Flooded allotment

Well I certainly wont be digging at the allotment for a while.

My newly dug over area is awash.

 I don't think I will be picking my broccoli for a while

The rain has exposed all the stones in what I thought was lovely soil!

We even have our own little stream!

At least where I started building up the adjoining path there is less flooding than I thought there would be.

It's about 20cm deep in places.

Well it looks like planning with the seed catalogues is all I can do at the moment though I may sow some onion seeds in the greenhouse later this week.

My Allotment Shed

My longed for shed has at last been delivered after a summer of waiting for a pause in Hubbies work schedule to help me construct it.  I spent most of the day in the wind and rain at the allotment not knowing when it would be delivered.  Luckily when it arrived the rain had stopped and the sun was out though it was still blowing a gale.

After waiting in the allotment all day my shed
eventually arrived mid afternoon.
With careful driving the delivery men were able to
get my shed sections really near my patch.

Ready to go but ...... must answer emails first!

 Wind blowing hard. Pete's beard is nearly horizontal!

The first join and the beginning of the hard work

Me painting hard. The panels were blowing over and the wind was whipping the paint from the brush!

The vertical building has begun and Pete has decided to become Chad!

Pete joining the sections

It can stand on its own.... so long as the wind doesn't blow too hard!

Pete doing manly things!

Doors on!

Roof on and putting the glass in and even a coat hook.

The beginnings of my tool collection.

The all important chairs for a well earned rest. Got the inside to paint yet.

What IS Pete doing?!

The back

All finished on the outside.

Early Autumn jewels

As the season turns surprisingly slowly to autumn this year my garden is loosing it's overall beauty but with just a little observation many wonderful sights can still be seen.  There is nothing better than pottering about finding delights at every turn.

My backdoor foot scraper hiding in the mind your own business.

Courtyard colour

This twinkles with the suns rays as they catch it in the afternoon

The bees are still busy

The sedum is doing extremely well this year

Garlic chives gone mad with an autumn fling!

Bay tree buds

Allium seed pod.  I really don't remember planting this but it reaches 6ft every year!

Autumn crocuses amongst the pansies

Can't remember the name of this plant but it's beautiful all the same.

White Autumn crocus

Callicarpa close up.  They are hairy berries - very wierd.

Callicarpa in all its glory.  Such a treat in the early autumn.

More white autumn crocus

Wonderfully striking Lobelia

The leeks I left from last winter. I will soon have loads of seeds for next year and pretty heads for the frost to fall on.

Autumn raspberries for my tea.

A newly cleared patch clawed back from the ivy filled with bulbs for year round interest.

The prize of my garden at the moment a waterlily autumn crocus.