Gradually, the nights are drawing in and there is a faint hint of autumn on the wind. The beechnuts are falling along with the apples. The leaves won’t be far behind. I cut the bamboo down to half its size as it was beginning to dominate the back garden, I do hope I haven’t killed …
We haven’t had a drop of rain in weeks now and if it doesn’t rain soon I’ll have to get the hose-pipe out, a job I loathe as my hose is riddled with holes and watering all three gardens takes about four hours! Honesty has self seeded all over the gardens this year, purple in …
I can almost smell autumn in the air, it’s subtle, but it’s there. Pink hydrangeas are everywhere, but to my delight this one has voilet-ish tones. Begonia season is upon us, long may it last. Herbs be flourishing and flowering… and yellow courgettes just keep on coming. Tiny leek seedlings have survived torrential downpours, [that …
