Really good to hear about your garden, Bob, even with its rain problems. I don't think any of my vegetables really grew well, some not at all - let's hope the weather is more veggie-friendly next season.
Yes, I'm hoping to grow dahlias next year. I'll wait until Frank tells me when he's planting his.
I used a different sort of "brown gold" today, Eggy - mulched some of the roses with horse manure from a local smallholding. I've some left but not enough to do all the climbers and the vegetables so will be having more delivered.
I've just been watching "Open Gardens". A programme following the attempts of people to have their private gardens included in the "Yellow Book", by which they can be open to visitors once a year, raising money for charity. Some very interesting gardens in the programme.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/tv_an...ns_index.shtml
I pruned some of the roses today but will do most of them in the spring.
