The
above shot shows how many purple berries we currently have (written
in late October) to attract the birds over winter. It also shows a
metal spoke I cannot shift. When I took down the tattered plastic
fencing that my father erected, I was left with a gate post and a
metal stick protruding above the wall.
The
weather was fairly warm in late October and early November, so I dug
over the main veg plot and replanted what was left of the calendula
and mooli and my 'Guru Purple' chili plant. Later on, I dug over the
second plot and discovered two potatoes I had missed before - nice
big ones!
The
third week in November arrived, and I wanted to take a look around at
what jobs might need doing over the next month or two. The leaves of
the tree outside next door's house have mostly fallen as you can just
see above the mass of camelia in this picture. Plenty of buds - ready
to burst - on the plant that generally flowered from Christmas thru
Easter according to my late father... (The straggly stuff is dying
off passionfruit vines.)
The
path - which my father grumbled about being uneven - has a nice lumpy
bumpy effect in my eyes and shall not be 'fixed' to a smooth finish
but left to wear away naturally until cracks go right through the 6
inch block! I shall however trim the flowering weeds and ivy back to
the edge of the path on the left.
From
today's final picture, you will see that there is still plenty of
color before the camelia flowers. The purple-berry tree, exceedingly
late flowering fuschias, and cotoneaster berries add reds and
purples. The purple berries, red berries, and prickly shrub berries
are all tasty treats to our birdlife.
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