Some more socks and a bit of this and that

Monday was a wash-out where the weather was concerned so I had a lazy day at home just pottering inside.  Tuesday was much better and so I spent a few hours tidying up the garden, there were a few plants weighed down by all the rain and even one of the bird boxes had come off the tree, although that might have been one of the squirrels.

It took a good couple of hours to get it all tidy again and It looked lovely, for a day at least.  It's raining again today so on the next dry day I'll do it all over again. 

 Clearing leaves is a bit of a thankless task this time of year, but as I've said before, we have far too many to leave and oak leaves can take up to two years to break down, so It's really something that has to be kept on top of.  Once they have stopped falling, towards the end of November, I can take a breather.

I planted more Rudbeckia around the garden this year, It does make the garden look more cheery, even on a dull day

Love how the Chameleon changes colour in the Autumn

I grew the cosmos from seed this year and they are really tall, over five feet, they are starting to look a little straggly now but still have plenty of flowers

I popped to the allotment in the afternoon, there wasn't anything to do there but I wanted a lettuce, there was broccoli ready too, as rain is forecast for the rest of the week I picked what was ready.   I'm so chuffed with what we have been able to grow in such a short time, I came home with four heads of broccoli and two lettuce.  I shared some of the bounty with my sister and have put some of the broccoli in the freezer.  I think there will be some beetroot ready very soon, we are going to have a go at pickling that, no idea how to go about it but I'm sure we can call on google and you tube for some advice.  

I was still in the mood for knitting socks after finishing my Autumn ones so at the weekend I cast on another pair with the yarn I'd picked out for October.

The yarn is an Opal from their Beauty collection and has extract of Edelweiss and vitamin E in the yarn.   It's so soft and lovely to knit with; and the orange, purple and green colours makes it perfect for October / Halloween.

Last Wednesday in the month is stitching group.  I had planned on going but it's still raining and now I'm settled i don't think I want to venture out again so I'm going to make myself a cuppa and see if there is anything worth watching, if not I'll have an early night.

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