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Things all seem to be progressing, so everything is looking very promising for now. I think I will actually be able to relax a bit if the mortgage offer would just come through. Obviously sticking a bank holiday weekend in a few days after the application went in won't be helping anything! There is absolutely no real reason I shouldn't get a mortgage, but I've heard too many horror stories about people having unexpected black marks on their credit reports to feel blase about it.
I am trying to distract myself from fretting about it by making some plans for my future garden. If it's an October move-in date, I'll be a bit late for a lot of planting. I can get some shrubs in (my Mum has been growing on blackcurrant and redcurrant cuttings for me for more than a year now, and I already have gooseberries and rhubarb ready to go in), sow some broad beans, and think about buying a bare root fruit tree (or maybe two, on very dwarfing rootstock). It'll also be a good time of year for a general tidy, sorting out the shed (looks like the door doesn't fit very well and may need rehanging, and I wouldn't be surprised if the roof needs refelting), cleaning the greenhouse, getting a sense of the soil quality/type and drainage, etc. I also want a bit of a wildlife pond - nothing big as it's not a very big garden, but enough to attract some frogs and other wildlife - and late October seems like a great time to dig a pond.
Can anyone make any other October/November gardening suggestions? I think I want a cottagey or meadowy flower garden at the front (with shade-loving foliage nearest to the house), so I suppose it's a good time for getting bulbs in? I suppose I could try and sow some spring cabbages before I move so that they are ready to be planted out when I do move. Any other seeds I could be thinking about getting started because they need planting out in October/November? And of course, having a greenhouse changes the game a lot for me! (The vendor did say it was staying, because what else would she do with it moving into a retirement apartment!)
I am trying to distract myself from fretting about it by making some plans for my future garden. If it's an October move-in date, I'll be a bit late for a lot of planting. I can get some shrubs in (my Mum has been growing on blackcurrant and redcurrant cuttings for me for more than a year now, and I already have gooseberries and rhubarb ready to go in), sow some broad beans, and think about buying a bare root fruit tree (or maybe two, on very dwarfing rootstock). It'll also be a good time of year for a general tidy, sorting out the shed (looks like the door doesn't fit very well and may need rehanging, and I wouldn't be surprised if the roof needs refelting), cleaning the greenhouse, getting a sense of the soil quality/type and drainage, etc. I also want a bit of a wildlife pond - nothing big as it's not a very big garden, but enough to attract some frogs and other wildlife - and late October seems like a great time to dig a pond.
Can anyone make any other October/November gardening suggestions? I think I want a cottagey or meadowy flower garden at the front (with shade-loving foliage nearest to the house), so I suppose it's a good time for getting bulbs in? I suppose I could try and sow some spring cabbages before I move so that they are ready to be planted out when I do move. Any other seeds I could be thinking about getting started because they need planting out in October/November? And of course, having a greenhouse changes the game a lot for me! (The vendor did say it was staying, because what else would she do with it moving into a retirement apartment!)
Formerly self-contained, but expanding my gardening horizons beyond pots!
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