Hi, crikey it was a bit chilly this morning when we woke up, 8.3 degrees C which is fairly cool for this time of year. It's a reminder that the first official day of autumn is this coming Thursday and I have to say it can't come soon enough for me. Once it is no longer officially summer I immediately feel more invigorated, even if the days are still hot, giggle!
Yesterday I managed to get quite a lot of weeding and composting done in the main perennial bed - I still have around 2 more full days work to do to get it composted but what I've done so far looks lovely. I'm not putting the compost on as thickly as I normally would, mainly because my perennials etc don't need as much food going into autumn as they do when they are coming out of dormancy in spring.
This morning we are going to repair my scarlet runner bean frame (complete with beans, poor things) that was knocked down by the wind yesterday. I realised yesterday morning it was a bit rickety after the strong winds we had on Wed night but yesterday a gusty SW wind was blowing in the afternoon and it decked it! I hope we can put the frame back up without damaging the bean roots. Scarlet runners are perennial and they don't take kindly to root disturbance.
After lunch I'm going to make another lot of damson jelly. I do find it hard spending time in the house when the weather is so lovely for gardening but I can't waste our produce and anyway it will be a good thing to do while my lunch is going down!
Oooh the other thing I desperately need to do today is continue covering up our grapes. We were eating our breakfast this morning watching a female blackbird and a thrush brazenly picking grapes that aren't even ripe.. little devils. I must go and put some food out for them on the verandah railings in the hope they'll take that instead! Fat hope I fear, giggle. Hmmm I'd better get off here and go and DO things. Big hugs and smiles for the rest of your weekend. More photos next week! Smiles..
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