It may well be only the second week in September, but already Autumn colours are upon us. We have already had zero degrees Centigrade, followed by a good layer of Hailstones & this is what started the botany to shut down. I do love the Autumn colours, but would have loved a bit more heat first.
Preparations for this years Enchanted Forest begins next week, so a busy schedule ahead for me. Looks like being another good show with a few new ideas that we hope will look spectacular.
Below are a load of photo’s to reflect the changing season here in Perthshire, all taken either in my garden or just outside. The Rowan was one of the first to start to change colour (shot 4) it is a pity the Blackbirds have started to eat the berries already as there might not be any left for the Fieldfares & Redwings that have started to arrive.
The mushrooms seem to be prolific this year & I think my next blog will most probably be a feature on the variety we get up here.
It is good to see a few of the brighter flowers still hanging on from summer, the climbing rose with it’s last 3 buds, The Rebeccia (think that’s what it is, well the yellow daisy thing) & the Sunflowers cheering the place up. Incidentally, we never plant Sunflowers, it is the Coal Tits burying the black seeds throughout the garden to keep them going throughout the Winter, as if I don’t feed them them every day. Lastly the Autumn Crocus that are just coming out in the garden making a splash of colour wherever they are.
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