Down Behind The Border

before the cut back.........

Well we've nudged over into September at long last and already the garden is looking a little autumnal, although it is still very handsome if one can overlook the more obvious weeds entwined around the plants we cannot reach. If any of you are passing by in the next week or two we are still well worth a visit especially as all the plants are now buy one get one free. I filled my boots and came home with six new hardy perennials to shoe horn into my little patch! Our main task in autumn is the cutting back of the borders but of course everything still looks too fine for that, however the yew hedges are due their annual trim and Alyson and I had to cut a path along the back edges of the main border so we can access them properly. This task too up a fair chunk of the day but will be well worth it in terms of income for the garden, I'll explain more on the day!

"September: It was the most beautiful of words he'd always felt, evoking orange flowers, swallows and regret" Alexander Theroux

And after, phew!