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Autumn colours in the garden.
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In the foreground a small hydrangea in beautifully autumnal greens, browns, yellows and reds. In the background seedheads from perennials and annuals as well as the trunk of a tree and a shrub, all looking very autumnal.

I love our rusty bench!
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The photograph is a view from the patio towards the front of the garden.
In the foreground, a small, blue-ish fir tree. Behind it a white painted, rusty metal bench with several plant pots on it.

Harvested the last runner beans, last ripe and nearly ripe #tomatoes and green tomatoes—over 1½ kg of them.

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Three bowls on a wooden table top: The bowl closest with a handful of ripe and nearly ripe tomatoes, the bowl behind contains runner beans in their pods and the bowl in the background is filled to the top with green tomatoes.

I can offer no acceptable excuse for my prolonged absence. I bow my head in humility.
In the #stumpery in the #garden today, #Buddha is snug under the acer's #autumnal canopy.

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Small buddha statue under an autumnal acer

Oh, I have been lazy again with my social media …
This border is planted with ornamental grasses, biennials and perennials - and also home to self sown biennials (Evening primrose, Teasels behind in the grass meadow) and annuals (Poppies, Corncockle). The grasses glow in the summer morning light.

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The photograph shows a densely planted border running horizontally across in the foreground. Plants are ornamental grasses, also Echinacea purpurea, and self sown Evening primrose, poppies and corncockle, which have already gone to seed.
Mid distance left the trunk of a tall ornamental cherry tree and centre a stone bird bath.
The background is in the shade of tall hedges.

The bottom of the garden. Confusingly, the garden slopes *up* towards the bottom.
Bottom left the pond. The brick construction on the right is what we call the folly. Bees, other insects, birds and pond dwelling individuals love it. So do I.
Planted to feel and look natural, wild, full and overflowing. Weeds a.k.a. wildflowers are welcome.

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A densely planted area in the garden - flowering perennials, ornamental grasses and weeds. I am sorry but there is too much jungle to describe in detail.

A Gatekeeper butterfly on the flower of an Echinops ritro (Southern globe thistle).

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A brown and orange butterfly sits on the blue flower of an Echinops ritro (Southern globe thistle). Unusually for a butterfly, its wings are open.
There are several more Echinops flowerheads in this photograph against blurry green growth (shrubs, perennials, grasses) and an equally blurry yellow spot.

Shade-dwelling Clematis.

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Five purple-pink clematis flowers with white and yellow centres. The plant climbs up a mesh on an arch (on the left).

It’s kikoi time!
What’s a kikoi? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikoi

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Lower half of a man wearing a turquoise and white striped kikoi.

Could not resist sharing this with you. The colour scheme is yellow, green and metallic purple.
You can interpret this as either very early 70s or Buddha's jewels.

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Photo of a man’s bare feet with painted toenails, standing in the grass. The colour scheme is yellow, green and metallic purple.

Bee in a Hollyhock having a really good time. Hard work or drug abuse?
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Bee in the centre of a Hollyhock, upside down, covered in pollen.

A sunny day's light fades in the garden as the evening draws in.
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The photograph shows our densely planted garden in the evening light. Tall trees, shrubs and perennials. A paved path snakes from bottom left into the distance.

Colourburst on a grey, drizzly day in this corner of a border:
Blue flowering lavender and the last blue delphiniums, golden grasses, white Cenolophium denudatum, red and yellow Gaillardia aristata, yellow Rudbeckia hirta, yellow self sown evening primrose, purple seedheads on a self sown Lunaria annua (honesty), purple stems on the Selinum wallichianum, a few of the last Marguerites, green foliage.

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Densely planted end of a border: Blue flowering lavender and the last blue delphiniums, golden grasses, white Cenolophium denudatum, red and yellow Gaillardia aristata, yellow Rudbeckia hirta, yellow self sown evening primrose, purple seedheads on a self sown Lunaria annua (honesty), purple stems on the Selinum wallichianum, a few of the last Marguerites, green foliage.
In the background on the left the light blue painted corner of the garden shed.

I love Hollyhocks! They are beautiful, tall, robust, unruly, bawdy and keep going all summer. Bees and other insects love them and behave as if they were shopping for recreational drugs.
This plant lives in an area in the garden called the Garden of Delights.
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The photograph shows the flowers on a Hollyhock: White petals with pink edges and a lemon-yellow centre.

This border is what I see when I look out of the living room patio doors.
Essentially, this is a grasses border interplanted with perennials - plus self sown annuals and biennials.
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Closely cropped photograph of a border densely planted with ornamental grasses, flowering perennials and self sown annuals and biennials.

A Phlomis in a border in the garden. Most likely a Phlomis russeliana or Turkish sage.
The many seedheads are from just one plant. Widespread now but native to the area that is now Turkey and Northern Greece. Bees and other insects love it.
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The photograph shows the many globular seedheads (still green, just after flowering) on a Phlomis plant.

First potato harvest of the year. I only lift what I need, the rest is best 'stored' in the ground.
As in previous years I have grown Kestrel, a second earlies variety. My vegetable garden is no dig.
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The photograph shows freshly harvested potatoes on the ground in a bed with wooden sides.

As I said before, happiness is an overflowing garden. Here, the paved path from the patio to the pond is becoming almost impassable. As I walk, the plants grab me and touch my skin. Beautiful!
Again - Good: Walk barefoot.
Better: Barefoot + bare arms and legs.
Best: Shed your clothes altogether if your garden is sufficiently private.
Heightens your senses, brightens the dullest day and banishes gloomy thoughts.
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A paved path snakes into the distance. On either side, plants - perennials, wildflowers and shrubs - are growing over the edges. In the distance, a large spruce tree creates a dark backdrop.

I am a man, I am of a mature age and this is the first time in my life that I painted my toenails.
I am a lot more part of the garden now, colour-wise, don’t you think?
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The photograph shows my feet with toenails painted in different shades of blue before a perennials border in my garden.

Happiness is an overflowing garden. At this time of the year, I cannot walk through the garden without the plants grabbing me and touching my skin. The garden is overflowing, difficult to navigate, easy to lose yourself in and hide from everyone else. Beautiful!
Good: Walk barefoot.
Better: Barefoot + bare arms and legs.
Best: Shed your clothes altogether if your garden is sufficiently private.
Heightens your senses, brightens the dullest day and banishes gloomy thoughts.
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