Outstanding October

October has been delightful. And today, being the last day, was no exception. We were still in t.shirts. Even the wellies were uncomfy but we needed them due to wet grass. 

My main job was to clear the first flowerbed. Last time I cut back all the growth  .... Michaelmus daisies have taken possession of the whole bed.

Here it is a few weeks ago ....

And here it is today .... three full barrows of roots later. It was very hard work. I need to rake it down to level it off and plant up with saved bits and pieces plus new plants.

Alongside, Steve lifted the membrane on the old path and seeded it with grass. This completed the whole seeding of the path.

Our teabreak was outside still, in baking sunshine. I took the chance to take pictures of the late late flowers.

Here are some of them 

Pooh Swan Island (this one is at home).

Boogie Woogie

 

Garden Festival

Alf Ramsey

I am astonished at the plants still flowering.

Anne`s salvias are beautiful. I forgot to take slips for cuttings. They root easily in jars of water on the bathroom windowsill.

 

The crabapples are doing their thing.

Tim has brought round a load of manure.

What a wonderful sight.

Blue sky and manure.

 

One bed done so far.

 

And quite a few to go!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wellies and Macs and Apple Crumble

It was a miserable morning .... grey, wet and dismal. We donned our wellies and macs for the first time this season and gamely set off for the garden. We were determined to go.

We stayed in the polytunnel where the rain always sounds so much worse than it is, and between us we cleared one whole side and a bit more.

We discarded old bunting, pulled up sunflowers, ipomea, old cucumbers and weeds galore.

Outside the new grass is looking good.

And the old grass has greened up nicely thank goodness. Why it has gone so patchy I do not know.
 

The witch was down after the gales so she was the first of the largest scarecrows to come into the warm. She still looks a bit sinister.

The flying fairies are indoors, along with all the fairy and gnome bits and pieces, drying off.

Lots of things flattened ... sunflowers, tithonia, Michaelmus daisy.

 Several paths to the polytunnel are impassable, even more so with the rain as well.

The poor bunting is bedraggled and limp. Next time it will come inside to dry off. One bit had blown down altogether.

 

We came home laden with apples ..... eaters, cookers and quince. In fact we are having apple crumble for dinner tonight.

Yum yum. 

 

 

The afternoon was glorious and we spent it in our own garden.