Plums a Plenty

It has been a warm week so I have been busy in the gardens keeping on top of the weeding and also harvesting. The runner beans are plentiful and we have now eaten the last of our first crop of peas.

A trio of beans, runner, broad and french

This is the best cabbage I have grown so far.

What a whoppa and not a slug in sight

The Victoria plums are now ripe and taste delicious and the damsons will soon be ripe. The raspberries are just starting to come. I feast on the fruit when I'm gardening.

Delicious

Bring me sunshine

The sunflowers that have survived are now in full bloom.

Put on a happy face

Berries are appearing on many plants as we enter autumn. 
Hawthorn berries.

Red buttons

Rowan berries.

Bunches of berries

Wild honeysuckle.

A lovely perfume

There is still some colour in the herbaceous border in the Artful Garden.

Purples and yellows

We found this bird's nest when pruning the beech hedge.

It contained a tiny broken egg

I have had several trips to Alston this week. The  purple heather still floods the hillsides.

Bonny purple heather

Two views of Hartside.

Contours and shapes in autumnal colours

Cracks and crevices

When the sheep are on the move everything stops.

A rural scene

Kirkoswald Castle ruin is a field away from the Artful Garden.

The stories it could tell

DuoRecycleo has now moved out of the Artful Garden to a prime spot on the roadside. He is now ready for the Tour of Britain as it passes though Kirkoswald on Monday 5 September.

Move over Bradley

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