September started with below average temperatures. The weather slowly improved so that by the end of the month we were basking in sunshine and 27°C. It made up for the dismal summer this year. The dry and warm spring combined with a damp summer led to a bumper harvest for fruit. We have never had so many raspberries before and we were giving them away to anyone who wanted them. One picking could yield up to 3lb of fruit and I was kept busy making jam.
Passion Flower (19/09/11)
Leycesteria formosa (Himalayan Honeysuckle) (19/09/11)
Michaelmas daisy (19/09/11)
Michaelmas daisy (19/09/11)
A giant sunflower (19/09/11)
Grapes under the pergola (19/09/11)
Weigela (19/09/11)
Francoa (19/09/11)
Tomatoes (19/09/11)
Nicandra physalodes – shoofly (19/09/11)
Japanese anemone (19/09/11)
Helichrysum – everlasting flower (19/09/11)
The pots from the terrace have been temporarily relocated to the back garden. (19/09/11)
Yew berries (19/09/11)
A frog is disturbed when clearing the terrace (19/09/11)
The old terrace cleared of pots (19/09/11)
Work has started (20/09/11)
A new wall has been built (22/09/11)
A white rose climbing in the cherry tree (23/09/11)
A spider (19/09/11)
A dainty Michaelmas daisy (23/09/11)
The terrace is progressing (25/09/11)
Sunburst dahlia (25/09/11)
West border (25/09/11)
Yellow stainer mushroom (Agaricus xanthodemus) (25/09/11)
Clematis (25/09/11)
Paprika (25/09/11)
Raspberries – a bumper harvest this year (25/09/11)
Sedum (25/09/11
Dianthus - Sweet William (25/09/11)
Cyclamen (25/09/11)
The Boston ivy looks sick (28/09/11)
Work is still in progress on the terrace (28/09/11)
Resin is leaking from the cherry tree (28/09/11)
Nasturtium (28/09/11)
Builders equipment for use on the terrace (28/09/11)
Secret Garden – Belonging