this morning....

 Protea flower basking in morning light. 

The petals are as soft as velvet. 

An absolute miracle of nature.

Backyard scenes as the year winds down.

Autumn feels like she has arrived.

 

 

Seeing as we had to leave my last hand made garden trellis behind when we moved, I got around to making another today. This time with some experience under my belt, the process was easier. I made use of some pruned branches of plum sapling and cotoneaster and after about two hours it's nearly there. It will look a treat smothered in beans and flowering plants.

This backyard was a sorry neglected space when we first moved in , however, in six months a transformation is already taking place. Where there were bare garden beds are now flowering herbs, massive rhubarb, tomatoes a plenty and a sprawling pumpkin vine. Baby lettuces, a globe artichoke in its infancy, chives, oregano, borage , nasturtium and cosmos. Maybe the most satisfying thing of all is when not only the bees, but the blue banded bees visit as well. 

 Beautiful handmade dish from a young lady in Doncaster. 

Sourdough and sunsets on sunday