Nor quite winter-yet

Look iv still got lots of Cosmos left and Dahlias. I'm not yet ready to embrace Autumn let alone Winter. I`m not a Winter Gal -So when customer come in and ask!no Christmas stock ? I think `hold ya horses` do we want it all NOW!! Well no, lets embrace the tail end of Summer then the Golden leaves and Rusty colours . Perhaps this endless credit crunch talk is making people think early and spread it out or is it just me??

A field of Miscanthus!! My friend Graham Rice is home and he spotted a fiels near here too-he thincks it my be used as a bio-fuel? Also as a mulch. check out his blog transatlanticplantsman

Sunflowers at the edge of the field

Autumnal berries

That`s the life!!

Soaking up the late summer sun-lucky devil!!! She stole half our roast lamb last sunday.

September morning

I have laid a new path in the garden to make weeding and life a little easier!

I have had trouble getting to grips with my cutting beds - despite rain and mass slug invasion, i cannot get into straight lines or beds , I'm going to adapt them to curves and jam pack them to get a full look.

A lovely day out

I has a fab day out this week. Went with friends to Petersham Nurseries in Richmond-OHH , lovely stuff and very inspiring great to go somewhere that's minimalist-yawn yawn!! This place Ouses individualism , quirkiness and shabby chic-cor the prices are mega bucks but its free to look! Makes me want to get a greenhouse.

Anouther Summer wedding on Sat- they wanted Green and blue flowes.

We had a very busy day on Friday we had a photographer from Country Living Magazine here all day - Phew exhausting, but interesting . Will probably be in next year Aug issue?

Makes me realise lots of things i need to do in the garden -its finding the time, hopefully now the shop had been up and running for over a year now i shall have time to a spot more gardening???

The end of summer??

We haven't had enough sun
We didn't eat enough outside
Not enough picnics (WHY?)
Seeds not germinating
Slugs munching Dahlias


BUT WE MANAGED TO-
Trips to the beach

Light evernings and summer flowering bulbs

Wonderful holiday

Weddings, weddings and more weddings

Brown feet!

holiday memory

Ah ,good time was had by all but back to work and the last week of the school hols- it`s gone by so quick!
fab sunsets to end the day and start the evening

Turquoise sea

View from the terrace

inside our villa

Lovely garden with scented Jasmine- my favourite scent ever!

Wonderful pool at our villa - a real treat!

Flynn was a real water baby and lived in the sea or pool- never once used his game boy-bliss no tv or computer!!


Poppy loved swimming or sitting reading .

KAS HARBOUR

We have had the most wonderful holiday. Kas in Turkey is a laid back small town with no English naff invasion. We enjoyed boat trips and sitting and eating wonderful meals. The weather was a bit different to here with temperatures rising to 40 degrees but wonderful for swimming!!

late summer colour in the garden

Banana with alstomaria

Dahlia

Angelic gigas

Tha garden is featured in this weeks garden news paper