It's been two months since I did my last LUT Garden Report. That was before I went to Croatia for Hivefest, then I went away in October again and with winter coming, most of my plants were starting to die. The exception being some of my flowers.
The two hotlips have grown very bushy and at this rate they're going to squash my lavender next year. I didn't realise they'd grow so much otherwise I would have planted them some where else. Next year I'll have to decide which plant I need to move.
Another plant that surprised me is the gladiolus. I planted 10 bulbs in summer, they should actually be planted in spring, so I wasn't expecting much from them. Nearly all the bulbs blossomed but the leaves split and they all looked very sad. I think the bulb quality were not good as I bought then at the end of the season. Anyway, when I came back from holiday, one plant started to flower! It was so pretty, and I was over the moon, especially since this was my mum's favourite flower. Next spring I'm going to get some better quality bulbs and plant them in memory of my mum.
The final plant in my garden to sucumb to the weather was my pumpkin. In the past month it's been growing very well, and even produced many baby pumpkins which I had planned to
enter to the Hive Pumpkin World Championship organised by 
Then we had a cold blast and our first snow earlier this week. It's very early for our area and we don't snow that often as we're by the sea. We didn't have much snow that day, it didn't even settle in the ground, but it was cold enough to kill the pumpkin overnight.
I managed to salvage 4 baby pumpkins but I don't think I'm going to get any prizes for them 😄
All the other potted plants seems to be hanging in there, including my little fig tree. I will need to get some mulch next week to keep them warm over the winter. We have a storm and bad weather coming this weekend, I hope they will make it through that first.
This will be my last LUT Garden Report for 2024. This year has been a good learning year for me in my new garden. Hopefully next year I will be a little more successful.
