Autumn is in the air

The leaves are changing colour on our Maple trees that line our driveway, it is always my favourite time of year when these tress go from lush green leaves to a bright red and then fade to a golden amber.

Autumn is one of the busiest times for us here on the farm. With the changing seasons comes cutting back our dahlias to 1/3 to initiate the process of them dying down to rest over winter. As we don’t dig our beds we are now topping our beds with compost and then a layer of mulch on top of the compost to let it keep the moisture in and then breakdown a little in time for planting late in the season.

Today I planted out the first of our four ranunculus beds today, I had one of my chickens beside me the whole time and she seemed to be scratching them back up as soon as I was planting them. I have added a net over the top of them to stop our free ranging chickens from causing too much havoc. Today I also planted out a lovely selection of Narcissus and Tulip bulbs into some terracotta pots to display around the garden.

We have already started most of our tender annuals in the greenhouse so the next few weeks will see us tending to those and planting them out when they are big enough.

I hope you get to spend some time in the garden or doing whatever it is that makes your heart happy.

Happy Gardening M.xx