Beautiful Sparkly Morning

 

Good morning my lovelies ! 

It's another beautiful sparkly morning here , in the far South West of Cornwall  .

It doesn't feel too cold , but I notice a very slight dusting of frost on the edges of my Echium leaves .

There is no frost anywhere else and this will soon be gone .  A rare and unwelcome visitor to this part of Cornwall . Be gone Jack Frost ! 

Rosa Bonica is still flowering away over by the Summerhouse  . It is such a cheerful rose and when the flowers finish it has gorgeous orange red hips  , which are lovely in Winter flower arrangements .

Delphiniums that we bought in a plant sale have turned out to be the most beautiful blue .

What's going on in the shed ?

What's behind that silver foil survival sheet ?

Well , the answer is .... a whole lot of sunshine !

Spinach ,Pak choi , Dill .

More ...

All enjoying the sunshine this morning  .

Beautiful Pak choi . 

All for simple salads and stir-frys .

There is even another Dwarf French Bean plant in there flowering away ! It is one that I missed when I was pricking the seedlings out  . 

Fantastic !  That will be another three little beans  to add to the greenhouse bean harvest in a few days time .  Every little helps !

Bee resting in the warm Autumn sunshine . I'm going to do the same today . 

Arm feeling sore after my Covid Vaccine , whole shoulder muscle  , almost down to my elbow . 

Paracetamol .

I think I will put my feet up and do some Autumn stitching .

My favourite time of the year .

Wishing you a peaceful weekend  . 

Growing Dwarf Beans over Autumn under cover in the Greenhouse - update

 Come with me and we'll see how those Dwarf  French Beans are doing in the greenhouse .

O.K ....so you'd better wait outside , since there's only just about room for me in there !

                Dwarf French Beans are self pollinating ! Yay !

Oh my goodness ! We have beans ! 

I had been wondering about hand pollinating such small flowers , but needn't  have worried as they are self pollinating  .

            There are lots of flowers .

                      In just a few more days I'll be picking beans !

                                                      I'm so happy ! 

Autumn Onion Sets Planted

 

                   It's October already ! The Blackberry leaves like flickering flames in the hedgerow .

We had our Flu vaccine today , so I thought I'd get on and plant out some of my Onion sets while my arm wasn't too sore . It will probably be sore tomorrow and it doesn't usually affect me but sometimes you can feel a bit rough the next day .

I had to clear away all the remains of the Sweetcorn and Courgette plants  and take up the chicken wire fence .

Some of it came up quite easily and I rolled it up to use again later on .

Some of it was a right pain  and  I still have to sort all this out !

I planted out all of the biggest onion sets and the rest I will see how I feel tomorrow . I may plant the rest and the garlic into modules in the shed . It will give me a bit more time . I can then plant them out a bit later on .

I'm only growing red onions this year . I like to grow a few garlic and these are enough for us .

Cavolo nero kale is looking and tasting beautiful .

The Leeks looking a bit on the small side , but there's still time for them to fatten up .

I need to get in there and weed !

The earth is warm still and nice and crumbly .

Rain on the way to settle my onion sets in .

I'd better bring in my washing  !

 Thinking of everyone affected by Hurricane Ian out in Florida .

You are in my prayers . 

My daughter and son-in-law's family are safe .