Now into October and the courgette certainly is not happy with the temperature. No frost yet though.
It is a strange day, we are waiting for rain but having said that, the stream is running again and the grass is muddy. Life in the garden is very quiet (apart from the fat rabbits) and everything is waiting to bed down for the winter. I found one ripe Victoria Plum on the tree, very late, and all the trail camera revealed was myself walking away and walking back.
The Magnolia grandiflora is still flowering.
Leaves are gathered by the boot scraper at the back door. It was my mother’s scraper. The weather has definitely moved on into autumn, 10C this morning. We went for a breezy walk over at Kirkby-in-Furness with a coffee to follow at Pam’s delightful cafe. What is with this desire to build new houses everywhere? New estate by the school there.
We have plenty of candles, I hope, for when the blackouts come in the winter. If we run out we will have to wrap up warmly, go in the garden and light the bonfire. Or just go to bed and read my NEW iPad. Yes, I have succumbed as the cracked glass on the other one was getting a bit sharp. So, what next, new DSLR for my broken one or even an iPhone!!!
Just watched Countryfile to discover what I thought was our Stipa gigantea is actually Elephant grass, Miscanthus giganteus! No wonder it has never flowered. Daft old man thought he had bought the Stipa but . . .
Most of our box plants in pots are looking a bit brown - ?blight. I shall move them somewhere and hope for recovery, clean the pots and use them for the tulips I have bought.
Well, there may be fewer flowers now but leaves are splendid so let us have a big splash of colour.
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