The blue plant in the centre of the pond is dying back beautifully.
Work continues of the rabbit free area.
And during the wet times progress with Christmas layout.
The blue plant in the centre of the pond is dying back beautifully.
Work continues of the rabbit free area.
And during the wet times progress with Christmas layout.
The next task is to create a rabbit free zone that we can plant flowers and vegetables in! The square veg bed is getting a makeover.
Another little task for a rainy day is making a Christmas layout for the December model railway show at the station.
More pond work, taking it back to the pond as it was when we first did it.
But also finding time to enjoy the signs of autumn frosts.
After a pleasant weekend on the layout.....
doing landscape work at the snowy end I moved outside to start some of the many jobs.
The pond is due it’s Autumn clearing and I am going to clear the section at the back so that it is rocks with less plants.
This shedder was heading for the skip. It went wrong a few years ago and I had made several attempts at repairing it with no success. Before throwing it away I decided to have one last go and deep in the electrical depths I found a component that looked faulty. I managed to find a spare part on line and lo and behold I have rescued it.
There are still Autumn colours around - this is a bonsai that produces glorious colours every year.
And even the roses are trying their best.
And what a spectacular end to a glorious day!
Kate has been busy clearing the greenhouses and the surrounding area
While I have been busy removing the dilapidated compost bins and replacing them with new recycled plastic ones.
So after a break to go oop’North to see Arthur (99 in December - still going but not as strongly as last visit, memory worse and slightly less able to get around) we are back on the garden. In the photo you can see that I have started strumming the flower meadow and Kate is weeding one of the corner beds.
There is still so much colour around and the butterflies haven’t given up hope of finding some food.
I seeded the areas where I removed the old beds and germination was very rapid.
In the last few days it has come on very well.
The flower meadow is now strummed and cuttings cleared away on our haywain.
We have been enjoying a few days of a real Indian Summer.
Which brought on a flush of ripe figs from the front of the house.
One ongoing job is clearing around the greenhouses. The cold frame and the compost bins, which where built from scavenged wood when we got here, have finally collapsed and will be replaced. Kate is clearing out the greenhouses and getting rid of years or pots.
I chopped the ivy back on some of the trees which has resulted in this rather fetching debris.
More Autumn colour.
My lathe sold very rapidly, to a fairly local man (Ammanford) who wants to learn how to turn. Luckily he liked it and paid cash so I now have more workshop space.