Well here we are nearly at the end of October. The pumpkins are harvested and there are half term plans to make pumpkin lanterns tomorrow with my nephews.
The clocks have gone back, so evenings are darker by 5. Gardening days are shorter. There is still so much to do.
The sunshine was glorious today. We had our teabreak sitting outside with a butterfly flitting round.
(Sorry its not quite in focus.)
Paula and I took a flower bed each and cut back as much as we could. Mainly Michaelmus daisy. This is not the end of the story as we will have to dig them over and thin things out as well. Three more beds to go.
Steve emptied the third compost heap. One still to go.
The polytunnel is nearly ready for winter with broad beans planted and all the fairy things in one place. We still need to sort through all the canes and stakes.
I pulled up the last sunflowers, the tithonia and cut back some helianthus. Everything went into the new dead hedge.
(more about this another time)
Here are the surprises.
(Sorry my focus has not been good today.)
I even had to strim all the edges as the grass is still growing.
And the guinea pigs loved the sunshine. They have been enjoying the fallen apples as well.
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