The clocks have fallen back, the leaves are beginning to fall. The nights are longer and the time we have to work in the garden has become short. We are busy planting bulbs - Tulip, Narcissus, Crocus, Anemone. But at this time of year you really do have to visualise what these small bulbs will look like when in flower next spring. We plant them in drifts weaving their way through beds, borders and established plants. Not everything has died back or been cut to the ground so a picture is possible to develop in your mind. But there is a feeling of transportation from now into next Spring when planting bulbs.
But the garden has certainly shifted. The rain blasts the leaves, the wind strips them away. Such is the change of seasons. However, the garden still has colour and on a sunny day a most pleasant place to potter and enjoy. That is the great thing about gardening. It takes you outside when instincts seem to want you to stay indoors.
