Autumnal hues galore

A beautiful day at Houghton today in the mist and fog and it was cold. Andrew and I spent the day on the Long Border (and it is long) snipping, clipping and tidying away til all became clear. The Border is huge and requires a lot of attention. The Roses along the back wall are seriously out of control into the Clematis and we happily chopped down Sedum, Echinops and Roses amongst others.

The Sedum present beautifully intricate tight bundles of new growth at the base and look very pretty.

The spiders had been out in ernest and their webs were everywhere hanging delicately and the colours are wonderful, oranges, deep greens, blue-green, dark browns, I love it!

I also managed to come up with a plan for an area of garden in the shade, a Fernery, so hopefully that will happen in 2014 before I go!

John had planted up some of the Hydroponicum with Strawberries which will be lush before we know it.

More tomorrow.....