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.
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 hawthorn are festooned.
We also have rogue sunflowers in the garden this autumn. Individual plants have sprung up all over the place which is a bit ironic given the ones I lovingly sowed in the greenhouse all succumbed probably to pests.
I'm not quite sure what's happened, but suspect the squirrel has been burying sunflower seeds from the bird feeder. The one on the right is growing up from the paving in a little used patio area near where the squirrel lives. We've had others growing out of pots. I'm not complaining - they're very pretty and I did after all want sunflowers in my garden.
We discovered some more apples today, on the tree which we were earmarking for demolition as it's very shaded and mostly dead. The one living branch has lots of little apples on it - and I mean little. They are mostly about two inches. But they taste divine. Strange. Now we don't know whether to chop it down or give it a little bit longer. Maybe chop the dead bits off and see if any regeneration occurs?
Finally, thanks to the good weather, our honesty, which is allowed to self-seed in one of our beds, is putting on a fantastic show this year. Usually all the flower heads show signs of mould and are useless for indoor purposes. These perfect silvery seed heads looked wonderful in the evening sun today - almost glowing.
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.
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| 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 hawthorn are festooned.
I'm not quite sure what's happened, but suspect the squirrel has been burying sunflower seeds from the bird feeder. The one on the right is growing up from the paving in a little used patio area near where the squirrel lives. We've had others growing out of pots. I'm not complaining - they're very pretty and I did after all want sunflowers in my garden.
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| This apple is only about an inch and a half across but otherwise perfect |
Finally, thanks to the good weather, our honesty, which is allowed to self-seed in one of our beds, is putting on a fantastic show this year. Usually all the flower heads show signs of mould and are useless for indoor purposes. These perfect silvery seed heads looked wonderful in the evening sun today - almost glowing.
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