November comes with a daily cut-off time, approximately half five but that will change as the month goes on. I always debate with myself as to whether that time restriction makes me more productive outside as I try to get as much done before the light fades. I do believe its nature’s way of telling growers to slow down and it is welcome, a little reluctantly at first of course. No more heading back outside after dinner with a long to do list!
Pink chrysanthemums with grapevine leaves
Chrysanthemums have to be the floral stars of November. I have some heirloom ones in the polytunnel that are not frost hardy. And then I have this pink one I bought in Caherhurley Organic Nursery a few years ago. It’s such a generous plant, and I love sharing it with cuttings or divisions with visitors here because it does so well in the Irish climate. Hard to kill, always handy for plants.
Busy Bumblebee
The dahlias that survived the earlier frosts are happily flowering at the top of the row, with their frost bitten sisters already dug up and drying in one of the polytunnels. The bees are happy so I’ll leave them until we get another frost.
Apple crumble
I have long coveted this beautiful oven dish from Nicholas Mosse, and treated us to it this mid-term. I am a huge fan of their pottery which is still handmade in Ireland. We chose this one as the perfect size for apple crumble. Made with apples from the garden. The perfect Sunday desert.
A bouquet delivered today. Happily sitting on the chair I bought in a recent auction for no other reason than I felt sorry for it because no one was bidding on it. I actually thought it was blue, the floral print was a nice surprise!
Thank you for reading and here’s to a slow seasonal November.
Maria