Weather patterns

The seasons are shifting and the autumnal weather patterns are setting in.  The nights are extending, the days shortening.  The garden moves with the seasonal change like a vessel upon a sea.

We are cutting back the last of the Lavender, the x intermedia varieties such as Grosso, Sussex and Edelweiss.  The Lavender angustifolias in beds and pots are done and form nice crisp balls now reacting to the clipping by a flush of small new grey leaves.

The next big job is the cut back and shaping of the hedges and shrubs making them clean and crisp for Winter.

But the abundant crop of fruit is a real bonus.  It is the best crop of fruit we have had here by far and a feast of apples, pears and plums.  We have gorged ourselves!