Confessions of a Clumsy Scot

So we’re coming out of summer now, and I have big plans for growing more for next spring but I was just thinking about what I can try over winter.

I had a good clear out of my little vegetable area in the garden today such as weeding and I had to chuck my spinach after I killed it (I still have no idea how).

I popped some garlic into two pots, I don’t think I’ve done too many this time but time will tell!
My plan for this week is to get some onions in and retry some spinach. I’ve read certain types of spinach can he Hardy for winter so no harm in trying.
I know onion and garlic are to be planted in autumn to winter out before growing for the spring/summer so I’m hopeful there.

I’m going to look at getting a couple of fruit trees too this week if I get the chance to pop to my local garden centre. I’ll just see what options they have before I decide what to get. Ideally a couple of Berry options.
I’d like to get some seed potatoes in too but I need to think about where to put these so I think that will be part of next summers trials as I know they can be quite invasive in terms of always coming back even after you think you’ve dug them out.

I’d also like to get a few pots of flowers dotted round the garden.
We have a large circular rockery in the middle of our front garden so I’d really like to incorporate some kind of wildflowers into that for the bees and butterflies. Nothing makes me happier than watching the bees bumble about the garden.

Stay tuned to see what I end up doing in the next couple weeks before I think about prepping the garden for winter!