Leeks

 

Chris pulled our first leek today!! I suspect there will be a big fry-up for breakfast. We have about a dozen in the garden and they are all varying stages of ready, so we have a successful leek harvest!

October 16th at the Beach Again

 

It just seems to never end. The days of sun and the beach I mean. 16c was the high today, and while I managed to plant my tulip and narcissis bulbs, and also move some firewood, I simply had to get down to the beach again. This time I had the beach to myself, from 4pm to 5:30pm - just so lovely and peaceful. I sat on a deck and snapped some photos as I always do, so this collage is what I could see from my vantage point. Except for the footprints in the sand.... those were mine, of course, made especially for the occasion.

This is Patience!

 

Jake, in his usual "gentlemanly style" always lets Gypsy finish her dinner before he moves in to clean the plate.

Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena)

 

Well I have had my lucky bamboo now for at least 7 years, maybe more. The stalks were about 8 inches when I first got them, and now they are over 5 feet! I just Googled to find out how tall they can get and apparently they can grow to 50 feet. The fellow who sold me them obviously gave me misinformation. He said they usually live about a year and might get to 2 to 3 feet. Yeah, right!! They are taking over the house!

Please, No More Tomatoes!

 

This really is the end of them now. Chris stripped the vines and pulled the plants out yesterday. Kind of sad to know it is all coming to and end until next year. I made sauce out of the last batch, but so far I am just staring at these ones with no brilliant ideas.

Summer Days of Autumn

Today, October 2nd, the sun was warm, maybe 20c. The forecast is for clouds tomorrow and the trend is for a change in weather paterns. There was only one possible thing to do this afternoon, and it wasn't gardening. It was to toast the season goodbye.. just in case its the end. So off to our special and lovely private beach at the bottom of the road. My friend Robyn and I went down for one last commune with the sea and the sun. The water was 15c so a swim would have been possible but neither of us had out togs or towels. I enjoyed a pear cider and got a bit of a burn on my cheeks. Oh for an endless summer!!