With the days getting shorter and the evenings getting cooler, it is really feeling like Autumn here in the South West of Victoria. My favourite season is certainly Spring, but a very close second is Autumn. The colours in the garden change, but unlike Spring, there is so much beautiful red in my garden at this time of the year. My Lipstick Maple has started to turn and I can't wait to watch it over the coming weeks.
My Crepe Myrtle is almost finished,
but the red Apache roses continue to provide a wonderful display late into the season.
I will be harvesting my beautiful crop of Crab Gorgeous apples very soon so that I can make up some delicious crab apple jelly. Usually the Crimson Rosellas come in and clean them all up....but not this year!
A quick polish up and a taste test confirmed that the Jonathon apples are ready for picking, using and storing.
The raspberries are flowering and fruiting again, but unless we get a few more sunny days, the late crop might not amount to very much. I have been picking them daily.........which provides just enough to keep us going.
The last bit of red in the garden will be red for the whole year.........ceramic toadstools.
They were a Christmas gift from Jodie last year, and they now live right beside my seat under the Pin Oak tree in 'Mum's Garden'.
It was nice being out in the garden yesterday afternoon having a little poke around, pulling a few weeds, planting a few bulbs, and just sitting under the Pin Oak and having a rest. Might do it all again today!
Linda :)
What a gorgeous and productive garden you have . Always think of my mum with crabapples . She made great crabapple jelly also
Posted by: Cheryl | April 10, 2020 at 06:30 PM