It's now late October, and autumn has well and truly arrived here in our corner of Auvergne. There are a lot of mushrooms springing up in the garden, as well as the surrounding woodland, and a correspondingly large number of locals gathering them. I'm not sure that the ones pictured above are good for eating … Continue reading the advance of autumn
calendula
The calendula plants that we grew from Higgledy Garden seed have been star performers this year. They started flowering in early summer, and with regular deadheading they're still putting on a colourful show now.
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