Saturday 8 September 2007

The snapdragons are about over now but the cosmos and dahlias are still going strong. In the veggie department the runner beans are still cropping well and there's still plenty of spring onions, carrots, courgettes and cabbages; and tomatoes from the greenhouse. For fruit I've got my grapes, autumn raspberries, plums, blackberries galore and the apples are almost ready.

Apples

Runner beans

Carnations

A couple of weeks of late summer sunshine have brought the carnations out a treat. I've been frantically removing the excess buds and side shoots and now have a pretty good result - plenty of blooms for cutting: