October Joy

 

The weather for October is unseasonably mild and sunny. Misty mornings are leaving plants covered in a fine dusting of dew.

Broccolli leaves

Nasturtium leaf

Calendula – pot marigold

Borage

All around the garden leaves are turning red and orange.

Nuts and apples are ripening, and even the autumn raspberries which weren’t looking very promising early in the season are coming into their own with the mild sunny weather.

raspberries

Apples – variety – Katie

Cobnuts

Crab apples

And the last flowers of the summer are hanging on. So there is much to be grateful for.

Snapdragon

Fennel

American elderberry

Fading petunia

Cosmos