As August and September slid away, we watched the heady days of high summer, slowly slip to the gently ease of autumn.
The whisper of the crickets’ song has finally faded into the dusk accompanied by the swirling flights of House Martins hunting for midges before their autumn migration.
My garden blog – my gardens journey through the seasons
I’ve found that writing the garden blog over the years has helped me to understand the subtle changes that take place year by year Each year our garden charts the season in its never ending evolution. It is an unexpected pleasure to look back over the photos of each season reflected in our garden. I do hope that you enjoy the photos of this August and September in the Ednovean Garden too!
August days in the Garden
Sometimes at dusk we still catch sight of the two tiny bats that emerge from their hidden roost and flit about the lawn in erratic flight and the bright flash of a butterfly wings in the morning sunshine.
The bright sharp light throws the sculptural plants into sharp relief this month and the Agaves that sit in pots on top of the terrace entrance lend a continental feel to the garden now at the height of summer.
The other star of the garden has to be the Agapanthus now that the Echiums have faded. They have ruthlessly self seeded themselves to claim the driest warmest spots in teh garden as their very own habitat over the years. So now the parent plants remain discreetly sitting in the confines of the border, not quite as showy as their migrating offspring.
September days in the garden
September still holds the promise of summer with warm days slipping into warmer nights and occasionally we like to sit with a glass of wine beside the lawn into the dusk or on busy garden days we always take a break with lunch in the garden to save time.
As dusk falls earlier I can be more often spotted finishing the watering after miscalculating the sunset or searching for Spud Cat who likes to use the urn bases for mousing patrols and sits half hidden by the closing night.
This August and September – The garden’s role as a film location!
September saw the last of the Italian Garden hedges cut and squared up for the season with the extra incentive of a film crew coming to visit. This naturally led to some frantic weeding …although I needn’t of bothered as they mostly filmed at night as I mentioned in my recent blog On location at Ednovean Farm. What an exciting month it was though for the garden – I wonder if the five minutes minutes of fame will be cut ?!
Luckily the props guys agreed to leave the pergola that they erected in the centre of the lawn and it did look magnificent there but upon reflection it has been reconstructed in the Italian Garden in a space I was nurturing for a Summer House…..and I do believe Charles has nearly come around to my idea of a gap in the hedge between two garden enclosures to create a vista from it – Watch this space as they say!
To follow the Garden each month at Ednovean Farm check out the Exploring page and then select the Garden Diary category for my month by month photos.
Gardening News!
Happy Gardening and look out for our garden at Ednovean Farm in Gardening News as the Garden of the Week in the 17th October edition!
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