Autumn in the garden - 2.10.2012

Enjoyed my morning stroll oliveoil, gonna have a cup of coffee now. Love the shaping of the garden, ours is a long rectangle, but am trying to make it as interesting as i can.Hope there are many morning morning strolls :o)

Hi there, thank you for your lovely comments, I too am off now to find a coffee have been sat at this computer too long. Pleased to have met you. :O) Hope you enjoy your coffee. :O)

Lovely photos Olive, thanks for the stroll :o))

The garden looks really lovely Mum. Even though it has been a bad year, you still have loads of colour and it all looks really well-kept. Brilliant addition of the Heuchs. They are wonderful for their rich colours aren't they? Definitely winning plants. The Rudbeckia shines doens't it? and it all looks lush. I have to agree, Hostas have not been wonderful this year, in spite of their love of moisture. Strange.

Agree with Karen ... garden looks lovely :o)

A truly wonderful garden, lots of hard work gone into the planning and upkeep, you now have created a little bit of heaven ;0))

Thank you all :O) It has been quite a nice sunny day if a little bit on the breezy side. Bonus - washing dried - just been out and tidied some leaves away, that will be the next massive task, once the leaves start to fall I shall be busy collecting and barrowing. Ah well it is still green for the moment. Rain forecast for late afternoon and evening. Thanks again everyone so pleased you like the pictures. :O)

I managed to get a rose pruned. Poor thing, it was about 7' tall, no flowers or leaves on it at all, just lanky stems (black spot got all the leaves). I cut the whole lot down to about 9" and am hoping for the best. Summer Song, one of my favourites. I think it's had about six flowers on it this year....pathetic. ANyway, as I was saying, I managed to get one rose pruned before I was soaked. Suun is out again now though.

Not surprised you enjoyed your walk down the garden - it looks lovely

Your garden is really beautiful, Barbara. Mine is really battered about - I haven't been able to get out for almost a week and there's loads to do. We have had so much rain! Never mind - I'm sure it'll dry up eventually and a few hours will put it back to rights - or a bit closer, anyway! The colours in yours are really lovely - I love the view in the first photo.

I had a stiff neck yesterday, it was so painful. Much better this morning so am going to catch up on here. What a shame about the roses, lots of mine have got blackspot now. We didn't get heavy rain yesterday and the daytime was lovely weather. Think it is the same sort for today (weather that is).

Thank you Steragram glad you like it. :O)

Melchi I am still tidying up borders from the wet summer, they were not at their best because they were so wet. But we were the lucky ones here in Lincolnshire as we got very wet but not so many of us were flooded out like the poor people in Yorkshire and surrounding areas. It will eventually change and we shall be able to do more, my oh says November days are good usually, but I hate November, it is always dark and dismal. Hope you can get out today and enjoy some of your garden. Thanks for your lovely comments. :O)

Oh I do love your garden. I would never get fed up of looking at it. is the arbour seat at the bottom of the path new, or was it a new project ? I love the idea of Heucheras in baskets, I might pinch that idea from you. I would love to have more paths and less grass , but hubby won't hear of it.

Thank you Rose, that arbour seat was my last big project in the garden, done at springtime, it was so heavy putting it in place and moving slabs and digging out to get it level. My OH doesn't get an opinion in the garden as it is my garden, if I want grass out I get grass out. lol. it causes lots of hilarity as one of his friends always asks him if I have had planning permission to do things. lol. He is a groundsman (sportsfield) cuts grass and looks after cricket and football pitches for a living. He doesn't do anything with grass or plants at home. Quite understandable really and that suits me just fine, but sometimes I have to ask for help with lifting things. Climbing is a no no for me (I hate heights) so anything high up I get help with. I did manage this project though all by myself to my cost, my muscles hurt for weeks afterwards. lol.

ps: Rose you can copy the Heuchera idea with pleasure I stole it from somewhere else too. lol. think it might have been Gardeners World mag or programme just cannot remember now. lol.

I had to laugh at what you said about your husband's friend. My hubby would have a fit if I started to dig the lawn up. Every time I edge it and take a bit more! Mind you, one time , a head popped out the upstairs window saying, " anymore grass dug up then I'm leaving!" Hahaa!
You have done so well on your own with your garden. I'm impressed. The problem is that on a good day he can cut the grass and If I took it up, he would have nothing to do.
I'm definitely going to try the Heucharas in a basket. This is what is so good about this site. finding different ideas.

I agree Rose, so very useful for ideas and lots of helpful advice too if and when you need it. :O)

Your garden is just beautiful, Olive. I remember seeing the photos before you re-arranged it. It looked good then - but it's wonderful now. Well done, what a fine job you've done.
It's easy to see where Karen gets her green fingers from! :)

Oh thank you Karenfrance that is kind of you to say :O) I love my garden, have been out there this morning you would not believe how much rubbish I have taken out of only 1/3rd of a border. I don't know where it all comes from, must be all the rain we have had making it grow so fast. Hope you are getting some nice sunshine in your part of the world. :O)

I often consider the possibility of removing some of the grass (it's not much of a lawn, to be honest). As I am in sole charge of the garden, that is not a problem. I do wonder if I might just make things a bit too complicated, though. At least it is easy to maintain when it's under grass. One of these days, I'll come to a definite conclusion - then I'll just do it. But I'm not holding my breath till then...!

The removal of grass has been gradual, over a number of years, in my garden Melchi, little by little, usually enlarging borders which started out quite small, now are quite big lol. It used to take me a couple of hours to cut the grass when it was all grass and nothing much else, now it takes about half an hour, fiddly bits take much longer but it is much nicer (in my eyes) to see the plants and how it has developed into a cottage garden. It gets a little more grass taken out each year, as and when I find another plant which needs a good home. lol. When I started out on it I had no idea what it would turn out to look like, each year I see places that can be changed and altered and incorporated into the garden. It does keep me fairly well occupied and at this time of the year when plants are dying down for the winter it can be a long old task clearing out and getting it ready for spring. As we all know a garden is never ever finished as such it is just a work in progress, if you take out grass and are not happy with it you can always plant it back up again with grass seed or turf. I have done this too, made a couple of new grass pathways this year. You just have to be brave and go with the flow. lol. Happy Gardening xxx

Thanks, Barbara. You are quite right, of course!