Another beautiful day and farm thoughts turn to the upcoming silage season. Russell is anxiously looking at the weather forecast every night, trying to work out whether he should cut the grass or not…will it rain…will it be warm enough to wilt the grass ready for baling and wrapping. It certainly is a tense time of the year. But we always make it through and then head straight into the hay season…the cycle then repeats itself.
I am busy working on my Christmas Newsletter / Update at the moment. It will have all the news about the shop and also details of my annual sale…..everyone loves a sale…. :) and will be posted (and posted) in the next week or so.
A couple of photos I took yesterday afternoon….this is one of my ‘Jonagold’ Apple tree at home. The ‘Jonagold’ is a cross between a Golden Delicious and a Jonathon (The pear tree is in front of it).
It is in full blossom ….. the smell is just divine and the bees are almost deafening (well not quite but they are very busy).
Hopefully we won’t get too many strong winds and I will have lots of apples next year….mmmmm apple pies..yum. It has always been a very good producer and this season looks like no exception.
At the Shop the ranunculi are in full bloom providing a bright dash of colour in the garden.
The catmint along the rocks is starting to really take off and the bees love their purple flowers. They also self seed quite easily so I'm transplanting a few of them to different parts of the garden. The taller plants behind the ranunculi are white hebes (not flowering yet) and rock roses (just starting to show their bright pink flowers). Linda :)
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