November garden

The garden now closing down for winter, 

I love the colours on the leaves on my blueberry bush. 

 This back section is full of berries for the birds, it's looking good, this small bed is shrubs, I try not to do much here, it looks after itself. Just the front corner is bare, I am looking for ground cover plants which will live in heavy clay, so far everything I have put in here has not survived. 

 Roses in November, nothing surprises me in the garden anymore, after the rain these are not so bright, I won't cut them and bring them inside. You can just see the Salvia, hotlips, their red tips planted around the rose. 

 This Dahlia has been brilliant this year,  the worm juice I feed it is working well. The new fence is protecting this bed, my metal birds along the shelf, are all now stored in my shed, they will return in the spring. 

Saturday the weather was horrible, wet and windy all day, we did not go out, hubby watched the rugby final, he is not a fan of the style of play from the South African team and did not enjoy the match. I sat and did some knitting, most of the time with Grace on my lap. The other fence has taken another battering, I'm amazed it is still standing, but her cats can't get through so we will leave it as long as we can. Grace is a very timid cat, and our garden is her safe place, we have never seen her leave the back garden, so I am keen to ensure we stop other cats getting in. We picked up huge amounts of leaves, I don't have any room to make leaf compost, so they all went into the council garden waste bag. These photo's were taken after our tidy up, hubby purchased a leaf sucker which is brilliant in the garden, neither of us like to see leaves on the ground.
Sunday, hubby went out on his motorbike with friends, it's probably the last ride out this year, they only ride on dry days. It was bright in the morning, after the storms of Saturday. I did house work and then craft. I am knitting like mad, I want to finish both shawls, and finish these socks. I also weaved in all the ends on the cotton blanket I made for George, it's not a task I enjoy doing, but it's now neat and safe for a baby.
It's firework time again, we have heard them most evenings this week, both nights they were very loud, Grace spent the both evenings on my lap, I have moved the cat beds to behind the sofa, both cats feel safe there, they will be there for over a week until the fireworks stop, Purdy will watch the fireworks through the patio door if they are not too noisy.
Today is Will's day, I am not sure if mummy will spend the day with us, she only has a few weeks to go before George arrives, she knows her date, but is only telling immediately family, unfortunately she is not allowed a natural birth.