It’s time to celebrate the last of the beans and the return of the red marigoldOctober, a month past autumn equinox. The fall of the summer plot. Sunflowers defeated. Flowering branches broken. Almost exhausted. As ever, I’m not ready. The deep, dark holding on until 7am. Only the street lights as I walk. Time to tidy away the year.So much to be grateful for. The return of the red marigold. Regal, revived. A sprawling, unfolding beauty. A new appreciation, too, for other cartwheeled colours, gifted to us from a neighbouring site in the time of the awkward war with slugs and snails. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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