There definitely seems to be a touch of Autumn around. A lot of trees are already changing colour, Elderberries are turning black , Hawthorne berries are bright red and rosehips are full of colour. It also seems to be a very good year for blackberries, they appear to be plumper than other years. Vegetable wise it has been a very good year,
the second lot of garden peas are nearly ready for picking, the runners keep coming
and the Autumn Calabrese is also ready. Leeks, purple sprouting broccoli and Curly kale are all looking good. We also have a great crop of Kohl Rabi, this is the first time we have grown them , we are not too sure what to do with them, something Google will help me with.
The countryside looks lovely with lots of late summer flowers,
banks of heathers and scabious humming with bees.
We also found Sneezewort growing alongside Lough Conn, in Co. Mayo.
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| Tomatoes keep coming. |
The tomatoes keep coming, another twelve pounds have been picked and de-hydrated, this second lot does seem to have a little more flavour. Next year we will make sure that we only grow the tried and tested Sun Gold.
The garden flowers keep on coming, it's nice to have so many and to give
a bunch of freshly picked flowers to a friend.
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| Irish grapes, |
And a gift from another friend, freshly picked grapes, they were delicious.
When we re- did the rockery we also made a trip to an aquatic garden centre, the pond needed a couple of water lilies and a few marginal plants, one of these plants was a beautiful late flowering water Iris,
I love the deep colour of this one.
Our early flowering ones are yellow, common flag Iris, and a sky blue one, they both flower early in the season, so it's great to get a late flowering one.
