I've been given one of those 365 day puzzle blocks. The first 11 puzzles are missing as the previous owner gave up on Day 12.

Here's the first puzzle!

How many ways can a three horse race finish, including possible ties?

       

Help needed please.
For the past few years I've been growing in these bottomless "tubs" - first potatoes, then courgettes. This year the courgettes have been rubbish but the unintentional spuds, have been OK!! The soil in the tubs is exhausted and there are weeds growing in and under the tubs that need removal.

I've decided to do away with the grass path between the beds and make one huge bed, emptying all the tubs of soil into it.
I now have a bed measuring 13' x 10', with the 13' sides on the North and South, the 10' ones on the West and East. The bed slopes from North to South, there's a small apricot tree on the North side and the East side is under a big old ash tree.

I want to divide the bed into sections with cardboard "paths" for access but I'm struggling to decide how to divide it and how wide each section should be.
For example, it could be long beds running N/S or E/W. 
Or square yard beds. 
Or 4 triangles with diagonal paths from each corner.
Or Vinny's Fishbones.

What would you do?

Morning All

Does/has anyone grown either of these Italian onions?

Onion Italian Borettan

Onion Red Amposta

If so, how were the results?

Post your mugshot here - if you dare.

Hi, I'm in the north of England, gardening at home by the seaside. I grow a mix of edibles, herbs and ornamentals, especially keen on tomatoes, fragrant flowers and climbers.

I've always been interested in the history of plants and enjoy saving and trying seed from heirloom varieties. Weeds are also grown for my tortoise to eat.

Morning Folks

I need to move the thyme, bay, and rosemary plants to the plot and wondered if people has any advice / experience on...

- When I could/should do this?

- Could I pot them and then plant out later?

- Should I divide or take cuttings?

- Anything else?

   

No, not the one that happens in December

It's the time of the year when I start thinking about what I need to acquire for next season. My list is beginning to grow slowly and some already sourced.

Compost - 1500ltrs (purchased)
Manure - 1000 ltrs (on order)
30/40 ltr pots (looking, 10 required)
Fruit trees x 4 (awaiting delivery in late November)
Strawberry plants x 30 (still to decide on variety)
30mtrs 13 x 25 mesh


Do you create lists for next season?

Grew thèse for thé first time time this year. There are lots of green peppers but no sign of anything turning red. How long do they take to ripen? The other thing is that I have tried them green and there is absolutely no spiceness to them, they are just like ordinary green peppers. Is this usual?
 
All help most welcome.

GOD to St Francis:
Frank, you know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there on the planet? What happened to the dandelions, violets, milkweeds and stuff I started eons ago? I had a perfect no-maintenance garden plan. Those plants grow in any type of soil, withstand drought and multiply with abandon. The nectar from the long-lasting blossoms attracts butterflies, honey bees and flocks of birds. I expected to see a vast garden of colours by now. But, all I see are these green rectangles.
St. FRANCIS:
It's the tribes that settled there, Lord. The Suburbanites. They started calling your flowers 'weeds' and went to great lengths to kill them and replace them with grass.
GOD:
Grass? But, it's so boring. It's not colourful. It doesn't attract butterflies, birds and bees; only grubs and worms. It's sensitive to temperatures. Do these Suburbanites really want all that grass growing
there?
ST. FRANCIS:
Apparently so, Lord. They go to great pains to grow it and keep it green. They begin each spring by fertilizing the grass and poisoning any other plant that crops up in the lawn.
GOD:
The spring rains and warm weather probably make grass grow really fast. That must make the Suburbanites happy.
ST. FRANCIS:
Apparently not, Lord. As soon as it grows a little, they cut it-sometimes twice a week.
GOD:
They cut it? Do they then bale it like hay?
ST. FRANCIS:
Not exactly, Lord. Most of them rake it up and put it in bags.
GOD:
They bag it? Why? Is it a cash crop? Do they sell it?
ST. FRANCIS:
No, Sir, just the opposite. They pay to throw it away.
GOD:
Now, let me get this straight. They fertilize grass so it will grow. And, when it does grow, they cut it off and pay to throw it away?
ST. FRANCIS:
Yes, Sir.
GOD:
These Suburbanites must be relieved in the summer when we cut back on the rain and turn up the heat. That surely slows the growth and saves them a lot of work.
ST. FRANCIS:
You aren't going to believe this, Lord. When the grass stops growing so fast, they lay out hoses and pay more money to water it, so they can continue to mow it and pay to get rid of it.
GOD:
What nonsense. At least they kept some of the trees. That was a sheer stroke of genius, if I do say so myself. The trees grow leaves in the spring to provide beauty and shade in the summer. In the autumn, they fall to the ground and form a natural blanket to keep moisture in the soil and protect the trees and bushes. It's a natural cycle of life.
ST. FRANCIS:
You better sit down, Lord. The Suburbanites have drawn up a new game. As soon as the leaves fall, they rake them into great piles and pay to have them taken away.
GOD:
No!? What do they do to protect the shrub and tree roots in the winter and to keep the soil moist and loose?
ST. FRANCIS:
After throwing away the leaves, they go out and buy something which they
call mulch. They carry it home and spread it around in place of the leaves.
GOD:
And where do they get this mulch?

I've grown quite a lot of fruit this year but not eaten so much.

In order of harvesting.

Strawberries: very few mainly eaten by squirrels
Raspberries: again very few:  squirrels, autumn ones look like I could get a crop as they are too busy with their nuts at the moment.
cherries: again the odd one:   squirrels.
Plums: none :   wood pigeons
red/black currants and gooseberries quite good crops
nectarines in poly tunnel: good crop quite a bit of insect damage but at least 50% was good. I do like a cake baked with nectarine in it. will hopefully be having a lot this winter.
apples all looking good. Picking katy last 2 weeks and excellent quality. still 50+ on the tree.
pears: one tree the wood pigeons missed has a dozen or so on, 4 other trees with none.
greengage (wild green plums, bit bigger than damsons and don't have so many grubs in) big crop this year to make up for the missing plums - good to eat fresh/jam/pies/puddings. I think they are tastier than plums.