October

Give Sarah three pallets and look what she does! An experiment, but a very handy addition to the working corner of the garden.

The Giant Pumpkin planted on the edge of the lawn in the summer is now impressively large.

Around the garden we have been weeding: Sue and Penny cleared the ground along the hedge, where the snowdrops will come through in late winter, and everyone helped to clear the meadow.

It was time to harvest all of our weird and wonderful Italian squashes but, unhappily for us, some  of them had disappeared.

Fortunately Sarah had been growing spares  at home so we shall still have a good display. By the end of the morning (allowing for Marion to dash home to get her bathroom scales to weigh the larger specimens!) we had a very good selection. The white gourds grown by Sarah at home ( which are understandably inedible) , look more like something out of Dan Dare! Sarah has now taken them all of the pumpkins and squashes home to ‘cure’ before they go to be admired on display on the auricula theatre next to the Pavilion .

The sunflowers along the pergola grew and grew and grew, and looked wonderful in the sunshine, as did the borders, with glorious colours .

Marion H