What's Going on in My Garden

My garden 3 years ago was a building site but I have worked hard to transform it. I now have established borders, a vegetable patch, patio area, greenhouse area as well as compost bin and water butt.

Even now, moving into October, the garden looks beautiful. In fact, I would go as far as to say it is looking its best, since I do plant a lot of later flowering varieties, such as Dahlia, Annual Rudbeckia and Blue Annual Salvia.

The veggie plot is still productive too, with tomatoes ripening in their dozens. I am still picking Blackberries and the autumn fruiting raspberries are doing wonderfully well, even though I neglected them this year. I have also picked 6 big juicy strawberries from the strawberry bed. This is their second fruiting of the year which indicates to me what a strange year we have had, weatherwise. There are lots of fruits still to come but I think probably the frosts will arrive before they ripen. Grapes are still hanging on the vine and I must pick those before it is too late. Spinach is doing well and I pick that once a week or more.

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See pictures of my garden during the summer and into autumn.

My passion

My passion is plants and insects found in my garden. I grow all types of plants, many to encourage insects such as bees, hoverflies and butterflies. I am an experienced gardener of long-standing, but my interest in photography has only really become a passion since the introduction of digital cameras. I worked with computers in London for many years so working with digital cameras is something I enjoy greatly.



I like to think I am a creative person so you will find images that I have created at my portfolio website - some would call these images still life. I also like to take landscape shots and since I live in the countryside, this is an easy task for me, surrounded by beautiful scenery.