November garden

 

November garden

 
Antirrhinum, snapdragon, bunny mouth

Nasturtiums

Variegated nasturtium leaves. The marbling on these leaves is beautiful.

                            Herb Robert - Geranium robertianum

I love this wildflower that grows so freely in the garden. The foliage turns red as the plant matures. The leaves and flowers are edible, fresh or dried, and can be made into a tea. It is thought to repel mosquitoes if the leaves are rubbed on the skin.

Mahonia japonica flowers from late autumn to early spring and is a valuable source of pollen for early bumblebees. It has a strong sweet scent, a delight on a still winter day.

                                Three of the stages of raspberries 

Raspberries

I ate two  raspberries from the garden on Wednesday. I don’t think the rest will ripen now.

Courgette with teaspoon for comparison of size

This is from our courgette plant. I think it will be fine, maybe stuffed.

                                             Sweet pepper

                                                    Chillies

Begonia fuchsioides indoor plant in the last days of its summer holiday. It will have to come back into the conservatory soon.

Raspberries!

 

Raspberries!

The first raspberries of summer had to be picked quickly before Roxy realised and sucked them off the canes. There are more to come, which will make up for a distinct lack of strawberries and cherries.

We may still get strawberries and blueberries and there are plenty of plums, greengages, apples and pears to come – if the birds don’t get them first, which actually I wouldn’t mind too much! Every little mouth needs feeding. We all have our place in the universe.