not much colour anywhere and its forecast to be frosty tonight again, its not been such a good year for flowers, too wet!
my compost bins are full(again) so as I clear the vegetable beds I am adding it to this pile under a black cover, this is the newest bed so is the one which can use the most 'matter. it should hopefully all degrade enough to be dug in come spring, and I will add a good amount of horse poo to it as well.
the late flowering aters in the garden are attracting lots of bees
aren't their wings fabulous?
two red onions, green pepper, purple aubergine, sugar snap peas, yellow and green courgettes. all destined for a veggy omlette.
on the very top of the wardrobe, the cats have taken refuge from
Cara, who is too bouncy and wants to play.
yesterdays salad from the garden, lettuce, pepper, carrot, onion, runner bean, snap pea, courgette.
these are flowers from a show I visited last weekend, you can just see a greenfly on this one, hope the judges didn't see it.
some people carried off all the prizes. . .
I usually sieve my compost and then apply it to a recently weeded bed, but trying to fit everything in round the weather is taking its toll. Today I layered the compost complete with lumps and bits straight onto the garden, weeds included. Then I realised what's missing. . .a team of gardeners and a row of cottages at the bottom of the garden for them to live in. . .
the veg beds are being cleared as things finish, showing bare soil again. my recently emptied compost bin was filled to the top again with 'clearance' items.
and one small pumkin, yipee!! its raised off the ground to try and protect it, hopefully it will begin ripening before it gets too cold.
just as I get to the end of the various garden paths, weeding tham and tidying edges. . .
the first part has grown more weeds, so I need to start all over again. . . .
Daisy supervising
Barbara-Ann warming Robbie up before doing her dressage test
he's a handsome boy.
this is Bruno, being remarkably unconcerned about the electric wire type fencing(its not switched on) he'll get a shock one day!
leeks, cabbages, brussels sprouts. I think I 've posted a picture of this bed before but I find it so pleasing to look at its getting another outing.
broad beans, these have now all been harvested and eaten, the row cleared away. its that time of year when things start to stop.
Tansy supervising from under the runner beans.
gladioli are flowering now, standing up fairly well to the windy, rainy stuff. beautiful colours
beautiful nature!
french lavender
lobelia cardinalis
cosmos? growing up through a hebe
startling colour on this little viola,
a pumpkin baby, none are growing any bigger than this before they fall off.
2. I also drink tea(with caffine)throughout the day as too much coffee is bad for you.
3. I also drink herbal tea(without caffine) during the evening or I would never get to sleep, re-all that caffine.
4. I have been a vegetarian for over 25 years.
5. I loathe housework and cooking.
6. I like to live in a tidy house and eat good food (agony#!!!)
7. I'm not actually sure if this meme is meant to be about gardening and if it is there is only one thing to say -ORGANIC- with lots of horse poo..
I realy needed into my garden shed but this wee chap seems to have taken up residence in the keyhole
here is Teddy pulling my arms out as I loose my seat
Robbie also pulling my arms out, same reason
this is me just got on the horse and being somewhat tense, very
this is me letting the horse fall into the circle and I have to get my reins picked back up
and the classic english riding seat know as 'tits out, arse out, lock elbows'
