Thursday 8 December 2016

Preparations for next year's garden

Dear Family & Friends

For me, autumn seems to be the saddest season of the four we get in a year...but saying that...the cheerful perennial flowering plant - Chrysanthemum, flowers at this time of the year. I have so many of these plants lined in our garden and it does bring in a lot of cheers when most of the other plants starts to go  into deep sleep.

my new pink chrysanthemum gift plant from a sales lady in a garden shop

So, this year I planted more chrysanthemum, adding a few more new colour varieties too. I propagated a lot of the old ones to line up every nooks in our garden as well. If nothing else, next year will surely be a cheerful autumn season when they all come into bloom!

planted a long line of chrysanthemum to form a mini hedge

The man in our house has plan to upgrade the little hut in one corner of our garden for next year. Perhaps we will turn it into a summer kitchen?! With this in mind, I decided to change and upgrade the garden area leading to this little hut too. I will put a new pathway in the middle of this garden, under the cover of the lined grape vines. It should look good...

creating a new pathway under the grapevine area leading to the little hut at the end

There were three bushes of gooseberries in this area where the new pathway goes. We had to relocate them to a more sunny location, in between fruit trees in our newly created mini orchard. We were so happy with the outcome. Out of the three bushes, we managed to divide it into nine more gooseberry plants:)

lined up gooseberry bushes in between fruit trees

There are many division and propagations to do at this time of the year. It is the best way to fill up the garden with plants without spending a single penny!

We find gardening a very satisfying job...like my husband says: 'Annie lives in the garden!' If weather permits, I surely would! For now, our winter season has already arrived. The first snow of this season has already poured in...nothing much I could do. Hope you still can find some happy gardening days where you are!

Yours

9 comments:

  1. I just love the pathway area under the grape arbor. What a truly lovely spot you've created.
    I agree-I am ALWAYS out in the garden in the summer. I do love winter, though, for all the indoor pursuits I enjoy-reading, painting, piano. It's a nice break after a summer full of gardening. But by February, I'm already elbow deep in planning!

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    1. Sue, it's really lovely to have seasonal changes to keep us from getting stale with what we habitually do. Like you I enjoy reading but can't play piano:( ... also love to paint but for the moment it's just painting the walls;P. I would love to see your painting...must be so beautiful... because I can see your creative character in your gardening.

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    2. Annie-you are so sweet, but my paintings are not very good at all. BUT--I do so enjoy it, and maybe one of these years the "lightbulb" will switch on and I'll suddenly be good at it. Hey, a girl can dream....haha! Have a terrific weekend

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  2. I love your spacious garden. You have created a lovely pathway to your summer kitchen. You are very good with the plants and you seem to make them grow so well. Beautiful chrysanthemums!

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    1. Thank you Nancy. There's more work to follow up on that area...but it will have to wait till next year. Wishing you a very good day today:)

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  3. Your grapevine area looks wonderful, it´s fun to have such a big garden, it keeps you busy, haha. Gardening chores have come to an end here by frost, now the time arrives for reading books about gardening and seed catalogues.

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    1. In the beginning I thought we have a big garden, but as I learned how to garden each year, the garden is getting smaller!! ...or am I getting greedier?? - YIKES!!
      I agree with you Janneka, it's time to enjoy reading books about 'gardening':) There's nothing much we can do out there...the soil is now freezing hard! Hope you are keeping warm:)

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  4. you have a beautiful grapevine... we are thinking of planting grapevine next year..

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  5. seems so sad. But bear in ind next year will have lovey blooms again

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