September is one of those months which recognises that summer is over but the autumn has yet to appear on the scene. We may enjoy an Indian Summer if we are lucky as they are a real highlight of the year. We can enjoy the garden in sunshine, without jumpers or coats and enjoy the calming of the harshness of summer light.
So let us have a look at what we were up to throughout the month of September.
On the first page for September I wrote, “I usually look forward to September because it often delivers an ‘Indian Summer’ which can be a special mini-season all of its own.We were desperate for one as our summer ends, because we were getting really fed up with wind and rain broken broken up only by ‘named storms’.
We waited all month with no sign of an ‘Indian Summer’ but instead we were stuck mostly by rain and rain.
We are redesigning parts of the garden which has proven to be a slow job. Newly bought plants remain in trays to be planted.
On the next page I wrote, “It is in this month that seed heads of Welsh Poppies, Meconopsis cambrica, scatter seeds far and wide, so they are well-known as powerful self seeders. I have been collecting seeds of both yellow and orange flowered forms.”
The first page of this double page spread featured some sketches I drew of the Welsh Poppy seedheads.
On the page featuring Sorbus berries I shared photos of a few of our collection. I noted that, “September is the month when colours are not just from flowers, but also from berries. We have several Sorbus trees and their berry colours vary a lot, some are also enhanced by rich autumn foliage colours.”
The next two pages are concerned with fastigiate trees and more gardening tasks. About the trees I wrote,”Trees are essential elements of any small garden, where they add a sense of scale and add drama as well as foliage, flowers, seed pods and berries.
In our garden, at just under a quarter acre, we are growing over 60 trees. Recently, over the last few years or so we have concentrated on fastigiate trees with their small footprint.”
On the last page for September I returned to look at some of the tasks we tackled in the garden. I wrote, “We are continuing to revamp the borders in our front garden. The area is divided into three parts, all of them needing almost total revamps.”
Towards the bottom of this page I wrote, “On rainy days we worked in the greenhouse, Jude potting on perennials plants while I took succulent cuttings.”
So there is our month in the garden. Next month will be October the time when perhaps we will begin to see changes that will lead us to he autumn.
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2 replies on “My Garden Journal 2023 September”
Well we had that September sunshine and now here we are in October with real heat. Warmer than August.
Enjoy each dat whatever it brings us.
But now we are back to dark grey skies and heavy rain!!