Onions and William`s pumpkin

We visited the garden on Friday. It was a glorious autumn morning. 

We are continuing to prepare for winter with lots of clearing and some planting.

Anne was busy cobbing. The walls have reached the little round windows. 

The yurts are being packed away for the winter. There are lots of exciting new ideas

 for the interiors next year.

I cleared the sunflower bed, dug it over and planted it up with Bellis daisies, 

forgetmenots and foxgloves. That took most of my time there and was hard work.

 Tom, the scarecrow has moved into the greenhouse. We like to get them all indoors for the winter.

Last year they stayed in the wool barn.

Steve planted onions and cabbages. The ground was perfect.

We picked French beans from the newest plants, a lot of brocolli and leeks. The newest brocolli and Romanesque had to be de-caterpillared.

William`s pumpkin is ready to harvest. It`s changing colour. Really excited to know its weight. Some dog-walkers came through wanting to see if it was as big as William had said. They agreed it was!!

PS. I am NOT hugging the pumpkin. I just wanted to show its size.

 

The dahlias are still lovely and there were quite a few butterflies around.

 

 

The pond has cleared and we can see right to the bottom. Steve has an interesting theory about why but I can`t blog it til I have absorbed what he means!