Thyme To Garden - October 2018

[ABSpareEditor]

In light of Ed's absence ( https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/AB-Editors-Blog/Question1622475.html ) I am bringing you the monthly Home & Garden thread!

Last month's thread is here:
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Home-and-Garden/Question1622269.html

It has started to get quite cold Here at AB Towers. How are your gardens?

[woofgang]

my garden is looking beautifully autumnal, green grass and turning autumn leaves with the hardy fuchsias in full flower. Lovely after the horrible summer

[kvalidir]

I keep thinking the Viet Cong might appear and snipe me from the grass tbh Ed :) x

[rowanwitch]

The main undergrowth has gone, last tomatoes and cucumbers picked, still loads of peppers. Cabbages and kale growing strongly. And rocket thinned out. Looks quite bare now.

[Maydup]

I've been away for a week and come home to weeds in the vegetable patch which are two foot high. I spy four small yellow courgettes fighting to be seen!

[rowanwitch]

I had to buy cucumber and tomatoes this week still picking leaves and peppers

[woofgang]

I got one potimarron squash this year but it looks lovely

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[woofgang]

poo http://i63.tinypic.com/27yzqty.jpg

[rowanwitch]

Lovely colour, worth buying a few more to display it properly

[Chipchopper]

Bright and cheerful!
Are they good to eat ?

[woofgang]

potimarron are a choice variety of squash, one of the best keepers and the most tasty. I do love pumpkin soup.

[rowanwitch]

Me too, no room for them on my balcony but they are in the shops now so I will be getting some in and batch cooking for the freezer.

[Souldarkness]

I am planning a black garden, already sourced black gravel and a list of plants, not sure about lighting though. Purple would deepen the black or maybe green would look more alien. Not for me, request from a goth friend

[Chipchopper]

In the words of the old song - "I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain"

[rowanwitch]

Soul, I would mix violet as a highlight among the plants and green on the paths or seating. Very other worldly