I know that probably none of you do this - me neither until recently but Ive been asked by the local school to do a xmas wreath making class. Obviously I agreed straigh away
OMG - its not even October and Im already having slepless nights about foliage. I
have a hedgerow of amazing rosehips - i searched loads last night but couldn't find anythinh - is there a way to preserve these?

Any ideas on foliage I could gather now that would look good in December would be appreciated.

I hope you're all saving seeds for this year's Seed Swap.
Please add your name below if you want to be part of it.- and a list of the seeds you'll be sharing if you know now.
We'll aim to have the seeds sent to me by 20th November and sent back to you in December - to take our minds off anything else that may be happening that month. 
Any questions - just ask.

Who's IN:-
1. Sarriss RECEIVED

2. Veggie - Mountain Princess, Rambling Red tomatoes, Cedronella canariensis, Aztec Sweet herb. Bijou mangetout RECEIVED

3. Small chilli - Nicandra violacea, Nasturtium, Carrot autumn king, Allium christophii RECEIVED

4. JJB RECEIVED

5. Scarlet RECEIVED

6. Garrett - Tomato Chadwick Cherry (large red cherry vine)Tomato Auntie Madge's (small red plum vine)Tomato Ciliegia Cerise (small red cherry bush),Cerinthe, French Marigold Tall Scotch Prize, Nicotiana Sylvestris RECEIVED

7. Proserpina - Marrowfat peas, Giant tomatillos, Hollyhocks, Mixed cosmos, Mixed radishes RECEIVED

8. TMTT - three blight resistant cherries, Sgt. Pepper's, Girl Girl's Weird Thing and maybe Reinhard's Purple Sugar. For flowers: dwarf cosmos (a mixture of Sonata and Casanova), red gem marigold, gazania (possibly 'Talent' mixed?) and maybe some lamb's ears. RECEIVED

9. DoublyJonah RECEIVED

10. Farendwoman -  Tomato Matt’s Hornet, Tomato Galina, Eryngium Little Hobbit, Bupleurum Bronze Beauty, Allium Hair, Echinops Veitch Blue, Tagetes Lemon Gem RECEIVED

What’s your top 3 flower for cutting? That you grow from seed. 
What’s most important the main event or fillers?

Tomorrow I sow flowers and herbs but I need your help please.
Can the flower growers give me the names of flowers (starting with the letter A - F,  that can be sown now? Similarly with herbs 

I'll be back next week looking for G - L.

There are hundreds of ways to repurpose a pallet. Add your ideas to this thread please. 

I'll start.

       

A garden tool and brush rack. The pallet is freestanding, not attached to the wall.

As the title says Happy 50th Birthday SC

Well it’s official. Today I’m actually as old as I feel ( physically, not mentally    !) Today I hit the half century mark    How did that happen! 
I’m not normally one to make a big deal of a birthday. It’s not that special everyone has them   . But today I am     .

I’ll see you all later I’m off to play on a roof   .

Does anyone grow either of these please? I have a lot of seeds but reluctant to grow them as I keep reading that they're "bitter". 
Are they?

Anyone successfully overwintered tagetes?
Just discovered loads of self sown seedlings. Thought it might be worth a try to dig some up and keeping in an unheated greenhouse.

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How’s everyone’s Lima beans done this year?

Turns out Lima beans don’t like the frozen north. Less than 1ft tall and still not flowered. I’m going to take a stab in the dark here and say, I’m probably not going to get a crop off them   . 

To be fair to the Lima’s none of my beans outside have done very well this year. But I will harvest something from all the other varieties.