Blue skies and berries
Some beautiful weather today. Endless blue skies. We had another ground frost last night but our tender plants still haven't been affected. The outside tomatoes are still ripening and my pelargonium is going strong. Some really lovely late colour in the garden, mostly reds. Persicaria, probably The persicaria (I think) is looking beautiful at the moment although at one point I though we wouldn't get any flowers at all. It is very late. This thrives on neglect and has in fact escaped from the bed it's in and started off down the nearby steps. All I do to it is chop off the more rampant bits each spring and pull out the couch grass that is trying to invade from the lawn. Occasionally I dump something vaguely fertilising on there, such as muck from the bottom of the pond or lumps of pond weed. We have more reds from berries. It's been a fantastic berry year, and for fruits in general. The birds have had all the elder berries already, but the pyracantha and the ...
