’ve been busy making up containers to put on the patio, firstly layering the bulbs so there will be colour from February onwards, and using our own Cyclamens and Winter pansies, home grown on our nursery, to give me an instant flush of colour.

Lin 

Our keen amateur gardener!

I love composing, the thought of all that waste producing something for my garden for free! Now is the time to start your compost If you haven't already done so, by buying a bin or building a partially enclosed area for a heap. It is vital to replace the goodness in soil after a hefty growing season and autumn produces masses of garden waste that will put invaluable organic richness back into the ground for next spring. A variety of different materials can be added, spent vegetable and bedding plants, herbaceous leftovers, cuttings from the lawn, weeds, (but not the roots unless they have been through a shredder) hedge clippings, kitchen peelings and tea bags are ideal.

Lin
Our keen amateur gardener!
 

All of a sudden the weather has changed and the wind and rain has arrived, bringing next the cold weather! I’ve just brought my citrus tree back in and will leave it in my greenhouse covered in fleece till the Spring. I’ll also be using fleece on my autumn salad patch to proctect the leaves from a sudden frost as night time temperatures continue to fall.

 

If like me you have started to clear away your Tomato plants and have been left with a glutton of green ones, they can be left on a windowsill or even put in the fruit bowl with a banana to ripen!!! I’m going to make some delicious Chutney with mine and will bring it in for all to sample!

Lin 
Our keen amateur gardener! 

Congratulations to Emma who gave birth to Grace on Monday 7^th October, Mother and Baby are doing well and everyone at Head Office can’t wait to meet the new edition and welcome her into the Golden Acres Team, we’re sure that when she grows up she’ll be as dedicated to plants as her Mum is!!!

In the meantime, while Emma is on maternity leave we will be having ‘Guest’ Bloggers from each of our Garden Centres, and we can’t wait to read their tips and interests!!

The Golden Acres Team