Last Job

[buzzingtalk]

I'm looking forward to that next winter...I only got my plot a few months back and it was a bin, so no chance of getting anything in on time this year. However, it will be looking lovely this time next year and should have almost year round edibles I'm particularly missing my old herb garden and can't wait to plant a bigger and better one!

[CrabbyApple]

Winter is the busiest time for me. So much cleaning up to do, trees to prune and bulbs to keep an eye on ready for spring. I'm just waiting on my roses to finish their second bloom. They're still going strong but the snow isn't far away and I'm worry about winter damage.

[bravo2zero]

Erm, should have titled it" going into hibernation" ive still plenty of crops in, the usual supects, onions garlic, spring cabbage, spring cauli, carrots, parsnips X 3(bad year) parsley, sprouts and tunnel crops but all collecting of leaves manure and cooking a compost bin is done and green manures standing nicely so thats pretty much me till next year.

[KevinM67]

Whilst the growing part of things slow down - I find it a great time of year to do planning, diy and preparation work up at the allotment.

Also, with the cold short days, and the drudgery of having to work for a living - it's scary to think what I might be like if I never escaped to the plot on a few occasions over the winter months.

[Philthy]

For me, there is a bit of a break in the gardening calendar during winter. The fact that the ground never really dries out even if there's been no rain for a few days inhibits most outdoor jobs, as I think given my heavy clay soil the best thing I can do for it at this time of year is nothing. My work in progress veg plot has been mulched and thats it for now.
The last real job is dismantling inside the greenhouse, bringing indoors the tender plants I want to keep for next year, and putting half-hardy pots from the garden such as fuchsias in the greenhouse over winter.
I generally fill the time between now and spring with cleaning - pots, equipment, tools - planning for next year, browsing seed catalogues, and keeping overwintering plants ticking over.

[Noosner]

Ooh, I love going to the lottie in winter. I always seem to have lots to do. As it stands at the moment, I've still got some pruning to do, some re-cutting of grass edges, fleecing my globe artichokes, clearing bean plants away, planting one more fruit tree, making some little cloches out of an old polytunnel, manuring more beds and TIDYING THE SHED which is in such a bad way at the end of the season that I can hardly get in the door! And then I must finish clearing the garden... and there are all my microgreens on the windowsills... there's certainly enough to keep me in weekly visits throughout winter. Just as well or I'd go nuts!

[Zenithtb]

Planting the winter crops - onions, brassicas, broad beans etc Then continuous weeding until Spring, where there's more weeding. Then plant the summer crops like tomatoes ;-)