This month the 1st fell on a Thursday, when I'm not at work, so I was able to take photos in the morning. It's definitely getting more of an autumnal feel now.
Still plenty of flowers though. The Rudbeckias in both front and back gardens still look very bright and cheerful
And all the fuchsias are still covered in flowers. The roses I grow in containers on the patio have been disappointing this year, but I think next year I will revert back to using the compost I used originally (New Horizon organic and peat free multi-purpose compost), which they seem to like a lot better.
As I'm now fairly huge and gardening is getting difficult I'm letting most things run to seed and not bothering to deadhead. The sweet peas still have lots of flowers on them.
And the Japanese anenomes will soon have lots of fluffy little seedheads.
My Hydrangea 'Twist n shout' is showing off why I bought it five years ago - beautiful autumn colours
The Cosmos I grew from seed is still flowering away, and looking rather pretty next to the Heuchera leaves.
The sedums I Chelsea chopped in May are looking fantastic, with flowers at different stages. Or they were. Some wildlife (I suspect a fox or two) went on the rampage the day after I took this photo and they've all been flattened and most of the stems broken. Grrr.
Still harvesting a couple of bowls full of raspberries every week.
And this year we finally grew a decent number of apples. We picked 22 off the standard apple tree, and they taste delicious!
How is your garden doing now we're heading into Autumn?
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