The Nose of Autumn

This time of year has many resonances for me. There is a certain scent or smell of Autumn that always reminds me that it is the season of plenty, the garden is showing signs of fruitfulness. The vegetables are more productive, the grapes are turning from a vivid green to a luscious deep purple and beginning to sweeten. The mornings are becoming a little cooler with watery sunshine showing a filigree of spiders webs that gently rest on the plants with droplets of dew shining like diamonds.The wedding bed is looking good and I now have an idea of the task that lies ahead. I need to grow three times more of everything which is daunting. The sweetpeas are still flowering but whether they will last another three weeks I am not sure. The cosmos, delphinium, dahlia and Mollucella Laevis (Bells of Ireland) are still producing amazing colour which I am happy with, as I did them all from seed apart from the delphinium which were a gift. I embrace Autumn, as it reminds us all of subtle change and how lucky we are to have such variation at different times of year. There is a blog I have been following in Oklahoma where the blogger has described temperatures of over 40c. Give me misty, moisty Wales, at least I can now keep those slugs at bay, thank you Tesco Valu Beer. !