Tuesday, 3 October 2023

October Flowers

 

I chopped down a load of stuff in the garden a week or so ago, and just left it in a huge heap hoping it might dry off or something. It is all still a mess. But I popped outside just now to see what has been going on and found all sorts of delights. Above, a sunflower in with the plum tree.
Below, the miniature rose decided it was warm enough to put out some fresh blooms:
The persicara flowers on and on since July:
The morning glory was a disappointment all summer, growing huge and attaching itself to the honeysuckle but no flowers ... and then suddenly a few weeks ago a fabulous display of bright blue ... delightful:
Some random borage self seeded in one of the pots, it remains one of my favourites:
Indoors: I had left a couple of basil plants on the outside kitchen window sill (just to see how they would do) and I had bought one inside to use recently and now it's decided to flower too:
And the lemon pips that Dunk saved for me have all sprouted and now I have 3 tiny lemon trees:
And I totally forgot to mention that when I chopped down the *outside* cucamelon plant I was astonished to find it had fruited ... a dozen cucamelons ... I call that a win.
Stay safe. Be kind. Get another compost bin because it's amazing how much waste 20 square metres of concrete can produce.

2 comments:

  1. Pleasures when you least expect them are the best of all . . . or the best among many.

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  2. Nice surprises. I'm almost finished with my fall clean up also. Have filled lots of trash cans and trash bags over the last couple of weeks. Not something I enjoy, seeing everything stop blooming.

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