This rose was given to me over 16 years ago by a friend that is sadly, no longer with us. It's a robust thing and though it only gives us two or three flowers per year, I keep it. The flowers are beautiful when they show up and I always think of my friend Ettie.
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| uncared for tomatoes |
It is now mid-November and the garden is a mess! It was so tidy all spring and into the summer. Things fell apart in July when I started the "bad job". I left the house at about 07.30 each morning and wouldn't get home until after six. Sometimes I got home later still if there were things that needed to be done. In any case, life at home started to suffer. I wasn't here to do all the lovely things I had been doing up until then. The garden suffered the most.
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| Broccoli left to go to seed |
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| former pea nets and canes |
It wasn't looking too bad when my sister and her family visited in August. We harvested the peas while she was here. But now, in November when I have done nothing but ignore it, it looks BAD.
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| beans have gone to seed on the canes |
There are still some beans flapping in the breeze. A few canes that were there for support are still standing. At some point, I will take the canes down, wipe them off and put them in the greenhouse. They'll last longer in there, out of the weather.
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| old cabbages - the ones that the caterpillars didn't eat |
Poor old cabbages. They look like skulls. The only thing that is salvageable at this point are the leeks. They can stay in until I am ready to use them.
I'm not making any promises, but if we get a dry spell, I'll tidy this patch up and cover it with black plastic until spring.
I was a mildly non-lazy gardener up until July but rest assured, I'm back on form now. :-)
